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/ Smashing Pumpkins / Gish (1991) / Window Paine guitar tab

From Brian McCall 

Windowpaine - by Smashing Pumpkins from the album Gish
===========

hbr - half-bend release
fbr - full-bend release

Bass and drums open:

|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-----------------------------
|-7-0---7-0---7-0---7-0-------

Riff 1

G1 - Tremolo, clean

  Window...     pay..ayne

|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|--------9hbr-----------------------------------
|-9hb-9---------7----6--------------------------
|-------------------------7hbr------5-----7-----
|---------------------------------0-----0-------

Riff 2

  Do..gonna do       and say..gonna say

|-0---0-------0----------0----0-----------------
|-3---0---------0--------3----0--------------0--
|-2---1-----------1------2----1------------1----
|-0---2-------------2----0----2----------2------
|-0---2------------------0----2--------2--------
|-----0-----------------------0-----------------

  Do..gonna do      yeah start today    start today..

|-0---0-------0----------0----3----0-----------------
|-3---0---------0--------3----3----0-----------------
|-2---1-----------1------2----0----2-----------------
|-0---2-------------2----0----0----2-----------------
|-0---2------------------0----X----0-----------------
|-----0-----------------------3----------------------

Riff 2

G1 (same) G2 lightly distorted

|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|-7---9---9hbr---7---9----------7---9------------
|-7---9----------7---9----------7---7------------
|-5---7----------5---7---7hbr---5---7------------
|-----0--------------0--------------0------------ etc...

|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-9---9hbr---7-7-7-9----------7-7-7-9------
|-7-7-7-9----------7-7-7-9----------7-7-7-7------
|-5-5-5-7----------5-5-5-7---7hbr---5-5-5-7------
|-------0----------------0----------------0------ etc...

Riff 3

Both guitars heavy distortion

|-0---0-------0---0----------------------------------
|-3---0-------3---0----------------------------------
|-2---1-------2---1----------------------------------
|-0---2-------0---2----------------------------------
|-0---2-------0---2----------------------------------
|-----0-----------0----------------------------------

after the pause -> drum roll:

|-0---0-------0---0----------------------------------
|-3---0-------3---0----------------------------------
|-2---1-------2---1----------------------------------
|-0---2-------0---2----------------------------------
|-0-0-2-------0-0-2----------------------------------
|---0-0---------0-0----------------------------------

after long pause and Billy's monologue and Jimmy's solo:

|-0---0---------0---0--------------------------------
|-0---0-X-X-X-X-3---3-X-X-X-X------------------------
|-1---1-X-X-X-X-2---2-X-X-X-X------------------------
|-2-2-2-X-X-X-X-0-0-0-X-X-X-X------------------------
|-2-2-2-X-X-X-X-0-0-0-X-X-X-X--ect...----------------
|-0-0-0----------------------------------------------

Song ends on E open and G (i think) pitched feedback.




                 Window Paine
                  from Gish
            Transcribed by Adam Morris
 From: benmo@deakin.edu.au (BENJAMIN JAMES MORRIS)


 This is another song that wasn't at Nevada, 
 so here is my version.

 b=bend
 r-release bend
 h=hammer on
 p=pull off
 
 Standard tuning

*
E-----x------x------x------x------x------x----------|
B-----x------x------x------x------x------x----------|
G-----x------x------x------x------x------x----------|
D-----x------x------x------x------x------x----------|
A-----x------x------x------x------x------x----------|
E-0-0-x--0-0-x--0-0-x--0-0-x--0-0-x--0-0-x--0-0-----|

* This is actually for bass, but it doesn't really matter.
  The x's are done by hitting all the strings with you palm
  above the pick-ups.

E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-----9b--r9------9b-r--9b--r9------------------9---|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A-----7b--r7------------7b--r7---7b-r--5--7--5--7---|
E-0-0------0--0-0------------0----------------------|
      Window            Paine
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-----------9---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5--7--5--7---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
  Around my heart

E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-----9b--r9------9b-r--9b--r9------------------9---|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A-----7b--r7------------7b--r7---7b-r--5--7--5--7---|
E-0-0------0--0-0------------0----------------------|
      Shadow            streak
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-----------9---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5--7--5--7---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
  Around my heart
                        <-*->
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7--------9-----------7p6p5p4---------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5--------7---------------------------------------|
E--0--------0---------------------------------------|
Do what you got to do

* Heaps of delay

E------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G--7--------9----------------------7-------------------|
D--------------------------------7---------------------|
A--5--------7----------------5/7-----------------------|
E--0--------0------------------------------------------|
And say what you got to say

                        <-*->
E------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G--7--------9-----------7p6p5p4------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A--5--------7------------------------------------------|
E--0--------0------------------------------------------|
   Do what you got to do

* Heaps of delay

E------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G-----7------------------------------------------------|
D--------------5--5--5-5--7--7--7-7--------------------|
A-----5------------------------------------------------|
E-----0--------3--3--3-3--5--5--5-5--------------------|
  Yes, start today             Start today
 
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-----9b--r9------9b-r--9b--r9-----------7---9------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A-----7b--r7------------7b--r7---7b-r----5---7------|
E-0-0------0--0-0------------0----------------------|
     Wind Blow            Shame

E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
  Around my heart

E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-----9-9-9-9-----9b-r--9-9-9-9-----------7-7-7-9---|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A-----7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7---7b-r----5-5-5-7---|
E-0-0-------0--0-0------------0---------------------|
      Shadow             scream

E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-7-7-7--9---------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5-5-5-5--7---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
  Around my heart

 Then comes the distorted part.  Two guitars here.

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
 Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D--7-----9------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
 This is repeated a few times

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
 Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D--7-----9------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
 What are you coming to

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
 Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D--7-----9------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
Stripped down to the bone

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
 Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9------------------------------------------|
D--7-----9------------------------------------------|
A--5-----7------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
Laughing, living 

Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7------------------------9-----------------------|
D------5-----7--------------------------------------|
A--5------------------------7-----------------------|
E------3-----5--------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7------------------------9-----------------------|
D--7---5-----7--------------9-----------------------|
A--5---5-----7--------------7-----------------------|
E------3-----5--------------------------------------|
On your own              All alone
 
Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7------9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----------------------|
D-----7---------------------------------------------|
A--5------7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----------------------|
E-----5---------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--7------9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----------------------|
D--7--7---9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-----------------------|
A--5--7---7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-----------------------|
E-----5---------------------------------------------|
 This is repeated a many times.

There is a solo here that I will post as soon as I work it out.

Do what you got to do
And say what you got to say
Do what you got to do

Guitar 1      *
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--------------7-----9------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--------------5-----7------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2      *
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--------------7-----9------------------------------|
D--------------7-----9------------------------------|
A--------------5-----7------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
Yes, start today       Start today

* Clean tone

Distortion back on now!
Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--9--9-9-9-7--7-7-7--------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A--7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5--------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--9--9-9-9-7--7-7-7--------------------------------|
D--9--9-9-9-7--7-7-7--------------------------------|
A--7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5--------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|

Then it ends like this:
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G-----9---------------------------------------------|
D-----9---------------------------------------------|
A-----7---------------------------------------------|
E-------------13b-----------------------------------|
Play this bit 4 times and then end on the x799xx


         This took me hours to figure out and type up so if 
         you are reading this now send me a message, even if 
         you have nothing to say, I just want to know that
         people are getting it and maybe using and enjoying 
         it.  I think most of what I have here is right.
         Once again, PLEASE tell me what you think (good and bad).
         Any corrections gladly welcomed.

         Adam Morris


Smashing Pumpkins albums
2000 Machina: The Machines of God
1998 Adore
1996 Aeroplane Flies High
1995 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Twilight To Starlig
1995 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk
1994 Pisces Iscariot
1993 Siamese Dream
1991 Gish
Gish tabs
01I Am One tabbass tab
02Siva tabbass tab
03Rhinoceros tabbass tab
04Bury Me tabbass tab
05Crush tabbass tab
06Suffer tabbass tab
07Snail tabbass tab
08Tristessa tabbass tab
09Window Paine tabbass tab
10Daydream tabbass tab

 

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