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Date: Thu, 04 Aug 94 21:10:15 EDT
Subject: Geek USA by the Pumpkins
To: [email protected]
Jim, the 2nd of 2 pumpkins tabs I made. Thanks alot.
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From: [email protected] (Van Vekris)
GEEK U.S.A., from Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins
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— This puppy’s just a tad harder than Rhinoceros…here’s how I play it.
— Tuning: (low to high) Eb A# D# G# B# E# …, or , you could just drop your
—— low E to D and play with a capo, but that’s pretty un-Corgan like.
Whichever you do, bear in mind I transcribed this having changed
all 6 of my strings.
INTRO — Heavy Distortion 🙂
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|——5-/-7—-7-7-7—7-7—10——5-/-7—-7-7-7—7-7—5——|
|——5-/-7—-7-7-7—7-7—10——5-/-7—-7-7-7—7-7—5——| repeat
|——5-/-7—-7-7-7—7-7—10——5-/-7—-7-7-7—7-7—5——| twice
|——3-/-5—-5-5-5—5-5—8——3-/-5—-5-5-5—5-5—3——|
|——0—0—-0-0-0—0-0———0—0—-0-0-0—0-0———|
— The strumming pattern isn’t right, so play it any way you think sounds good.
— Over the above, lay these licks…
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|—/14-vib.————14-vib.———————————|
|————/15-vib.——————————————-|
|———————————14/15b(15.5)——————-|
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VERSE — hammer on the lower 3 strings with your index and 3rd finger:
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«love, love let’s pretend …etc»
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|—0——10——0—0-0—-5h7-3—0—0-0—10—0—0-0—-5h7-3—
|—0——10——0—0-0—-5h7-3—0—0-0—10—0—0-0—-5h7-3—
|—0——10——0—0-0—-5h7-3—0—0-0—10—0—0-0—-5h7-3—
«…cast into the world with apple eyes… ……to wish, wish…
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-0—7—6—0—5——0—-10—-
-0—7—6—0—5——0—-10—-
-0—7—6—0—5——0—-10—-
— This is the basic fast-tempo metal format of the song; various bridges
and things include bars on the 10th, 3rd, 5th and zeroth frets. It would
take up less space if I ommitted those.
CHORUS:
====== «shot full of diamonds and a million years
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-5————————3-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-
|-3-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-5—5-p-3-p-0————-3-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-
|-3-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-5————6-p-5-3—0—3-3-3-3-3-3—5-5-5-5-
…the disappointed dis a pear (etc.)
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-0-0-0—10—0-0-0—(10)——3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5—3—5—12—3—5—0-|
-0-0-0—10—0-0-0—(10)——3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5—3—5—12—3—5—0-|
-0-0-0—10—0-0-0—(10)——3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5—3—5—12—3—5—0-|
James only (many strums…..)
-Again, the strumming pattern isn’t perfect. Repeat the intro part and the
next verse. For that 2nd «shot full of diamonds», Billy slaps on a positive
Octaver. Also, add these licks over the 2nd intro (confused yet?)
|—————-/17b17.5———————————————-|
|—1513-vib.—————1513———————13b13.5————|
|———————————14-12————12——————-|
|—————————————15—12h15———————-|
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«if by chance or circumstance we should fail
SLAP |————————————————————————
ON |————————————————————————
OCT- |————————————————————————
AVER |——(12)b11b12b11b12-hold—12-11-10-9———————————
HERE |—————————————13-12-10—10—-10—109——-
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don’t be too sad… …and a million years
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—————————— ——1716-vib.——10b12—————
———————10-/-12— —————————————
—10—9—10—12———— —————————————
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the disappointed dis a pear
—————————-13——13——13——13——16b17———|
——————————15p13—15p13—15p13—15p13—————|
——————-10—12—————————————10—12-|
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THE LOUNGE ACT — unless your guitar plays backwards, play the following 🙂
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«In a dream…wrist, t I knew w had forsaken…
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|——————— ————————-|
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|—-7b8b7—4——- ——0——2——5——|
|—————4—5- ——0——2——5——|
|——————— ——0——2——5——|
t I Knew w h forsaken expelled f paradise
COR- |———————————————————-?——I——
GAN |——————————————————————-N—-
WITH |—11—————————-11——————-?—?——-S—T—
OCT- |——11-12-14-12———-/12——11-12-14————————O—O
AVER |———————12-10——————-10—-?-?-?-?-?———-L-
|———————————————————?—————O
? ? ? ? ?
— Those notes at the question marks still piss me off…
SOLO — the only thing I attempted here was the following:
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…to my disease, of my needs…
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|-11-11-11-1110-10-10-109-9-9-9/12-12-12-12——|
|———————————————-etc.|
|—9—9—9—9-8—8—8—87-7-7-7/10-10-10-10——|
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OUTRO — wait for bass to do 4 bars, then do a heavy pick scrape and play this:
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«she really loves to break…
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|—0—0—0—7—0—0—0—0—10-10—0—9—9—9—2h3—|e
|—0—0—0—7—0—0—0—0—10-10—0—9—9—9—2h3—|a
|—0—0—0—7—0—0—0—0—10-10—0—9—9—9—2h3—|t
then toss your guitar in a corner of your room and relax to Mayonnaise…
