~From: [email protected] (Sang T. Lee)
SNAIL — Gish — Smashing Pumpkins
h = hammer on p = pull off > = vibrato
/, = slide up, down fb, hb = full bend, half bend
fr, hr = full release, half release * = artificial harmonics
INTRO:
Guitar1, (clean)
|-A—Em—G-| The G is played like: |32003x| except 3rd time where
its played like |320033|. The fills are below:
|—————-2h3-3/5-5/7-5-|
|-2h3/5/7hb——————-|
|——————————|
|——————————|
|——————————|
|——————————|
Then comes:
Guitar2, (distorted)
|———————————————|
|-2-2—2—2-0-2-2—2-2-2—-2-2-2—2-2—2—|
|-2-2—4p2-2-0-2-2—2-2-4p2—2-2-2—2-2—2—|
|-2-2—2—2-0-2-2—2-2-2—-2-2-2—2-2—2—|
|-0-0—0—0-0-0-0—0-0-0-0—0-0-0—0-0—0—|
|———————————————|
Then both guitars play G then D/F#, these can be played in two different
ways either as open chords: G |320033|, D/F# |200232| or as barre chords:
G |355233|, D/F# |254232|.
The majority of the song revolves around A, G, and D/F#.
Guitar2 continues playing this progression:
|—A—-G—D/F#—A—-G—A—-G—|
During the beginning of this, Guitar1 plays a little solo:
|—————————————————|
|—————————————————|
|-6>—6-6hbhr6h7r6———————————|
|——9————7/(14)———12-11-12-11——-|
|————————-*12hbhr————-*12>—|
|—————————————————|
And where the progression above holds on the G chord twice there is
a G note played on the 5th fret of the D string in unison.
Guitar2 then repeatly plays Riff1 until the quiet part:
Riff1:
|-A—G—D/F#-|
Under the progression there is a little riff:
|—————————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|—————5-5-4>—————5-5-4>———————|
|———4-5-7—————-4-5-7———-4-5-4-5-4h5p5—-|
|-5>—5-7—————5>—5-7——————————5—|
Now when Riff1 stops on the D/F# chord, slide up the F# note
on the 2nd fret of the low-E string to a G note on the 3rd
fret of the same string while partially muting the other strings.
Riff1 continues and this solo is played over it:
|—————————————————————|
|——————————————10>—8h10p8—8/14>—|
|-10>——————————9-11>—————11———|
|——11h12-11-9-11-11h12p11p9———————————-|
|——————————12——————————-|
|—————————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|—16hbhr-14*14hb>>—17fbfr-(18)—————————|
|—————————-^-mute with another finger—|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
Now the quiet part comes in. It’s just the A, G, D/F# chords
played over, but arpeggiated with certain notes left out.
A G A G A G D/F# G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^—distortion comes back
x x x x x 3 0
x 0 x 0 x 0 3
2 0 2 0 2 0 0
2 0 2 x 2 0 4
0 x 0 x 0 x x
x 3 x 3 x 3 2
— — — — — — —
Now Guitar2 starts playing Riff1 again.
These fills are also played over it:
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|—12p11p9-11p9—————————/11—12—14>>—|
|—————10h12—10-9h10p9>————————-|
|———————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|—————————————————————|
|—————5-5-4>—————5-5-4>———————|
|———4-5-7—————-4-5-7———-4-5-4-5-4h5p5—-|
|-5>—5-7—————5>—5-7——————————5—|
Riff1 ends on A and the song slows down again playing
this Riff2:
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|——-0——0—————————-0——0——-|
|——9——0———11-12-11-9-11-9——9——0———|
|—10——9———-0—0—0—0-0—0—10——9————|
|———————————————————|
^——————————-^——-Riff2 repeats.
And this solo comes during Riff2:
|———————————————————|
|———————————————-19fb——|
|———————————16fbfr-14>>———X—|
|-5>>—7>>>—-5-5-/9-/11-/14>———————-X—|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
|—18h19r18h19r18r16h18r16h18r16—X———————|
|———————————X———————|
|———————————————————|
|———————————————————|
The X’s are pick slides. The first pick slide should be fast and
over the pickups on the indicated strings, this should give a
similiar sound. The second is a tad bit slower well in front of
the lead pickup.
Riff2 then continues with distortion, and the song ends on an A chord.