Learn Music: Suffer guitar tab - Smashing Pumpkins tabs

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  From: Brian McCall 
  
  Suffer -- Smashing Pumpkins off of the Gish album.
  ------
  This is as close as I can get.  I hope it helps out a little to 
  everybody.  Any corrections are welcome to the above address.
  
  Legend:
  
   >   upstroke           $
   [   downstroke         $
   fb  full bend          $ } I dunno the term for this so just
   fbr full bend-release  $ } play the chord a little slower 
   hb  half bend          $ } than stiking it normally.
   p   pull-off           $
   h   hammer-on
  
  
  Drum intro...
  
  Intro:
  
  *1
  
  Guitar 1
     >
  |-$0----------------------------0---------------------------------
  |-$3----------------------------3---------------------------------
  |-$2------9----------------9fbr-2------9----------------9fbr------
  |-$0----7---------8p7----7------0----7---------8p7----7-----------
  |-$0----------------------------0---------------------------------
  |-$---------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Guitar 2
  
  |---------0----------------0-----------0----------------0---------
  |--3------3-X-X-X-3--------3----3------3-X-X-X-3--------3---------
  |--3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2----3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2---------
  |--0------0-X-X-X-0--------0----0------0-X-X-X-0--------0---------
  |--0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0----0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0---------
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Guitar 3
  
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Repeat *1 with lyrics then:
  
  *2
  
  Both Guitars:
  
  ...saying you're seeing, you're ... are
  
  |--0-------------------0---0---------------0----------------0----
  |--1---------------------1-1--------3------3-X-X-X-3--------3----
  |--0-----------------------0--------3p2----2-X-X-X-3p2------2----
  |--2-----------------------2--------0------0-X-X-X-0--------0----
  |--3-----------------------3--------0----0-0-X-X-X-0------0-0----
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
                                      ^^back to parts of *1 here^^
  
  ...meaning is cleaning the meaning of who you are..
  
  |--0-------------------0---0-------------------------------------
  |--1---------------------1-1-------------------3-----------------
  |--0-----------------------0-------------------2-----------------
  |--2-----------------------2-------------------0-----------------
  |--3-----------------------3-------------------0-----------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  *3
  
  Both Guitars:
  
                                      [>[
  |--5----5------5----5-----3-----3---333--------------------------
  |--5----5-XXXX-5----5-----3-----3---333--------------------------
  |--7----7-XXXX-5----5-XXX-5-----5---555--------------------------
  |--7----7-XXXX-7--7-7-XXX-5-----5---555--------------------------
  |--5----5-XXXX-5--5-5-XXX-3--3--3---333--------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  
   Repeat *3 4 times
  
   Play *1 and *2 (the song again) then the break (*4).
  
  *4
  
  Guitar 1 (med. fast flanger):
  
    Too late...                                                  ...me
  |--------------------2-----------------------2-----------------2----
  |--------3-------------0---------3-------------0---------3-----0---2
  |------0---0-------0-----0-----0---0-------0-----0-----0---0---0---3
  |----2-------2---0-----------2-------2---0-----------2-------2-0---0
  |--3-----------2-----------3-----------2-----------3-----------2---0
  |-------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  *5
  
  Guitar 1:
  
     >          >       etc...              until..             [
  |-$0---------$0-----------------------------------------2--------
  |-$3---------$3---------------------------------------3-3-----3--
  |-$2---------$2---------------------------------------2-2-----2--
  |-$0---------$0---------------------------------------0-0-----0--
  |-$0---------$0---------------------------------------0-0-----0--
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Guitar 2 (flanger again):          etc... until..
  
  |---------------------2---------------2--------------7-----------
  |-------------------3--------------------------------------------
  |-----------------2---------------2--------------2---------------
  |-------0--------------------------------------------------------
  |-----0----------------------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  *6
  
  Guitar 2 continues *5 and Guitar 1 repeats a Dsus2 with a few 
  variations...  Recorder enters here. 
                          
                          etc...
  |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
  |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------
  |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-------------------------------------------
  |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
  |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------
  |----------------------------------------------------------------
  
  *7
  
  After recorder stops, Guitar 1 stays on that D and adds a C and a G.
  Guitar 2 jumps around a Dsus2 also:
  
  Guitar 1:
  
     D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D C      G   G
  |--0-----------------------------------------------0------3---3--
  |--3-----------------------------------------------1-XXXX-3---3--
  |--2-----------------------------------------------0-XXXX-0---0--
  |--0-----------------------------------------------2-XXXX-0---0--
  |--0-----------------------------------------------3-XXXX-X---X--
  |---------------------------------------------------------3---3--
  
  Guitar 2:
  
  |----------0---------------0---------------0-------0------3---3--
  |------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-1-XXXX-3---3--
  |----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---0-XXXX-0---0--
  |--0---------------0---------------0---------------2-XXXX-0---0--
  |--------------------------------------------------3-XXXX-X---X--
  |---------------------------------------------------------3-3-3--
  
   Guitar 2 repeats *7 twice then Both change to: 
   
  *8   
     
     D D D D D D D D
  |--0---------------0------3-----3--------------------------------
  |--3---------------1-XXXX-3-----3--------------------------------
  |--2---------------0-XXXX-0-----0--------------------------------
  |--0---------------2-XXXX-0-----0--------------------------------
  |--0---------------3-XXXX-X-----X--------------------------------
  |-------------------------3---3-3--------------------------------
                                
  
    *8 repeats 4 times, the fourth time without the last 2 Gs.
  
    The song ends in a dreamy riff not too unlike *4.  I haven't tabbed
   it out but I know it starts out like *4 with a few extra notes and
   variations.  I hope this helps out.  Thanks...
  
  
                                          --Brian
  

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