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Tarantula Tabs

(ver. 3)
Smashing Pumpkins
Tarantula
Smashing Pumpkins

Tune strings down a semi tone (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)
Intro
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|--------|--------|------------------------------ These notes are picked as 
|---2----|---(2)--|------------------------------ fast as possible and are 
|---2----|---(2)--|------------------------------ played as natural 
|---0----|---(0)--|-1/3/4/5/7\4-4\3/3\----------- harmonics.
Verse
  I    don't wanna     fight,
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|

  Ev  'ry   sin gle   night,
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|

  Ev  'ry   thing  I   want  is   in  your    eyes.
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|



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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|

  You  would beat your path,
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|

 To places I don't   know    to  care.        The
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|

  spoils of all I  got    were   left  for   scr*ps
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|

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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
Pre-Chorus
   Don't     let me  say                    this       but
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-0-0-0|-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-10-10-0-0-0|

 you're  no worse than me,
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|-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-8-8-0-0-0|

                       it's cra       zy.         We
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-0-0-0|-7-7-7-7-7-7/10-10-10-0-0-0|

Chorus
 all look  real       but real    ly     who   was?
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/10-0-0-0|

                                      Just  be - cause         we  
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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-0-0|

 all  are   real,     we  feel  we had    to know. 
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|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0|

                        We all look   real    'cause
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|

 some-  one    gave   us      some.
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|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------12\|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-0|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12\|
Bridge
  I wanna   be           there   when you're happy,
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|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0|3--3-3--3-8--8-8--8\0|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0|
  .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  .  . .  . .  . .  .

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|-3--3-3-3-3/8--8-8-8\0|

  I wanna   love      you  when  you're sad.
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|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0|3--3-3--3-8--8-8--8\0|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0|
  .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  .  . .  . .  . .  .

Can't stand the morning rain.
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|-3--3-3-3-3/8--8-8-8\0|

         Get out   and take you're    place      then.
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|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0|3--3-3--3-8--8-8--8\0|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0|
  .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  .  . .  . .  . .  .

 Can't stand the blazing sun.
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|-3--3-3-3-3/8--8-8-8\0|
                                         The angel dust.
|---------|----------|If you close|----------|----------|
|---------|----------|your eyes   |----------|----------|
|---------|----------|you'll see  |--5-5--7-7|--8-8--9-9|
|-5-5--7-7|--8-8--9-9|            |--5-5--7-7|--8-8--9-9|
|-5-5--7-7|--8-8--9-9|            |--3-3--5-5|--6-6--7-7|
|-3-3--5-5|--6-6--7-7|            |--3-3--5-5|--6-6--7-7|


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|---------| Harmonic slide whilst picking quickly
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|1/4------|

SOLO 1

  E                                    G              C
|-5/10-0-0-5/10-0-0-5/10-0-0-5/10-0-0|-5/10-0-0-5-5-5-6---|
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|------------------------------------|--------------------|
  E                                   G                 C
|-5/10-0-0-5/10-0-0-5/10-0-0-5/10-0-0|19-15----15-14-----------|
|------------------------------------|------17-------15-13--5--|
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|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
  E            G         C        E              (E)
|----5/7-----|-----------6--(6)\|--------------|-------------------------|
|-8-------7--|-5--(5)/8--8--(8)\|-0--10--8--7--|-10-8-7------------------|
|------------|------------------|--------------|--------9-7---7----------|
|------------|------------------|--------------|------------9---9-7-9-7-5|
|------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------------|

Verse
 E
 I  don't wanna be                       an-y-thing   but  me
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|--------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7----(7)\----|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
                         a  million watts  of  sound    can't  compare
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-3-3-3-3-3-3/8-8-8-8-8-8|         

                                                 Bridge
                                                Come alongyou'll seetheworld
                           G           C          E5             G5 C5  E5 
|------------------------|-12-------------------|------------------|-------|
|------------------------|----15-12-------------|------------------|----15-|
|------------------------|----------14b15r14--12|------------------|-------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-14---------------|-x-----|
|------------------------|----------------------|------------------|-x-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|----------------------|------------------|-------|

 the pulse triples, the crowd unfurls. thecurrentstopstheflowingveinurown.
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|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------17b19|
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|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|3--3-3--3-8--8-8--8\0|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0|-3--3-3--3/8----------|
 .  . .  . .  . .  . .  .  . .  . .  . .  .  .  . .  . .  
Pre-Chorus                                        oh it's
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||------------r17-15-17-15------|------------------------------10|
||-------------------------16-14|--------------(14)\-------------|
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|Guitar 2
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||-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-0-0-0------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-0-10-10-0-0-0|

   the white hot show they want,                 it's 
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||-8-8-8-8-8-8-0-8-8-0-0-0|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-0-0-0|
  shameful.               We
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||-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-0-0-0|


Chorus
 all look  real       but real    ly     who   was?
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|------------------------|-------------------------|
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/10-0-0-0|

                                      Just  be - cause         we  
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|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|   
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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-0-0|

 all  are   real,     in ev 'ry living soul. 
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|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0|

                       the  acid real,     cause
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|

 some-  one    gave   us      some.
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|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------12\|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-0|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-12\|

SOLO 2

||-----------------12-12-------|---------------------------------|
||-------15b17------------15-12|---------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-14--12-----12--14/16-----14-9-12|
||-----------------------------|--------14-----------------------|
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||-9-9-------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-9-9-------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-7-7----x--x--x--x-------0-0-|-5----5--------------x-x-x-x-----|
||-7-7----x--x--x--x-------0-0-|-3----3--------------x-x-x-x-0-0-|

                                 Don't    break     the  oath.
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||------------------------------|-8--------7---------8----5-----|
||------------------------0-----|-------------------------------|
||---14-12----------------0-----|-------------------------------|
||---------14--12--10-----------|-------------------------------|
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||------------------------------|-5--------7--7-----------------|
||---------------x--x--x--x-----|-5--------7--7-----------------|
||-7----7\-------x--x--x--x-----|-3--------5--5-------0---------|
||-5----5\-------x--x--x--x--0-0|-3----0---5--5-------0---------|
                     G5                          A5
 E5     I wanna love  you          when your're happy
|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------17b19-|
|--5-----(5)\-------|-15b17r15----12-------------|------------------------|
|---------------0---|------------------14b16--12-|(12)--(12)\-0-----------|
|---------------0---|----------------------------|------------0-----------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|--------------12\-------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|--------------12\-------|
  don't break this oath.   I   wanna               be  there when you're sad
  C5          D5       E5                                     G5
|-r17-15---15---------|--------------------------------------|------0-15-17|
|--------17---17b19---|-17b19-17b19--17b19--17b19r17-15---15-|-12--0-------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------16---|-----0-------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------|

  A5
                                          please bring back the pouring rain
|-17b19----------------------------------|-----------------------17-|
|----------15b17r15--17b19--17-15-----15-|-----------15-15-17-15----|
|----------------------------------16----|-16-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
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||---------------------------------------|-5------------7-----------|
||---------------------------------------|-5------------7-----------|
||---------------------------------------|-3------------5-----------|
||---------------------------------------|-3------------5-----------|

  G5                  D/F#               Em             C
|-17b18(gradual bend)|17b18-17b18r17-15|---------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-17b18(gradual)|-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----14b16r14|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|-7/12-0------|
 G/B                  Am
|--------------------|------------|
|--------------------|------------|
|--9-9b11r9-7---7--4-|-(4)b(5)r(4)|
|-------------9------|------------|
|--------------------|------------|
|--------------------|------------|

Chords:  G, D/F#, Em, C, G/B, Am, A5, B5
all are real, as real as any laws, so easy now. we all are real in every living 
soul. A young day you know.
     (E)                        (G)                  (C)
|---|-------12-15-12-15-12tr15-|-14-12-15-12-12-------------------12--15-12|
|-15|-15b17--------------------|----------------15-12-15-0-12--15----------|
|---|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

(E)                   (G)     (C)    (E)
Can't stand the blazing sun.        Can't stand the morning rain.
|------0--------------|-------------|------------------------|
|-15b17--15-12--------|-------------|------------------------|
|--------------14--12-|-----(12)\---|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------|------------------------|

(G)  (C)   (E)                     (G)      (C)   (E)
   oh get out and take your place  again.          I dont wanna be
|--12-----|-----------------------|----------------|-17b19-17--15---------|
|------15\|-----------------------|--17b19--r17-15-|--------------17-17b19|
|---------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------------|
(G)   (C)   (E)                   (G)   (C)     (E)
alone.      I don't wanna be      alone.        I don't wanna be
|----------|-17b19-17--15---------|------------|-17b19-17--15---------|
|r17--15---|--------------17-17b19|r17--15-----|--------------17-17b19|
|-------16-|----------------------|--------16--|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|------------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|------------|----------------------|
|----------|----------------------|------------|----------------------|

(G)   (C)          B5                D5        D#5         E5
alone,alone.                                                  If its the 
|-----------------|----------------------17----|-----------------------|
|r17--15----15--17|-(17)gradual bend b18----17b|18---------------------|
|-------16--------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
 G                               E    F#5       A5
white     hot      show    they    want
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-14b16r14-12-12\--14b16r14-12-14-12-|-12------14b16--14b16--14-|
|------------------------------------|----12-14-----------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
  A#5               B5
                the black hot they'll get.
||------------------17b19r17-17|------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------| 17b19-17b19-17b18-17b19-17b19-17b19|
||-12--------------------------|------------------------------------|
||-----14-12-------------------|------------------------------------|
||-----------14--10------------|------------------------------------|
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||-----------------------------|-(1)-harmonic tremelo picking to 4 over 2 bars

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||-17b19-17b19-17b19-17-0-17-0--|-15b15.5-17-17-15b15.5-12--|-15b17-15b17\-|
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||------------------------------|---------------------------|-9------9\----|
||------------------------------|---------------------------|-9------9\----|
||------------------------------|-------------------0--0----|-7------7\----|
||/4/---------------------------|-(3)-(4)---(4)-(4)-0--0----|-7------7\----|
                                   natural harmonics



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