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Hummer   The Smashing Pumpkins

 
 ------

 


 Transcribed by Chris Carman (cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu)


 


 This song is a little tougher than the earlier three because it's a lot longer


 and a bit more complicated. First, tune your low E string (6th string) down a


 whole step to a D. The intro is a sitar-like line with some weird noise


 gate/static effect:


 


 Repeat 10x


 


 

 
 --2h3p2-------------2h3p2-----2-3--
 --------4-3-1-3-3-3-------x-x------
 -----------------------------------
 -----------------------------------
 -----------------------------------
 -----------------------------------

 


 


 Then play this fuzzed main riff:


 


 

 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------12--
 --11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
 --------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--
 ---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
 --------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------

 


 


 sust.


 

 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------12--
 --11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
 --------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--
 ---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
 --------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------

 


 


 Now play this distorted line:


 


 slow


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 --7--7-----7--7-----7------------------7-9--9/11-11-------11-11--------
 --7--7-5h7-7--7-5h7-7--9-9-9-9----------------------14p12-------14p12--
 --5--5-5h7-5--5-5h7-5----------9-b10b9---------------------------------
 -------5h7------5h7----------------------------------------------------

 


 


 trem.


 

 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------/15---------------------
 ----------11--9--b6b7b2-----11b12b11----11h12-14------14-11-b12b11-14-----
 -------------------------------------12-12----14-------------------14-12--
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --/9-9-9-9-9--7--b4b5b0---------------------------------------------------

 


 


 sust.


 

 
 ----------------
 ----------------
 --11b12b11------
 --14-------14---
 -----------15---
 ----------------

 


 


 Now play these clean chords under the first verse:


 


 

 
 Repeat 4x ---------
 --0----0--0---0---
 --3----3--3---1---
 --2----0--0---0---
 --0----2--2---2---
 ------------------
 ------------------ 

 


 


 Then play these distorted chords:


 


 

 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 --2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
 --2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--
 --2--2-2--2-2-/5--5-5--5-5-\0--0-/7--7-7-7-7\5-5-5--\2-2-2--2/7-7-7--

 


 


 Go back to the clean chords, repeating 3x and adding this the 4th time:


 


 dist.


 

 
 ----------------
 ----------------
 ----------------
 --2-2/10-10-10--
 --2-2/10-10-10--
 --2-2/10-10-10--

 


 


 Play the fuzzed main riff again, with these distorted chords under it:


 


 repeat 3x play 4th time sust


 

 
 ------------------------------ ----------------------- ----------
 ------------------------------ ----------------------- ----------
 ------------------------------ ----------------------- ----------
 --0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10-- --0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5-- -2-2-2-2--
 --0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10-- --0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5-- -2-2-2-2--
 --0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10-- --0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5-- -2-2-2-2--

 


 


 Now, play these chords with the following line over it:


 


 repeat 2x


 

 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 --0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--
 --0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--
 --0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-/10-10-10-10--
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 --9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\7\5--9--9-10-10-10-10-9-10--9-9\3---
 -------------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 into solo....


 

 
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------5-7---
 --9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\5--9--9-10-10-10-9-10-9-9\5-7-------
 -------------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 guitar solo, very fuzzed out


 to play this solo completely correct, you're going to have to tranpose up


 an octave, and then slap some of that Octaver on there, but I thought it


 would just be easier if I transcribed it in the lower octave... go buy that


 effect, or an Octave Fuzz....


 


 

 
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 --7b8-7(8)b7-5--4h5p4-------5h7----7b8-7-5-7--7b8-7--5p4-----
 ----------------------5-5/7-----5------------------------5---
 -------------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 slow bend up vib band comes in


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------8p7--------------------------------------------------
 -------------7-7------9p7----/7-7-7--9-b-b-b-b-b-b-b11--\-----/7-------
 ------5--7/9--------------5--------------------------------------------
 --5/7------------------------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 okay, after the solo is over, play these chords 4x:


 


 

 
 ------------------------
 --3--3-3--3-3-3---3-3---
 --2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---
 --2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---
 --5--5-3--3-3-3p2-2-2---
 ------------------------

 


 


 then play this progression back into the main fuzzed riff from before:


 (pm = palm mute)


 pm pm


 

 
 --------------------------------0--
 --3-3---3-3----3-----3----3-----3--
 --2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--
 --2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--
 --2-2p0-0-0--0-0-----0----0-----0--
 -----------------5-5-5--5-5p4-4-4--
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------12--
 --11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
 --------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--
 ---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
 --------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------

 


 


 long sust.


 

 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------12--
 --11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--
 --------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--
 ---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--
 --------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------

 


 


 now this part is a clean guitar, with a bass doubling riff:


 play this 5x:


 


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------------0--------
 -------------------------------------------------------3-----3------
 -----------------------------------------------------0---0-----0----
 --7--7--7--7--/11--11--11--11--11-11\5--5--5--5--5\4-------------4--
 ---0--0--0--0----0---0---0---0--------0--0--0--0--------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 then play this twice into the outro:


 


 

 
 --------------------------5----------5--
 --------------------------5------5-5-5--
 --------------------------7--9p7-7-7-7--
 -------------------4-5--5-5--5---5-5-5--
 --7-7-7-5--5/7-7-7----------------------
 ----------------------------------------

 


 


 the rest of the song is an instrumental guitar outro with a lot of delay:


 


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------10-----------------------12--
 --7h9--7h9p7---7\6----6-7-7/9-10b11----10(11)-9-------14p12------
 -------------9-----7-----------------------------11--------------
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 vib.


 

 
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 --14(15)b14p12---------14(15)b14-12---------17p15-14------
 ---------------14--12---------------14--12-----------16---
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 repeat twice


 

 
 --------------------------17-17-17--------------------------17-17-17--
 --17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------
 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 --15-14----------------------------------
 --------17--15-14------------------------
 ------------------16-14------------------ :
 -------------------------17-16-17-16-14-- :
 -----------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------14-b15b14-----------------------------------------
 --16-b17b16-14--14h16------------14--h16--17-16-14-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0----
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------4--
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 


 


 slow strum into feedback


 

 
 ---------------0---
 ---------------3---
 ---------------2---
 ---------------0---
 --2-0----------0---
 ------5-4-2-4--0---

 


 


 Lyrics to Hummer:


 


 Faith lies in the ways of sin


 Chased the charmed but I don't want them anymore


 And in their eyes I was alive -- a fool's disguise


 Take me away from here


 


 Shame my tongue fat with promise all along


 When I woke up from that sleep


 I was happier than I'd ever been


 


 When you decide that your life is a prize


 Renew, revive, it's all right honey, it's all right, yeah


 


 Happines will make you wonder


 Will I feel ok


 It scared the disenchanted


 Far away


 


 Yeah, I want something new


 But what am I supposed to do


 I-I, I love you


 Yeah, I-I love you


 It's true


 


 Life's a bummer, when you're a hummer


 Life's a drag


 


 Ask yourself a question, anyone but me, I ain't free


 Ask yourself a question, anyone but me, I ain't free


 Do you feel


 Love is real?


 


 --eof--


 


 -cecarman@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu


 


 From: In Love with C.Love


 Subject: SMASHING PUMPKINS TAB, finally something awesome


 


 Hey, guys, there's a lot of shit posted but here's the sweet stuff


 comin'. No it ain't that fine chick you did last night, but it's track


 no.4 from Siamese Dream. The best song on the album (along with 9 and


 13). Don't get me wrong, the whole album is really great...but here's the


 ending mellow part to track no. 4. Dig in...and reply...please...


 And since the bottom lowest strings (the thickest ones) aren't used,


 these grids are always shown in terms of the highest one being the


 thinnest string. Here goes...


 


 

 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------------5---------
 -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6\0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------7-------------
 ----------------------------------------------------5-4-5---5------------

 


 


 This repeats a bunch of times, then....


 


 

 
 -------------------------------------5-------5----`------5----5--------

 


 [----]  

 
 ---------------------------------------------5----`-----------5--------

 


 [----]  

 
 --------------------------------------------------`--------------------

 


 [---]  

 
 -2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0/2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5---5-5-------`--5-5------(5)---------

 


 [---]  

 
 --------------------------------------------------`--------------------

 


 [---]  

 
 --------------------------------------------------`--------------------

 


 [---]  


 This, too repeats a few times. The first time, play those 5's before the


 apostrophes, and the second time, play the 5's after the apostrophes. The


 lowest 5 on the part after the apostrophes is optional. Then it gets


 kinda' questionable as to how it goes, but this is how I hear it...


 


 

 
 --------------------0------------2-5---2-3--------------------------------
 -3-5-3-5---3-5-3-2---2---2-3-5------5-----2------------------------------
 ------------------------2-------------------------------------------------

 


 


 It's necessary to slur a lot of these notes. Slur or do that H or P thing


 they use in those Tab books. Just add those in where necessary.


 


 

 
 -5-3-5-3---7-5-7-5--10\9-7-5-3--10-9-7-5-3---12-10-9---------
 ---------------------------------------------------------12----- 

 


 


 Below, is arguably the hardest part. But it's not hard once you get the


 hang of it...


 


 

 
 -12-9-----10-9-----12-9----10-9-----17-17------------------
 -------10-------10-------10------10-------------------------

 


 


 Hold index on 9 on high E, and middle finger on 10 on second string. Only


 the other two fingers move. And for that part, the you should pluck only


 once for ever 12-9 and 10-9.


 


 And here's the end. I omitted a small section, but it's repeated here, so


 just splice it in.


 


 

 
 -17-17-15-14-12-10-9-7-5-3-2-3-2---------------5------3-2-------------
 -------------------------------------5-5/7-5-5/7---5-7------5-3-2-------
 -------------------------------------------------------------------4-2-0-

 


 and...


 


 

 
 --------------------------(2)---------
 ---------------------------3----------
 ---------------------------2----------
 -4-2-0---------------------------------
 --------4-2-0--------------------------
 ---------------3-2-0-2-----------------

 


 


 The 2 is in parentheses because it's optional.


 


 So there it is. I know, it must have been confusing like heck...but, I


 did my best. Please give me feedback...Thanks.


 


 From: YFXW35D@prodigy.com (Squea Lee)


 Subject: Re: SMASHING PUMPKINS TAB, finally something awesome


 


 how bout this in stead for "Hummer" Track No. 4 on the dream?


 Drop D tuning


 First Riff


 

 
 ------------------------------------------------------
 7-8-7---------------7-8-7---7-8-----------------------
 ------8-7-------7-7-------8---------------------------
 ----------10-10---------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------------------------

 


 Second (less distorted) riff


 


 

 
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------------------------12----
 11/\11---11~~~---11/\11---12~~~-11/\11---11~--11/\11---12----
 -------------------------------------------------------9-----
 9-/\9----9~~~~---9-/\9----10~~~-9-/\9----9~~--9-/\9----10----
 -------0----------------0--------------0------------0--------

 


 


 solo then


 verse:


 

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

 


 


 next part


 

 
 --------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------------
 2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-0/7-7-7--5-5-5--2-2-2--7-7--------------
 2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-0/7-7-7--5-5-5--2-2-2--7-7--------------
 2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-0/7-7-7--5-5-5--2-2-2--7-7--------------

 


 verse again but in the last measure, the last time you play it,


 play(distorted):


 


 

 
 ---------------
 ---------------
 ---------------
 2/~10-10-10----
 2/~10-10-10----
 2/~10-10-10---- 

 


 then


 


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 0-0-0-0-0-2-2-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-----
 0-0-0-0-0-2-2-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-----
 0-0-0-0-0-2-2-10-10-10-10-10-0-0-0-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-----

 


 play this^^^ twice then


 


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 11-12-12-11-12-11-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 9--10-10-9--10-9--10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------

 


 three times


 


 solo:


 


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 7/~\7-5--4/\4-------5-7---7/-7-5--7--7/\7---5-4------
 ---------------5/~7-----5------------------------5---
 -----------------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------
 ----------------8-7----------------------------------
 ------------7------9-7--7-----9////~~~~~```------<--Slow bend
 ----5---7-9------------------------------------------
 5-7-------------------9------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------------

 


 


 i dont know this next part but i think it goes D-C-G


 but it doesnt sound quite right


 


 later do the first soft riff again


 


 then the next solo:


 


 

 
 -----------------------------------------------------
 ------------------------------3---3-----3------------
 2-2-2-2-2-2-2/6-6-6-6-6-6-6\0---0---0-0---0---0-----
 --------------------------------------------4--------
 -----------------------------------------------------


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