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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
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C H E R R Y
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THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH
[1979 Single]
(c) Virgin Records - 1996
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Tune Down a 1/2 Step, then Drop D
C# G# C# F# A# D#
Tempo = 106 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
[email protected]
Version 1.0
17th March 2009
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
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Song Notes:
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Contrary to popular belief, the main riffs of this song are played on bass,
not guitar. Guitar 1's chords are struck once, but they repeat and stutter
via various effects (delay and some sort of stuttering effect).
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Rest for 2 bars
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Riff 1 [Verse]: Guitar 1 with Stutter/Delay (Repeats outlined below)
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
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Fig. 1: x 1
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||-------------|--------------||
||--/10--------|--(10)--------||
||--/11--------|--(11)--------||
||-------------|--------------||
||-------------|--------------||
||-------------|--------------||
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Fig. 2: x 16
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||---------------|---------------||
||--12------10---|--10------10---||
||--11------11---|--9-------7----||
||--9-------9----|--9-------7----||
||---------------|---------------||
||---------------|---------------||
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Fig. 3: x 1
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||------------||
||--10--------||
||--7---------||
||--7---------||
||------------||
||------------||
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Pre-Chorus: Guitar 2 with Clean Tone (Play 5 times)
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
[ The first bar overlaps with Fig. 3 from the Verse riff, and is played once ]
||-----------------------||--------------------0--|
||--R- ----3-----||----------3------------|
||--E- -2-----2--||-------2-------2-------|
||--S- ----------||--4--------------------|
||--T- ----------||-----------------------|
||-----------------------||-----------------------|
|-(0)---------------------| |
|------3------------3-----| |
|-----------2----2-----2--|*|
|-------------------------|*|
|-------------------------| |
|-------------------------| |
On the last repeat, the last three notes of the last bar are not played (just
rest until the beginning of the next riff).
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Chorus: Guitar 2 (Play once)
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
||-------0----------------|-----0-----0------------|
||--3---------3--------5--|-(5)----0--0------0--0--|
||--2------------2-----6--|-(6)-------4------4--0--|
||--4---------------4--7--|-(7)-------5------5-----|
||---------------------0--|-(0)-------7------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
|-------0----------------|-----------0------------|-------0----------------|
|--3---------3--------5--|-(5)----0--0------0-----|--3---------3--------5--|
|--2------------2-----6--|-(6)-6-----4------4--4--|--2------------2-----6--|
|--4---------------4--7--|-(7)-------5------5--5--|--4---------------4--7--|
|---------------------0--|-(0)-------7------7--7--|---------------------0--|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------0------------|-------0----------------|-------------------||
|-(5)----0--0------------|--3---------3--------5--|-(5)---------------||
|-(6)-6-----4------------|--2------------2-----6--|-(6)---------------||
|-(7)-7-----5------5--0--|--4---------------4--7--|-(7)---------------||
|-(0)-0-----7------7-----|---------------------0--|-(0)---------------||
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------||
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Guitar 1 plays the Fig. 2 of the Verse riff 10 times, then plays the following:
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
||------------||
||--12--------||
||--11--------||
||--9---------||
||------------||
||------------||
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Guitar 2 plays the Pre-Chorus 5 times
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Guitar 2 plays the Chorus once
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End
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Tab summary: Riff 1:
Fig. 1 x 1
Fig. 2 x 16
Fig. 3 x 1
Pre-Chorus x 5
Chorus x 1
Riff 1:
Fig. 2 x 10
Pre-Chorus x 5
Chorus x 1
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