The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (Bass Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)

Versions (7)

Auto-scroll

Easy song, but no one seems to be able to get it right yet, so here it is: flat tuning Eb,Ab,Db,Gb Bass comes in at second verse. [Verse]

  come in after "you and I...should meet"
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| (x3)

[Pre-Chorus 1]

  "end.....to it all"
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Eb|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

[Chorus]

  "Iiiiiiiii don't even            care"
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| (x3)

[Post-Chorus]

  "absorbed, to the earth, below"
Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Eb|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

[Verse] (x4) [Pre-Chorus 2]

Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Eb|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

[Chorus] (x3) [Bridge]

  "assured, to the lights"
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| (x3)

Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------|
Eb|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

(rest for first half of next verse) (after "hung down with the freaks"): [Verse] (x2) [Pre-Chorus 1] [Chorus] (x3) [Post-Chorus] [Verse] (x2)

Gb|------|
Db|------|
Ab|------|
Eb|-7----| da end!