The Smashing Pumpkins – Hummer (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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e|--2h3p2-------------2h3p2-----2-3--|
B|--------4-3-1-3-3-3-------x-x------|
G|-----------------------------------| x10
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|

Then play this fuzzed main riff:

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------12--|
G|--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--|
D|--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--|
A|---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--|
D|--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------|

                                                                     sust.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------12--|
G|--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--|
D|--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--|
A|---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--|
D|--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------|

Now play this distorted line:

                                slow
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--7-----7--7-----7------------------7-9--9/11-11-------11-11--------|
D|--7--7-5h7-7--7-5h7-7--9-9-9-9----------------------14p12-------14p12--|
A|--5--5-5h7-5--5-5h7-5----------9-b10b9---------------------------------|
D|-------5h7------5h7----------------------------------------------------|

                 trem.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------/15---------------------|
G|----------11--9--b6b7b2-----11b12b11----11h12-14------14-11-b12b11-14-----|
D|-------------------------------------12-12----14-------------------14-12--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--/9-9-9-9-9--7--b4b5b0---------------------------------------------------|

           sust.
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--11b12b11------|
D|--14-------14---|
A|-----------15---|
D|----------------|

Now play these clean chords under the first verse:

e|--0----0--0---0---|
B|--3----3--3---1---|
G|--2----0--0---0---|
D|--0----2--2---2---| x4
A|------------------|
D|------------------|

Then play these distorted chords:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--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--|
A|--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--|
D|--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.
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--2-2/10-10-10--|
A|--2-2/10-10-10--|
D|--2-2/10-10-10--|

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

    repeat 3x                    play 4th time      sust
e|------------------------------|-----------------------|----------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------|----------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------|----------|
D|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--|
A|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/10-10-10--|--0-5h7-0-0-0--2-2-/5--|-2-2-2-2--|
D|--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
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--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--|
A|--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--|
D|--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--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\7\5--9--9-10-10-10-10-9-10--9-9\3---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                      into solo....
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------5-7---|
A|--9-10-10-10-10-9-10---9\5--9--9-10-10-10-9-10-9-9\5-7-------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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....

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7b8-7(8)b7-5--4h5p4-------5h7----7b8-7-5-7--7b8-7--5p4-----|
A|----------------------5-5/7-----5------------------------5---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|

                                     slow bend up   vib   band comes in
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------8p7--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------7-7------9p7----/7-7-7--9-b-b-b-b-b-b-b11--\-----/7-------|
D|------5--7/9--------------5--------------------------------------------|
A|--5/7------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

e|------------------------|
B|--3--3-3--3-3-3---3-3---|
G|--2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---|
D|--2--2-2--2-2-2---2-2---|
A|--5--5-3--3-3-3p2-2-2---|
D|------------------------|

  then play this progression back into the main fuzzed riff from before:
  (pm = palm mute)
                     pm         pm
e|--------------------------------0--|
B|--3-3---3-3----3-----3----3-----3--|
G|--2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--|
D|--2-2---2-2----2p0---0----0-----0--|
A|--2-2p0-0-0--0-0-----0----0-----0--|
D|-----------------5-5-5--5-5p4-4-4--|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------12--|
G|--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--|
D|--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0---9--|
A|---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--|
E|--------------0-------------0--------------0-------------0------|

                                                                long sust.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------12--|
G|--11-11b12b11---11-11b12b11---12--12b14b12--11b12b11---11-11b12b11----12--|
D|--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0---9--|
A|---9--9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0-10--10b12b10---9b10b9--0--9--9b10b9--0--10--|
D|--------------0-------------0------------------------0-------------0------|

now this part is a clean guitar, with a bass doubling riff: play this 5x:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------0--------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------3-----3------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------0---0-----0----|
D|--7--7--7--7--/11--11--11--11--11-11\5--5--5--5--5\4-------------4--|
A|---0--0--0--0----0---0---0---0--------0--0--0--0--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

then play this twice into the outro:

e|--------------------------5----------5--|
B|--------------------------5------5-5-5--|
G|--------------------------7--9p7-7-7-7--|
D|-------------------4-5--5-5--5---5-5-5--|
A|--7-7-7-5--5/7-7-7----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|

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

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------10----------------------------12--|
G|--7h9--7h9p7---7\6----6-7-9/11----9--11-12\-6---------14p12------|
D|-------------9-----7---------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                     vib.
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14(15)b14p12---------14(15)b14-12---------17-15p14------|
G|---------------14--12---------------14--12-----------16---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|

    repeat twice
e||--------------------------17-17-17--------------------------17-17-17--|
B||--17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14-----------|
G||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--15-14----------------------------------||
B|--------17--15-14------------------------||
G|------------------16-14------------------||
D|-------------------------17-16-17-16-14--||
A|-----------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------||

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------14-b15b14-----------------------------------------|
D|--16-b17b16-14--14h16------------14--h16--17-16-14-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------4--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                 slow strum into feedback
e|---------------0---|
B|---------------3---|
G|---------------2---|
D|---------------0---|
A|--2-0----------0---|
D|------5-4-2-4--0---|