Smashing Pumpkins

Quiet(Tabs)

Smashing Pumpkins

Key: B

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slide up       
then down     Riff 1 
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---2/---     --2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--7/9-9-9-- 
---2/---     --2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--7/9-9-9-- 
---------     --0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5--5/7-7-7-- 
 
Play Riff 1 4x as intro, 4x under verse 
Play this chorus riff 3x then the held note ending: 
 
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--6-6-9-1----1--1-1--64-4-4--4--4-4--4p2-2-2--2--4-- 
--6-6-9-2----2--2-2--64-4-4--4--4-4--4p2-2-2--2--4-- 
--4-4-7-2----2--2-2--42-2-2--2--2-2--2-0-0-0--0--2-- 
--------0----0--0-0---------------------------------- 
 
                       hold   big slide 
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--6-6-9-1----1--1-1--64---   ------------- 
--6-6-9-2----2--2-2--64---   -(2)/(x)(0)- 
--4-4-7-2----2--2-2--42---   -(2)/(x)(0)- 
--------0----0--0-0--------   -(2)/(x)(0)- 
 
 
For the second verse, play the Riff 1 section 12x and then do the 
chorus again, all the way through until the hold. 
 
To get that harmonic sliding effect, place your finger above the 
12th fret on the high E string and slide down slowly, plucking 
straight 16th note harmonics until you end up above the 7th fret 
at the beginning of the 4th beat.  Do this four times under 'We 
are the fossils, the relics of our time... etc'.  
 
At the hold, hold for 8 beats, then play this 32nd-note strumming 
pattern, similar to the end of Cherub Rock: 
 
  w h h q q q q  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e 
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--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-x-- 
--4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-x-- 
--2-3-4-5-6-7-8--9--10-11-12-13-14-15-x-- 
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Under the guitar solo, play the main chorus part 3x and this 
pattern the fourth time: 
 
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--6-6-9-1----1--1-1--64-4-4--4--4-4--4/7-7-7--7-7-7-7-- 
--6-6-9-2----2--2-2--64-4-4--4--4-4--4/7-7-7--7-7-7-7-- 
--4-4-7-2----2--2-2--42-2-2--2--2-2--2/5-5-5--5-5-5-5-- 
--------0----0--0-0------------------------------------- 
 
Now here's where it gets interesting... Riff 1 is altered into a 
3/4 time signature, with three measures of 3/4 time connected to 
a measure of 4/4 time.  Play this entire sequence 4x, 2x without 
vocals, 2x under 'quiet, i am sleeping...'.  At the end of the 
4th time through, slide up to an B(7th fret E string) power chord 
instead of going back down to the E power chord. 
 
 repeat this section 3 times 
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        ||-------------------------------|| 
{3/4}   ||*-----------------------------*|| 
        ||*--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--*|| 
        ||---2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7---|| 
        ||---0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5---|| 
 
 
 
        |--------------------------------------| 
        |--------------------------------------| 
{4/4}   |--------------------------------------| 
        |--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--2-2-2-2--| 
        |--2h4-4-4--4/5-5-5--5/7-7-7--2-2-2-2--| 
        |--0-2-2-2--2/3-3-3--3/5-5-5--0-0-0-0--| 
 
The lead part out of the solo into the changing time signatures 
is as follows (you need to either play it with a Boss Ocataver or 
deal with it not sounding very full-.. play twice before the 
vocals (play the notes in the {} to get the octave effect-: 
 
          vib.            vib. 
---12/14--12----12/14--12------ 
--------------------------12--- 
---{9/11}-{9}---{9/11}-{9}----- 
--------------------------{9}-- 
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Then the outro is back into 4/4 time, the normal chorus pattern 
8x all the way through to the end, where it stops on the E chord 
the eighth time through.  Here's the lead part for the outro, 
starting halfway through the 4th repeat: 
                    vib                 vib      vib 
---7(9)-b7--4b5b4------------------------------7b9----------- 
------------------7-5-----5-------5-7b8b7---5-------8b9-8b9-- 
------------------------4---6-4-6---------------------------- 
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   vib       f.h.    vib                   slow vib      vib 
-----------------------------------------5-7b9--7b9--7b9-7--- 
---5-------7-7b9-b7------------------5-7--------------------- 
------4--------------4------------4-------------------------- 
------------------------6-----4h6---------------------------- 
--------7-----------------7---------------------------------- 
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Lyrics to Quiet: 
 
Quiet, I am sleeping, 
In here, we need a little hope 
For years, I've been sleeping 
Helpless, couldn't tell a soul 
 
Be ashamed 
Mess you've made 
My eyes never forget, you see 
Behind me 
 
Silent metal mercies 
Castrate boys to the bone 
Jesus, are you listening 
Up there, to anyone at all 
 
We are the fossils, the relics of our time 
Mutilate the meanings so they're easy to deny 
 
Be ashamed 
Of the mess you've made 
My eyes never forget, you see 
Behind me 
 
Quiet, quiet 
I am sleeping 
Quiet, quiet 
I am sleeping 
Quiet, shut up 
I don't trust you 
Shut up, shut up 
I can't hear you 
 
Be ashamed 
Of the mess you've made 
My eyes never forget, you see 
Behind me 
 
Behind me, the grace of falling snow 
Cover up everything you know 
Come save me from the awful sound 
Of nothing 

	        

Written by Billy Corgan

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