Zero The Smashing Pumpkins backing track and tabs

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Half-Step Down tuning

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-5/4-4-4-------------5-5/4-4-4----------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-------------x-x-x-x-x----------------------|
A|-3/2-2-2-------------3-3/2-2-2----------------------|
E|---------/2-3-3-4------------/2-3-3-4---------------|
(^ ^ ^ ^ - hit those around that area 4 times)

(there is a harmonic here, you slide down to get the right sound, if you practice it then
get it right, just listen closely to the sound.
Lightly touch your finger on the string and you`ll get that sound you want.)

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-------11-------9-------12-----11b--11------|
D|----x-------x--------x--------x------x----0------|
A|----7-------9--------7-------10------9b---9------|
E|------0-0------0-0-----0-0------0-0------10------|

(it goes like this sometimes)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-------11-------9-------12-----11b--11/13---|
D|----x-------x--------x--------x------x----0/0----|
A|----7-------9--------7-------10------9b---9/11---|
E|------0-0------0-0-----0-0------0-0------10/12---|

(there is one part that goes something like this)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-----9-----9-----9-----11b--11--------------|
D|----x-----x-----x-----x------x---0---------------|
A|----7-----7-----7-----7------9b--9---------------|
E|------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----10---------------|

(then there is another one of these with a pickslide at the end)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----9-------11-------9------12-----11b-11--------|
D|----x-------x--------x-------x------x---0--------|
A|----7-------9--------7------10------9b--9--------|
E|------0-0------0-0-----0-0------0-0----10----///-|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-----1-----33-----1----------------------------|
E|---1-3---000----1-3---000------------------------| x2

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| / Slide up
| x Dead note
| b Bend

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

1/2 step down (eb,Bb,Gb,Db,Ab,Eb)

Intro/Chorus:
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|--5/4-4-----------5-5/4-4-----------|
Db|--5/4-4-----------5-5/4-4-----------|
Ab|--3/2-2-----------3-3/2-2-----------|
Eb|--------2/3/3/4-0---------2/3/3/4-0-|
* * * * * * * *
* = Harmonics

Verse:
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--5/4-4---------5-5/4-4---------| x4
|--5/4-4---------5-5/2-2---------|
|--3/2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3/2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|

Chorus:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--9----11-----9-----13/9/7--------| x4
|----------------------------------|
|--7-----9-----7-----11/7/5--------|
|----0-0---0-0---0-0--------0------|

Bridge #1:
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9--|
|-9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9--|
|-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-----------7-7-7-----------7-7--|
|-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0--|

|------------------//12~~-15b17--|
|-----------//12~----------------|
|--12~---------------------------|
|-------14~----------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

Solo Rythm:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--5/4-------------5-5/4-4---------|
|--5/4-------------5-5/2-2---------|
|--3/2---2-2-2-2-2-3-3/2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------3---0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|

Solo:
|------------------------------///22-----------------------7-----|
|---------------15b17r15b17r15-------/17~~/17~~--------5---8b10--|
|-----------------------------------------------/14v~~-7b9-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(pick scrape)--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------15-----15-----15-----15------|
|--13p12h13p12/15p13h15p13/17~~-18b20~-18b20~-18b20~-18b20~--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|--17h19---12~-12------11~~-5~~--------------|
|--------------15b17~------------------------|
|----------------------------------/14b16----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------x------------|
|-------------------------------x------------|

Bridge #2:
(Guitar 1:)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--9-----9-----9-----9----11--1195------| x4
|---------------------------------------|
|--7-----7-----7-----7-----9---977------|
|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0----10--------|

(Guitar 2:)
|-------------------------------12-12/14/15/17/19-19--22~--|
|----------------12-12/13/15-15----------------------------|
|--9/11/12/14-14-------------------------------------------| (After 2 times
|----------------------------------------------------------| of Guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------------------| part)
|----------------------------------------------------------|

Order:
Intro/Verse x4
Verse
Chorus
Intro/Verse x6
Bridge #1
Verse
Chorus
Solo
Bridge #2
Intro/Verse x4

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------#
# "ZERO" by Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins) #
# As heard on the 1995 album "MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS" #
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------#

This song is a little crazy, but you should try it out. Corrected the
main riffs to be octaves instead of chords but I'm still not sure
about that insane solo...

G1: Eb (EbAbDbGbBbEb) -Electric Full Distortion (Billy Corgan)
G2: Eb (EbAbDbGbBbEb) -Electric Full Distortion with phaser (James Iha)
G3: Eb (EbAbDbGbBbEb) -Pre-recorded G2 or G1 w/ 1 addtnl' semitone down effect

[Intro] 0:00

G1
D#|----------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------5-5-4-4-------------------|
C#|-x----x-------------x-x-x-x-------------------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------3-3-2-2-------------------|
D#|--------0-<3>-<4>-0---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>-|

G1+G2
D#|------------------------------------------------------||
A#|o----------------------------------------------------o||
F#|--5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4--------------------||
C#|--x----x-------------------x-----x--------------------||
G#|o-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2-------------------o||
D#|---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>--||
3x

[Pre-Verse] 0:08/ 0:44

G1
D#|----------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4-------------------|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x-------------------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2-------------------|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>-|

G2
D#|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4----------------------|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x----------------------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2----------------------|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-5/14\0-|

[Verse] 0:11/ 1:22

G1+G2
D#|------------------------------------||
A#|o----------------------------------o||
F#|--5=/4-4---------5-5/4-4------------||
C#|--x----x---------x-x---x------------||
G#|o-3=/2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
D#|---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0--||
4x

[Pre-Chorus] 0:27/ 1:37

G1+G2 (G2 slides up last octave 1 step on second time)
D#|---------------------------------------||
A#|o-------------------------------------o||
F#|--9-----11------9------12------11/7-7--||
C#|--x------x------x-------x-------x---x--||
G#|o-7------9------7------10-------9/5-5-o||
D#|-----0-0----0-0----0-0-----0-0---------||
4x
-Instrumental Rest-

[Pre-Verse] 0:44

0:48

G1
D#|----------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4-------------|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x---x--x--x-x-|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2---x--x--x-x-|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>-----------0--0--0-0-|

G2
D#|----------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4--------4/9\-|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x-------------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2-------------|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>------------<3>------|

[Chorus] 0:51

G1+G2
D#|----------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4-------------------|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x-------------------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2-------------------|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>-|

G1
D#|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4----------------------|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x----------------------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2----------------------|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-7/12\0-|

G2
D#|-------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4----------------------|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x----------------------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2----------------------|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>----------0--5/14\0-----------|

G1+G2
D#|------------------------------------------------------||
A#|o----------------------------------------------------o||
F#|--5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4--------------------||
C#|--x----x-------------------x-x---x--------------------||
G#|o-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2-------------------o||
D#|---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>--||
2x

[Bridge] 1:06

G1+G2
PM PM PM PM
D#|------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9--|
C#|-9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9-9-----------9-9--|
G#|-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-----------7-7-7-----------7-7--|
D#|-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0--|

[First Solo] 1:15

G1+G2
D#|------------------------------------------------------||
A#|o----------------------------------------------------o||
F#|--5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4--------------------||
C#|--x----x-------------------x-x---x--------------------||
G#|o-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2-------------------o||
D#|---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>--||
2x
[G3]
\/\/\/ \/\/\/ \1/\1/\1/ \1/\1/\1/ \/\/\/
D#|--------------------------------------12~~-15b17/\0*-|
A#|-----------------13brbr---------------12~~~~---------|
F#|-8b9~~~------------------------11b12~~~--------------|
C#|---------14~~~~--------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------|
*Infinite Delay then fade

[Verse] 0:11/ 1:22

G1+G2
D#|------------------------------------||
A#|o----------------------------------o||
F#|--5=/4-4---------5-5/4-4------------||
C#|--x----x---------x-x---x------------||
G#|o-3=/2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
D#|---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0--||
4x

[Pre-Chorus] 0:27/ 1:37

G1+G2 (G2 slides up last octave 1 step on second time)
D#|---------------------------------------||
A#|o-------------------------------------o||
F#|--9-----11------9------12------11/7-7--||
C#|--x------x------x-------x-------x---x--||
G#|o-7------9------7------10-------9/5-5-o||
D#|-----0-0----0-0----0-0-----0-0---------||

[Second Solo] 1:52

All
D#|-------------|
A#|-*xs\x-------|
F#|-------*xs\x-|
C#|-------------|
G#|-------------|
D#|-------------|
*Pick Scrape entire string length

G1+G2
D#|-----------------------------------||
A#|-----------------------------------||
F#|-5---------------5-5/4-4-----------||
C#|-x---------------x-x---x-----------||
G#|-3-----2-2-2-2-2-3-3/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D#|---0-3---0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-||
2x
G3
\2/ \1/\1/\1/\1/\1/
D#|-22pb24=r22b24r22---------------12b------------------------------|
A#|-----------------22b24r22-17-17-----15fb-------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------14b15p12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G3
D#|------0--------15---------------------------------------------|
A#|------3b5==p0--17b19==--13p12h13p12-15p13h15p13-15b17~~-------|
F#|-0-0----------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-0-0----------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------12/19-|

G1+G2
D#|-----------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------|
F#|--5--------------5-5/4-4-----------|
C#|--x--------------x-x---x-----------|
G#|--3-----2--------3-3/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D#|----0-3---0-2-3----------0-0-0-0-0-|

G3
D#|------------------------------19tr18-|
A#|-------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
C#|-x**===\x---x**\x--------------------|
G#|-x*===\x--x*===\x--------------------|
D#|-------------------<12>-<12>---------|
*Scratch Slide with index finger on left hand slowly
(Average pitch= ~ 4 octaves above low E bent one step)
**Scratch Slide with index finger on right hand irregularly paced
(Average pitch= ~ 5 octaves above low E)

G1+G2
D#|------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------|
F#|--5---------------5-5/4-4-----------|
C#|--x---------------x-x---x-----------|
G#|--3-------2-2-2-2-3-3/2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D#|----0-2-3-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-|

G3
D#|-22b24----------17b18--------------------12=-14-------|
A#|-----------------------------------15b17--------12~~~-|
F#|-------19b21~~~-------15b16~~~------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------x\*--------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------|
*4 Fret Scratch Slide (pitch= 4 octaves above low E)

[Bridge] 2:09

G1+G2
D#|---------------------------------------||
A#|o-------------------------------------o||
F#|--9------9------9------9-----11--------||
C#|--x------x------x------x------x-12-12--||
G#|o-7------7------7------7------9--x--x-o||
D#|-----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---10-10--||
2x
G1
D#|---------------------------------------||
A#|o-------------------------------------o||
F#|--9------9------9------9-----11--------||
C#|--x------x------x------x------x-12-12--||
G#|o-7------7------7------7------9--x--x-o||
D#|-----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0---10-10--||
2x
G2
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
D#|-----------------------------------------19=-22b24=*|
A#|-------------------------17=/19=-20=-22=------------|
F#|-9/11=/12=/14=/16=/17=-0----------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------|
*Hold note half way through Chorus

[Chorus] 2:23

G1
D#|----------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4-------------|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x---x--x------|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2---x--x------|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>-----------0--0--0-0-|

G1
D#|----------------------------------*|
A#|----------------------------------*|
F#|-5=\4-4-------------------5-5\4-4-*|
C#|-x----x-------------------x-x---x-*|
G#|-3=\2-2-------------------3-3\2-2-*|
D#|--------<2.2>-<3>-<4>-<5>---------*|

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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| > Accented note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato

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