The Smashing Pumpkins
Slunk
Off Lull (1992) and Earphoria (2002)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi Jackson
For one live version of this song on Japanese TV
(released on Earphoria) Billy Corgan and James play
this song with a Fender Gender Pedal (the same pedal
which was used for the studio-version Interlude in
Bullet with butterfly wings), "the sickest distortion
Pedal in the world", how Billy used to say.
On the Solos Billy used a wha-wha pedal.
Standard Tuning
Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James
Intro:
Billy (distortion)
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|---6-----6~~~~---|
James: hard Feedback
Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 3 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|
James: Feedback
Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--8/10-10-10-108--------------|
|--8/10-10-10-108--------------|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-/20~~~~~~~---|
James: still Feedback
Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 4 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|
James
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
only the first time, then he plays along with Billy
Verse:
Billy + James
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|----------------6-6-6/8---| 8 times
|--6/8-8-8-86-6-6-6-6/8---|
|--6/8-8-8-86-6-4-4-4/6---|
|--4/6-6-6-64-4-----------|
Guitar Solo:
James
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 8 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|
Billy (wha-wah)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--17~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------|
|---------------17~~-15h17p15----------12h13p129/10~~~~---|
|-----------------------------h17/18~~---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Billy (wha-wha)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--18b~20~-16----------------------------------------------|
|-------------17-17b19~~-15~~------------------------------|
|------------------------------15b17r15p13-----------------|
|------------------------------------------13~~~~~~~~~~----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: same
Verse Variation:
Billy
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--------------------8-8-8/10---| 8 times
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8-8/10---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-6-6-6/8----|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6------------|
James
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-------15---------------------|
|--17~~----15b17r15--13--------|
|-----------------------15~~---|
|------------------------------|
once and then he plays along with Billy
Interlude:
Billy (wha-wha)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--13---12---11---10---9----| 10(!) times
|--13---12---11---10---9----|
|--11---10---9----8----7----|
|-(11)-(10)-(9)--(8)--(7)---|
James (comes in the 7th time)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--17---16---15---14---13---| 4 times
|---------------------------|
|--15---14---13---12---11---|
|---------------------------|
after this
only Billy
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--10-10-----------8/10-10-10-10---|
|--10-10-----------8/10-10-10-10---|
|--8--8--/20~~~----6/8--8--8--8----|
Guitar Solo:
James
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8---|
|--8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8-8/10-10-10-108-8-8---|
|--6/8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6/8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6/8--8--8--8-6-6-6---|
James plays this four times, after the first, second and third
time play Fill 1, after the fourth time Fill 2:
James (Fill 1)
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|--10---11---|
|--10---11---|
|--8----9----|
James (Fill 2)
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--/15gb~~~~---|
Billy (wha-wha)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------17~~~--15h17p15-----------15h18p15h17---------|
|----------13b15~~------------------h17/18~~~-------------13~~~---|
|--15~~~~-----------15~~~-----------------------------------------|
Billy (wha-wha)
|---------------------------------------------15b17~~-18b20~~~~---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--17b19~~-15h17p15-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------h17/1817p15h17p15----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------h17~~~---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Billy (wha-wha)
|----------------------|
|--18b20~~-17gb~~~~~---|
|----------17gb~~~~~---|
|----------17gb~~~~~---|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Verse: like first verse
End:
Billy + James
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--65432---|
|--65432---|
|--4321 ---|
"Who am I, to need you now?"
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