The Smashing Pumpkins
Suffer
Off Gish (1991)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi Jackson
Standard Tuning

One of the older songs by the Pumpkins. Here you
are…

Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James


Intro:

Drums aaaaaaand…

Billy (Flanger)
|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------7*---|
|--7*--------------7*-----7*-----| 
|-----------------------7*-------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

James
|--------------0-------------------0-------|
|--3---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---|
|--3p2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2---2-2-2---|
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------------------------------|

repeat


Verse: 

Billy (Flanger)
|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------7*---|
|--7*--------------7*-----7*-----| 
|-----------------------7*-------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

James
|----------0-----------------0------|
|--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------|
|--3p2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2------|
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------|
|-----------------------------------|

repeat


Bridge:

Billy + James
|--0----------0------------0---|
|--1------------1----------1---|
|--0--------------0--------0---| 
|--2-----------------------2---|
|--3-----------------------3---|
|------------------------------|
              ^ ^ ^
James uses a flanger for this

Repeat verse riff once and then repeat 
the upper part of this bridge


Bridge: repeat Intro

Verse: same


Bridge:

Billy + James
|--0----------0------------0---|
|--1------------1----------1---|
|--0--------------0--------0---| 
|--2-----------------------2---|
|--3-----------------------3---|
|------------------------------|
              ^ ^ ^
James uses a flanger for this

Repeat verse riff once and then repeat 
the upper part of this bridge


Chorus:

Billy 
|--0----------------0-----------3----------------|
|--3----------------3-----------3----------------|
|--2----------------2-----------0----------------|
|--0----------------0-----------2----------------|
|-------------------x-----------2----------------|
|-------------------1----------------------------|

James plays the verse Riff

repeat


Interlude:

Only billy for a few bars

Billy (Flanger)
|--------------------2-------|
|--------3-------------0-----|
|------0---0-------0-----0---| repeat
|----2-------2---0-----------|
|--3-----------2-------------|
|----------------------------|

Billy (Flanger)
|--------------2-------|
|--------3-----0---3---|
|------0---0---0---2---|
|----2-------2-0---0---|
|--3-----------2---0---|
|----------------------|

then
over Bass riff

Billy
|--0-----------------|
|--3-----------------| 8x
|--2-----------------|
|--0-----------------|
|--0-----------------|
|--------------------|

James plays the fills between Billy´s chords:

James (Flanger)
|--------------------------2-----------------2---------------7---|
|------------------------3---------------------------------------|
|----------------------2-----------------2---------------2-------| twice
|---------0------------------------------------------------------|
|-------0--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo:

Billy
|-------15-14-----12-14-15-14h15p14~~--1715p14h15p14~~-12-14-15---|
|--15~~----------15--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy
|--14-12--------|
|--------15~~---|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|


James 
|----------0---------------0---------------0---------|
|------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3---|
|----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----| 
|--0---------------0---------------0-----------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

James
|--0------3---3---|
|--1-xxxx-3---3---|
|--0-xxxx-0---0---| repeat
|--2-xxxx-0---0---| 
|--3-xxxx-x---x---|
|---------3---3---|

repeat the part James plays during the solo twice and
six times over this


Billy 
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------3-----3---|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-xxxx-3-----3---|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-xxxx-0-----0---| 5 times
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-xxxx-0-----0---|
|------------------3-xxxx-x-----x---|
|-------------------------3---3-3---|


Billy + James
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-xxxx---|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-xxxx---|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-xxxx---|
|------------------3-xxxx---|
|---------------------------|


End:

Billy (Flanger)
|--------------------2-------|
|--------3-------------0-----|
|------0---0-------0-----0---| repeat
|----2-------2---0-----------|
|--3-----------2-------------|
|----------------------------|

Billy (Flanger)
|--------------2---|
|--------3-----0---|
|------0---0---0---|
|----2-------2-0---|
|--3-----------2---|
|------------------|


"Last night I turned around and thought I saw 
myself turning – inside the strangest dream of
lifes unlived and cities burning"