Tab:Glass and the Ghost Children

"Glass and the Ghost Children"
Guitar tablature
Artist	The Smashing Pumpkins
Album	Machina/The Machines of God
Transcriber	Obscured (talk)
Tuning	E♭ A♭ D♭ G♭ B♭ E♭

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Tab[edit source]

*Part 1*


INTRO
|-0--------------0-----0---------0---------0-------------0---------0--------0--------0---
|------0-------0---------0---------0---------0-------------0---------0--------0--------0-
|-----------14-----14------14\12-----12\11-----11--11/12-----12\11-----9/11-----11\9-----
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 -----0-------0-------------------------------18XXXXXXXX---------------17~~-17b17b17b17~~|
 -------0---0---0----------------------------------------15XXXX-17XXXX-------------------|
 -7/9-----9-------9gb10b10b10b10b10b101b10----15XXXXXXXX---------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------------------------12XXXX-14XXXX-------------------|
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----|
|-4----2----4----2----4----2----4----2----|
|-2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----|
|-0---------0---------0---------0---------|


VERSE
|-0----0----0----0----0----0----|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----|
|-4----2----4----2----4----2----|
|-2----0----2----0----2----0----|
|-0---------0---------0---------|


CHORUS
                     x4
|-----------------3----|
|-----------------3----|
|---(0--0-0)(2)---0----|
|(3)(X--X-X)(2)---0----|
|(3)-2--3-2--0----2----|
|-1-------------3-3----|


VERSE 2
|-0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----|
|-4----2----4----2----4----2----4----2----|
|-2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----|
|-0---------0---------0---------0---------|


CHORUS 2
                     x4
|-----------------3----|
|-----------------3----|
|---(0--0-0)(2)---0----|
|(3)(X--X-X)(2)---0----|
|(3)-2--3-2--0----2----|
|-1-------------3-3----|


NOISE SOLO
|-0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----------------|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----------------|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----------------|
|-4----2----4----2----4----2----4----2----4----------------|
|-2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----------------|
|-0---------0---------0---------0---------0----------------|


BRIDGE - Guitars tacet


CHORUS 3
                     x4
|-----------------3----|
|-----------------3----|
|---(0--0-0)(2)---0----|
|(3)(X--X-X)(2)---0----|
|(3)-2--3-2--0----2----|
|-1-------------3-3----|


OUTRO
|-0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----------------|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----------------|
|-0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----------------|
|-4----2----4----2----4----2----4----2----4----------------|
|-2----0----2----0----2----0----2----0----2----------------|
|-0---------0---------0---------0---------0----------------|


*Interlude*


*Part 2*


VERSE

One rhythm guitar strums these for a long time
|-0--------0--------|
|-3--------3--------|
|-2--------0--------|
|-0--------2--------|
|----------2--------|
|----------0--------|

A second guitar with delayed lead plays with these arpeggios
|-------0--------------0--------|
|-----7--------------8----------|
|---7--------------7------------|
|-0-----------------------------|
|----------------7--------------|
|-------------------------------|


CHORUS - Count them spiders
                   x4
|-0----0----2--------|
|-3----3----3--------|
|-2----0----4--------|
|-0----2----4--------|
|------2----2--------|
|------0-------------|


OUTRO
                                             x3
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-12--11--9--11----11-11-12--11--9--7----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

 End on
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-11-11-12--11--9--11--9--------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

Rhythm during the outro plays this again
|-0--------0--------|
|-3--------3--------|
|-2--------0--------|
|-0--------2--------|
|----------2--------|
|----------0--------|

 End on
|-0--------|
|-3--------|
|-0--------|
|-2--------|
|-2--------|
|-0--------|

Legend[edit source]

b   - bend
r   - release
gb  - gradual bend
gr  - gradual release
h   - hammer on
p   - pull off
T   - trill
W   - whammy bar dive
\   - slide down
/   - slide up
x   - mute
X\  - pick slide
~~~ - vibrato
*7  - artificial harmonic
*7* - natural harmonic
... - palm mute
(0) - optional note
XXX - tremolo pick
alt - variation of riff

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