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From lab1@lead-deadwood.k12.sd.us Sun May 4 10:11:20 1997
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 11:08:12 -0600
From: Lead High School Lab 1
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: tab:"Mouths of Babes" by "The Smashing Pumpkins"
Mouths of Babes, By the Smashing Pumpkins.
Off the Areoplane flies high on the zero album
tabbed by Jon Ballard
Tune down 1/2 step(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)
The song starts out with some feedback that I have been able to get with lots of distortion and
volume.
Intro and outtro
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|---------------------------------------------------------------| 3x
|--------------------7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6-6-6--7-7--9-11--0-0-|
|---4-p-2---------0--7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6-6-6--7-7--9-11--0-0-|
|----------4-p-2--0--5--5-5-4--0-0--2-s-4-4-4-4--5-5--7--9--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6--7--4--|
|---4-p-2---------0--7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6--7--4--|
|----------4-p-2--0--5--5-5-4--0-0--2-s-4-4--5--4--|
The fourth fret slide at the end of the song slides down to open, then tune down and hold it. Then
tune up to dropped Db while holding the open note
Verse
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7-7--9-s11--1111--|
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7-7--9-s11--1111--|
|--7-s-9--9-9-9----0--0-0-0--0-0--2-s-4--4-4-4--5-5-5--7-s-9--9-9---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7--0-----------------|
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7--0-----------------|
|--7-s-9--9-9-9----0--0-0-0--0-0--2-s-4--4-4-4--5-5--0--2(bend full)---|
Chorus
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------| 3x
|--6--0--7--7-7-7--6--0-0-7-s-9--9-9-9--4-4-4-4--0-0------------------------|
|--4--0--7--7-7-7--6--0-0-7-s-9--9-9-9--4-4-4-4--0-0------------------------|
|-----0--5--5-5-5--4--0-0-5-s-7--7-7-7--2-2-2-2--0-0------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-s-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-s-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|
|-4-s-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-s-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|
|-2-s-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-s-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-s-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
Bridge
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|4x
|---------------7-s-9-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-s-6--6-6-6--6-6-s-4--4-4-4--4-4--0-0--|
|---------------7-s-9-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-s-6--6-6-6--6-6-s-4--4-4-4--4-4--0-0--|
|--4-2-2-0--5-s-7-s-5-s-5--5-5-5--5-7-s-4--4-4-4--4-4-s-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---------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--6--6-6-6-0-0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0-0--6--6-6-6-0-0--|
|-----------------0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0--4--4-4-4-0-0--|
|-----|---------------|-------------------|
|-----|---------------|-------------------|
|-----|---------------|-------------------|
|--4--|---7--7--7-7-7-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--4--|---7--7--7-7-7-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--2--|---5--5--5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
The very last outtro(dropped Db tuning)
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|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-0--0--2-2-2--2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6------------------------4---4-3--------------------|
|--2-0--0--2-2-2--2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6---------2-p-0----------4---4-3--------------------|
|--2-0--0--2-2-2--2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6--4
