bored by the chore.................TODAY

song: today
band: smashing pumpkins
album: siamese dream
tabbed by: ben brown ([email protected])

TUNING-standard (EADGBE)

key
H - hammer on
P - pull off
x - mute string

pretty much exact

guit.1

E---11--13--11--15p11----
B-----11--11--11------11-          fig.1
G------------------------
D------------------------          <----main riff (intro)fig.1
A------------------------
E------------------------

x4 then guitar 2 enters w/distortion
     Eb       Bb            G#
E-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G--8-8-8-8----------------------------
D--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--      x3
A--6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--
E-----------6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--

then.....

E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G--8-8-8-8----------------------------------------
D--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---
A--6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---
E-----------6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----

repeat guitar 2 part with very light tone and distortion

chorus 1: w/fuzz

G--------------------5-5-5-5--------5-5-5-5-
D--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5--(10bu)5-5-5-5- (the bend in brackets is guitar 2)
A--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3--------3-3-3-3- x3 the bend only happens on the
E--1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-------------------------          2nd and third times thru

G-----------------------------7-7-7-7---
D--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---    fig.2
A--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---   4th time on the chorus
E--1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3------------

before this chorus guitar2 does

G------8----------
D--/10---10-------

verse 2

chorus 2:

G--------------------8-8-8-8------------
D--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--- x3 again then repeat fig.2 x1
A--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8---
E--1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-----------6-6-6-6---
.....pink ribbon scars...............

then power chords in this order

Eb - Bb
Eb - G#       x2
then on the "today is the greatest" part
Eb - Bb - C - G#
Eb - Bb - C - C

then chorus again

then after the chorus where billy is sayin "i wanna turn you on"

do fig.1 with the intro chords