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Song: For Martha
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Album: Adore
Written by: Billy Corgan
Tabbed by: Max Perenchio (Maxacaster@aol.com)
Tuning: Standard
NOTES: YAY! This is one my favorite Pumpkins songs of all time. In my book, 
it's considered a true "epic".  This song is over 8 minutes long, and is 
written about Billy's mom who passed away. The Intro is strictly piano, so I 
transcribed it to guitar. Have fun! this has taken me a long time!!! Here is 
my masterpiece!

///INTRO\\\
(Piano transcribed to guitar)

FIG 1 
  
  F#m
E---------------
B-------2--5----
G--2--4---------
D--------------- x2
A---------------
E---------------

   F
E---------------
B--------1--3---
G--2--4---------
D--------------- x2
A---------------
E---------------

Do that again then:

  F#m
E---------------
B-------2--5----
G--2--4---------
D---------------
A---------------
E---------------
  F
E--------------2--5--7-
B------2--3--5---------
G-2--4-----------------
D----------------------
A----------------------
E----------------------

  

FIG 2
  F#m                C#m
E------------------------
B--------2--5-5---5-2--2-
G--2--4---------------4-- 
D------------------------
A------------------------
E------------------------
do that 3 times then:

         D      E   
E---------------------------
B--2-2-2-3-2-----------2-2--
G-----------2---4-4-4-4---2-
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

After that:
FIG 3
   A      D      A      D
E--0------5------0------5-----R
B--2------7------2------7-----E
G--2------7------2------7-----P
D--2------7------2------7-----E
A--0------5------0------5-----A
E-----------------------------T
then:
     A   D   E
E----0---5---0----
B----2---7---0----
G----2---7---1----
D----2---7---2----
A----0---5---2----
E------------0----


///VERSE 1\\\
FIG 4
  F#m            C#m
E--2--------------4---
B--2--------------5---
G--2--------------6---
D--4--------------6---
A--4--------------4---
E--2------------------
   "Wherever"    "Run"
  
   D       E  
E--2-------0-----
B--3-------0-----
G--2-------1-----
D--0-------2-----
A----------2-----
E----------0-----
  "Hanging on"

///PRECHORUS\\\
    FIG 5 
E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G--11-9-9-7-7-6\2-------------
D-----------------------------
A-----------------------------
E-----------------------------

FIG 6
  F#m        D
E--2---------2--
B--2---------3--
G--2---------2-- ADD FIG 4
D--4---------0-- 
A--4------------
E--2------------
  "past"    "be"

Do FIG 6 twice, adding FIG 5 after each time.

FIG 7
  F#m        E       B
E--2---------0-------7--
B--2---------0-------7--
G--2---------1-------8--
D--4---------2-------9--
A--4---------2-------9--
E--2---------0-------7--
  "shattered as belief"

///CHORUS\\\
do FIG 2


///VERSE 2\\\
   FIG 8
   G        B        A      G        F
E--3--------2--------0------3--------1----------0---R
B--3--------4--------2------3--------1----------2---E
G--0--------4--------2------0--------2----------2---P
D--0--------4--------2------0--------3----------2---E
A--2--------2--------0------2--------3----------0---A
E--3------------------------3--------1--------------T
  "but"    "love"  "I'd"   "of"   "heaven"   "above"

///PRECHORUS\\\
Do FIG 6 twice, adding FIG 5 after each time.

///CHORUS\\\
FIG 2

///BUILD UP\\\
FIG 1

///SOLO\\\
(heavy distortion)
notes: guitar 1 plays chords and lets them ring, guitar 2 plays
lead (i combined them together). 
FIG 9
   A
E--5-----------------
B--5-----------------
G--6---------9-11~---
D--7---7-9-11--------
A--7-----------------
E--5-----------------
   
   B
E--7-----------------
B--7-----------------
G--8-----------11-13~
D--9---9-11-13-------
A--------------------
E--7-----------------
   
   G
E--3-----------------
B--3-----------------
G--4--------7-9~-----
D--5---5-7-9---------
A--5-----------------
E--3-----------------

do FIG 9 three times.

Then do a very distorted FIG 5

Then do FIG 3 

then strum this A chord 36 times, slowly and softly.
(clean guitar now)
E--5--
B--5--
G--6--
D--7--
A--7--
E--5--

After that there is a synthesizer tape loop played backwards or something
it is pretty hard to hear so I cant tab it SORRY!!

And so that is the end of the Smashing Pumpkins epic, "For Martha". I hope 
this has helped you. If you like my tabbing, well then just check out the 
me they include: 
1979, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Zero, Pissant,Transformer, Cherub Rock, 
Thirty-Three, Pug, Perfect, Here is no Why, AND MORE!

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