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the Smashing Pumpkins
For Martha
Off Adore (1998)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi
Eb 

This is really a piano song but I was able to arrange
these parts for guitar. James does simply chords and
the solo on his electric.

Intro:

Piano; James´ chords underneath the tab.

Billy/Piano    
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5---------------5--------------------------------|
|--2---4---6-------2---4---6-----2---4---5---7---2---4---5--7---|
|--4-4---4---4---4-4-4---4---6---3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

James
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------2---------------2--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|


Billy/Piano    
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5---------------5--------------------------------|
|--2---4---6-------2---4---6-----2---4---5---7---2---4---5--7---|
|--4-4---4---4---4-4-4---4---6---3-3---3---3---3-3-3---3---3----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

James
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------2---------------2--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--4---------------4-------------3---------------3--------------|
|--2---------------2-------------1---------------1--------------|


Billy/Piano
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5---------------5-----------------5---7---10---12---|
|--2---4---6-------2---4---6-----2---4---6---7---------------------|
|--2-2---2---2---2-2-2---2---2---0-0---0---0---0---0---0----0------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

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


James continues:

  A  Bm   A  Bm   A  Bm  C#m  D   E
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-0-|
|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-0-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-2-|-1-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-0-|-2-|
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|---|-2-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-0-|


Verse:

F#m        C#m
Whenever I run, 

F#m               C#m
wherever I run to you lost one

F#m        C#m
It´s never done, 

Bm           E
just hanging on


Pre - Chorus:

Now Billy turns to the chords, while Jame does the lead, it´s doubled by
a second Piano

D

F#m                 D
The past has let me be

F#m              D    
Returning as if dream

F#m       E  Bm
Shattered as belief 


Always between the lyrics:

James             3x
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--11-9-9-7-7-6-2---|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------|


Chorus:

No drums and bass, just piano, soft guitar 
and Billy´s voice.




Then the part with the "But for the grace of love…" vocals:

  A Gmaj7 B Amaj7   Fmaj7
|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-0-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-1-|-2-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-1-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-1-|-0-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-2-|
|-0-|-x-|-2-|-0-|-x-|-3-|-0-|-0-|-x-|-2-|-0-|-x-|-3-|-0-|
|---|-3-|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|-3-|---|---|



The Pre – Chorus and the Chorus again and the Interlude:

|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|
|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-2-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-0-|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-4-|---|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|-4-|-4-|-3-|-3-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-1-|

Esus4
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-2-|
|-0-|-0-|-3-|-3-|
|-2-|-2-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|
|-2-|-2-|---|---|
|-0-|-0-|---|---|


Solo:

James (distortion)
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2/5h7~~~~--------4/7h9~~~~--------------------|
|----2/4--------------4/6--------------0h2-4/7-9~~~~---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------2----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------3-----------------|

James (distortion)
|--17h19-19b21r19-17-19-19b21r19--17h19-19b21r19-17-19-19b21r19---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

repeat this several times while Billy´s doing the chord 
progression over the vocals "But for the grace…":

  A Gmaj7 B Amaj7   Fmaj7
|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-0-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-1-|-2-|-2-|
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-1-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-2-| 3 times
|-2-|-0-|-4-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-2-|-2-|
|-0-|-x-|-2-|-0-|-x-|-3-|-0-|-0-|
|---|-3-|---|---|-3-|---|---|---|


Then there´s the Pre – Chorus, the 
third time, Heavily distorted and
finally the Outro:

soft delay let off distortion

same chords as in the verses and then Billy plays:

  A  Bm   A  C#m  A  Bm  C#m  D   E
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-0-|-2-|-4-|-2-|-0-|
|-2-|-3-|-2-|-5-|-2-|-3-|-5-|-3-|-0-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-6-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-2-|-1-|
|-2-|-4-|-2-|-6-|-2-|-4-|-6-|-0-|-2-|
|-0-|-2-|-0-|-4-|-0-|-2-|-4-|---|-2-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-0-|

James´ Outro lead:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--2/4~/7/9~---9\7~\4\2~---2/4~\7/4~---6~~---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

Piano ends the song with an Fminor chord played over and over.

What a song! That´s it!

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