Smashing Pumpkins - The Crying Tree Of Mercury Tabs

The Smashing Pumpkins 
The Crying Tree on Mercury
Off MACHINA: the machines of God (2000)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi Jackson
Eb

This is probably the best musically 
Song on the first MACHINA record, 
although Stand inside your Love and
the everlasting gaze come pretty close.

Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James 



Intro:

Billy
|--5-8-5----------5---|
|--------8-5---8------|
|---------------------| 2 times
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

Band comes in:

Billy
|--------7----------8---|
|------5----------6-----|
|----5----------7-------| 2 times
|--7--------------------|
|-------------8---------|
|-----------------------|

James
|--0----------------0---|
|--1--------------------|
|--2--------------2-----| 2 times
|--2------------3-------|
|--0----------5---------|
|-----------------------|



Verse:

Billy
|--------7----------8---|
|------5----------6-----|
|----5----------7-------| 3 times
|--7--------------------|
|-------------8---------|
|-----------------------|

James
|--0----------------0---|
|--1--------------------|
|--2--------------2-----| 3 times
|--2------------3-------|
|--0----------5---------|
|-----------------------|

"This is the song…"


Billy
|-----------------------|
|------5-8--------5/8---|
|----5----------5-------| 2 times
|--5----------7---------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

James
|--3----------1---------|
|--3----------1---------|
|--4----------2---------| 2 times
|--5----------3---------|
|--5----------3---------|
|--3----------1---------|

"I am selfish…"


Billy
|--------7----------8---|
|------5----------6-----|
|----5----------7-------| 3 times
|--7--------------------|
|-------------8---------|
|-----------------------|

James
|--0----------------0---|
|--1--------------------|
|--2--------------2-----| 3 times
|--2------------3-------|
|--0----------5---------|
|-----------------------|


Billy
|-----------------------|
|------5-8--------5/8---|
|----5----------5-------| 2 times
|--5----------7---------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

James
|--3----------1---------|
|--3----------1---------|
|--4----------2---------| 2 times
|--5----------3---------|
|--5----------3---------|
|--3----------1---------|


Interlude:

Billy
|--------7----------8---|
|------5----------6-----|
|----5----------7-------| 2 times
|--7--------------------|
|-------------8---------|
|-----------------------|

James
|--0----------------0---|
|--1--------------------|
|--2--------------2-----| 2 times
|--2------------3-------|
|--0----------5---------|
|-----------------------|

Billy takes over James Riff and plays it two times while
James starts to solo. 

James
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--2---------------------------------------------|
|--2----/7-10-7-10-7~~~----/7~~~-7/5--/14--------|
|--0-------------------------------------12~~~---|
|------------------------------------------------|

James
|--------------------|
|---------13b15~~~---|
|--/14~~~------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|


Billy
|-----------------------|
|------5-8--------5/8---|
|----5----------5-------| 2 times
|--5----------7---------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

James
|-(3)--------(1)--------|
|-(3)--------(1)--------|
|-(4)--------(2)--------| 2 times
|--5----------3---------|
|--5----------3---------|
|--3----------1---------|


Solo:

Billy
|--------7----------8---|
|------5----------6-----|
|----5----------7-------| 8 times
|--7--------------------|
|-------------8---------|
|-----------------------|

Studio Guitar
|--0----------------0---|
|--1--------------------|
|--2--------------2-----| 8 times
|--2------------3-------|
|--0----------5---------|
|-----------------------|


James
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--2----------------------|
|--2---------/7~~~--------|
|--0---------/8~~~--------|
|--------------------//---|

James
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--2---------------------|
|--2----------12/14~~~---|
|--0---------------------|
|------------------------|

James
|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------13h15b17r15p13~~---|
|--2-----------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------|
|--------------1~~---------------------|

James
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--2---5/7~~----------|
|--2-----------3------|
|--0-----------3------|
|--------------1------|

James
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--2------------------|
|--2-----------3------|
|--0-----------3------|
|--------------1------|

James
|--------------------------------|
|---------------13b15~~r13~~-----|
|--2--/14p12~~-------------------|
|--2-----------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

James
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--2------------------| 2 times
|--2-----------3------|
|--0-----------3------|
|--------------1------|


End on:

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


"Jukebox, *** up, hanging round the drug store"