the Smashing Pumpkins
Hummer
Off Siamese Dream (1993)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi
Drop D Tuning

One of Billy´s masterpieces, with a couple of 
delay and fuzz effects in some parts. I was
polite enough to transcribe the whole song. 


Intro:

Billy
|--2h3p2-------------2h3p2-----2-3---|
|--------4-3-1-3-3-3-------x-x-------|
|------------------------------------| 2 times
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


Billy
|--2h3p2-------------2h3p2-----2-3---|
|--------4-3-1-3-3-3-------x-x-------|
|------------------------------------| 8 times
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

James        4x 1st  2nd  3rd  4th 
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--11b12r11----|-11-|-12-|-11-|-16-| 4 times
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--9-b10r9---0-|-9--|-10-|-9--|-14-|
|------------0-|----|----|----|----|

I hope you can understand this. James goes with heavy,
fuzzy distortion, the second time.


Intro Solo:

Billy (heavy Fuzz)
|-----------------------------------------------------10---------|
|-----------------------------------------------10/12-10-12-10---|
|--7------0-2/4-4--------------11-9p7h9b11~~~~--9-/11-9--11-9----|
|-----------------5-4b5r4-----------------------7-/9-----9--7----|
|--5----------------------5/7------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (heavy Fuzz)
|-------------------------------------10---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10-----10-----------------------|
|-----------------11b12r11-12b14~~~~--------11-----11p9-11b12r11-9~~~~---|
|--------------------------12b14~~~~-----------------------------10~~~---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3p0~~gr~~-------------------------------------------------------------|


James (heavy Fuzz)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5--5---| 4 times
|--0---0--0--0---0--0---2--2--5--5---|
|--0---0--0--0---0--0---2--2--3--3---|
|--0---0--0--0---0--0---2--2---------|


Verse:

Billy (clean/chorus)
|--0--------0----0-----|
|--3--------3----1-----|
|--2--------0----0-----| 4 times
|--0--------2----2-----|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

James (clean/chorus)
|--0--------0----0-----|
|--3--------3----1-----|
|--2--------0----0-----| 4 times
|--0--------2----2-----|
|--0--------2----3-----|
|--0--------2----------|

"Faith lies in the ways of sin…"


This is the brigde over Billy´s vocals "In their eyes I was alive":

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2-2--2-2/5--5-5--5-5--0/7--7-7-7-75-5-5-52-2-2-2/7-7-7---|
|--2--2-2--2-2/5--5-5--5-5--0/7--7-7-7-75-5-5-52-2-2-2/7-7-7---|
|--2--2-2--2-2/5--5-5--5-5--0/7--7-7-7-75-5-5-52-2-2-2/7-7-7---|


Verse: 

Billy (clean/chorus)
|--0--------0----0-----|
|--3--------3----1-----|
|--2--------0----0-----| 3 times
|--0--------2----2-----|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

James (clean/chorus)
|--0--------0----0-----|
|--3--------3----1-----|
|--2--------0----0-----| 3 times
|--0--------2----2-----|
|--0--------2----3-----|
|--0--------2----------|

"Shamed my tongue…" 


Billy + James (clean/chorus)
|--0-------------------|
|--3-------------------|
|--2---------5-5-5-5---|
|--0-----2-2-5-5-5-5---|
|--0-----2-2-3-3-3-3---|
|--0-----2-2-----------|
         ^enter fuzz 

"I was happier than I´ve ever been…"


Bridge:

Heavy Fuzz/distortion

Billy (strum these chords)
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|-5-|---|---|---|---| 2 times
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-3-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|---|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|

James        4x 1st  2nd  3rd  4th 
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--11b12r11----|-11-|-12-|-11-|-16-| 2 times
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--9-b10r9---0-|-9--|-10-|-9--|-14-|
|------------0-|----|----|----|----|

"When you desire that your life is a prize…"


Interlude:

Heavy Fuzz/distortion

Billy (strum these chords)
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-5-| 2 times
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|-5-|-0-|-2-|-5-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|-5-|-0-|-2-|-3-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|-5-|-0-|-2-|---|

This is James Lead over the chords and when Billy
shouts "Happiness will make you wonder…"

James                     4x 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 
|---------------------------|---|---|---|----------------|
|---------------------------|---|---|---|----------------|
|--11/12-12-12-12-11-12--11-|-7-|-5-|-7-|-7--9--12--14---|
|---------------------------|---|---|---|----------------|
|--9-/10-10-10-10-9--10--9--|-5-|-3-|-5-|-5--7--10--12---|
|---------------------------|---|---|---|----------------|


Guitar Solo:

Billy (heavy Fuzz)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------5-7-7b8-7b8r7-5~~--4h5p4----------5h7----7b8-7-5-7~~---|
|--95-7--------------------------5-5/7~~------5----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (heavy Fuzz)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------8p7------------------|
|-------------------------------7-7------9p7-----/7-7-7---|
|--7b8~~r7~--5p4----------5-7/9--------------5------------|
|----------------5~~--5/7---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (heavy Fuzz)
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--9bbbb10bbbb11bbbb---/-----|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


James (heavy Fuzz/strum)
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|-2-|-5-|-0-|-7-|-5-|-2-|-7-|
|-2-|-5-|-0-|-7-|-5-|-2-|-7-|
|-2-|-5-|-0-|-7-|-5-|-2-|-7-|


Then comes the part when Billy cries "I want something new…"

Billy + James (mild fuzz/distortion)
|------------------------|
|--3--3-3--3-3-3---3-3---|
|--2--2-0--0-0-0---0-0---| 4 times
|--0--0-2--2-2-2p0-0-0---|
|--0--0-3--3-3-3p2-2-2---|
|------------------------|

When "It´s true…" is sung, play this and between the chords,
turn the volume more quiet.

Billy + James
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2---------0-0-0-0--------2-2-2-2----------|
|--2-2-2-2---------0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0--drums---|
|--0-0-0-0---------x-x-x-x--------x-x-x-x----------|
|------------------5-5-5-5--------4-4-4-4----------|

When the song seems to be over, start increasing the volume
along with Jimmy´s drumbeat, into the chorus-like thing:

Billy (strum these chords)
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|-5-|---|---|---|---| 2 times
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|-3-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|
|-0-|-0-|-2-|---|-0-|-0-|-2-|-5-|

James        4x 1st  2nd  3rd  4th 
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--11b12r11----|-11-|-12-|-11-|-16-| 2 times
|--------------|----|----|----|----|
|--9-b10r9---0-|-9--|-10-|-9--|-14-|
|------------0-|----|----|----|----|

"Life´s the bummer – when you´re a hummer!"


Outro Solos:

This is the first solo:

Billy (delay)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10-----------------------------|
|--7h9~~~~--7h9p76h7p6----6--7--9--9/11----9/11--12---------14p12p11---|
|-----------------------7----------------------------11~~~~-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

James (clean)
|--0--------------0--------------------------------------0---------|
|--0--------------0-------------------3---3---------3------3-------|
|--2-2-2--2--2-2--6-6-6--6--6-6--6p0----0----0----0---0------0-----|
|--2--------------7-----------------------------4--------------2---|
|--0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Billy (delay)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--12------14b15r14p12-------------14b15r14-------------17p15-14---------|
|-----11~~-------------14~~-12~~------------14~~-12~~------------16~~~---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

James (clean)
|--0--------------0--------------------------------------0---------|
|--0--------------0-------------------3---3---------3------3-------|
|--2-2-2--2--2-2--6-6-6--6--6-6--6p0----0----0----0---0------0-----|
|--2--------------7-----------------------------4--------------2---|
|--0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


Then there´s that "Ask yourself a question" part:

Billy + James (delay/clean)                                      3x
|--0--------------0--------------------------------------0---------|
|--0--------------0-------------------3---3---------3------3-------|
|--2-2-2--2--2-2--6-6-6--6--6-6--6p0----0----0----0---0------0-----|
|--2--------------7-----------------------------4--------------2---|
|--0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy + James (delay/clean)                                      
|--------------------------------------------5-------------5-------|
|------------------------------------------3----3----5p3-----3-----|
|----------------------------------------0--------0------0-----0---|
|--2-2-2--2-2--2---0-0-0h2-2-2--2-2---4--5-------------------------|
|----------------0------------------0------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy + James (delay/clean)                                      
|--------------------------------------------5------------5---|
|------------------------------------------3----3----3----3---|
|----------------------------------------0--------0----0--0---|
|--2-2-2--2-2--2---0-0-0h2-2-2--2-2---4--5----------------5---|
|----------------0------------------0-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


This is the solo that´s played when Billy 
sings "Do you feel, love is real":

Billy (delay)                     2x
|--------------------------17-17-17-|-15-14---------------------------------|
|--17p14-15p14-17p14-15p14----------|-------17-15-14------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------16-14------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------17-16-17-16-14---|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

repeat

James; this is played when Billy sings "do you feel, love is real"
|--------------------------5----------5---|
|--------------------------5------5-5-5---|
|--------------------------7--9p7-7-7-7---| 2 times
|-------------------4-5--5-5--5---5-5-5---|
|--7-7-7-5--5/7-7-7-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


Billy (delay)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------14b15r14-------------------------------------------|
|--16b17r16-14--14h16----------14h16--17-16-14-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0---------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------4-2-0---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

James (clean)                                      
|--------------------------------------------5-------------5-------|
|------------------------------------------3----3----5p3-----3-----|
|----------------------------------------0--------0------0-----0---| 
|--2-2-2--2-2--2---0-0-0h2-2-2--2-2---4--5-------------------------|
|----------------0------------------0------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

James (clean)
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------0---| 
|--2-2-2--2-2--2---0-0-0h2-2-2--2-2---4--0---|
|----------------0------------------0--------|
|--------------------------------------------|


Billy (delay)
|-----------0-------------------|
|-----------3-------------------|
|-----------2---let-ring-and----|
|-----------0---hit-fuzz-into---|
|-----------0-----feedback------|
|--5-4-2-4--0-------------------|

James (delay)
|-----------0-----------------|
|-----------3-----------------|
|-----------2---do-the-same---|
|--2-2---4--0-----------------|
|------0----0-----------------|
|-----------0-----------------|


What a song! I really hope you like this tab.


Hummer

Faith lies in the ways of sin
Chased the charmed 
but I don´t want them anymore

In their eyes I was alive 
A fool´s disguize
Take me away from here

Shamed my tongue 
fat with promises all along
when I woke up from that sleep 
I was happier then I´ve ever been

When you desire that your life is a prize
Renew, Revive
It´s alright honey
It´s alright, yeah

Happiness will make you wonder
Well, I feel okey
It scared the disentchanted
Far away

Yeah, I want something new
But what am I supposed to do
Yeah, I – I love you
It´s true

Life´s the bummer
When you´re a hummer
Life´s a drag

Ask your selfquestion anyone but me
I ain´t free 
Ask your selfquestion anyone but me
I ain´t free 

Do you feel?
Love is real