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Here´s to the Atom Bomb Guitar Tablature
The Smashing Pumpkins
Here´s to the Atom Bomb
Off Stand inside your love (2000) and
MACHINA II: the friends and enemies of 
modern music (2000)
Written by Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi Jackson
Drop C Tuning

For the distorted parts Billy and James use a Big Muff.

Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James



Intro:

Billy + James (Chorus)
|----------0-0-(0)---|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)---|
|--0-0-0-0-2-2-(2)---| 8 times
|--4-4-4-4-0-0-(0)---|
|--3-3-3-3-0-0-(0)---|
|----------0-0-(0)---|
     ^       


Verse: Intro 16x


Bridge:

Intro Strumming Pattern

Billy + James (Distortion)  2x
|--------------|--------------|------------------------|
|--3-----3-----|--3-----3-----|--3-----3-----3---------|
|--0-----0-----|--0-----2-----|--0-----0-----0---------|
|--x-----x-----|--4-----0-----|--x-----x-----x-----2---|
|--3-----2-----|--3-----0-----|--3-----2-----3-----2---|
|--------------|--------0-----|--------------------2---|



Verse: Intro


Guitar Solo:

Billy: Intro 4x with distortion

James (Distortion + Octaver)
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--2/42/7~------------4~~~gb6---|
|-----------/42/4---------------|
|-------------------2~-----------|
|--------------------------------|


Verse: Intro 16x

Bridge: same


Guitar Solo:

Billy: Intro 8x with distortion

and then

Billy (distortion)
|-----------------------------|
|--3-----3-----3--------------|
|--0-----0-----0--------------|
|--x-----x-----x-----2--------|
|--3-----2-----3-----2--------|
|--------------------2--------|


James (distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9//11---/16~~--------------------11b12-------------------|
|----------------12h14b15r14p12-----------14-14b15r14-12~---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------/15~~-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------14-14-14~--14h16p149~--11p97---|
|--12-12h14-12-12b14--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9-11p97-9-/11-----------------9b11r9p7—11b13b11p9------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------11b13~---|
|---------------------12b14r12-7~~---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----------------9gb~~~---|
|--------------------------|
|---7~7-9b10r9-7-----------|
|--------------------------|


Verse: Intro 16x

Bridge: same

Verse: Intro 8x


Guitar Solo:

Billy: Intro 16x with distortion

James (distortion)          4x
|---------------------|-------|-------------------------|
|-------12-10---------|-------|-------------------------|
|--11~----------------|-------|-------------------------|
|-------------12~-----|-14b15-|-14~~--------------------|
|---------------------|-------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------|-------------------------|

James (distortion)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------15~------------------------|
|--11~-2-/7~-2-/9~-2-/14~---14~------9b10-9b10-9h11p9-7---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-9-11-11b12r11-9-5~--11-1197-----2//11---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------15-15-15~-----------------------------------------|
|--9-9-/14-14-16-----------14b16r14-11~-14b16r14-9~---11b12r11-9---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

James (distortion)
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--/7-9b10r9-7-9b10r9-7~~---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


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