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Soma Guitar Tablature
The Smashing Pumpkins
Soma (Solo)
Off Siamese Dream (1993)/
Earphoria (2002)
Written by Billy Corgan and James Iha
Tabbed by Jimi
Standard Tuning

There´s a very good tab for this song, but
the solo´s not 100% right, it´s too short.
I corrected Billy´s and James´s Solos and
added the vocals for the second part. 
It´s the Pumpkin´s greatest song!

Guitar 1: Billy
Guitar 2: James


Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-9~~--13r11b13~~--14b16~~r14-*13~~-12~~-------------------------------12---|
|-----------------------------------------------14p12----------------12h14p12------|
|--6-6-6-7~~------------------------------------------14p12-14p12h14---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"…anyone but you!"

Billy (distortion)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------15b17r15b16~~-15b17~~--12h15p12h15p12h14b15r14-12---|
|--14b16r14p12----12-14b16~~-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------14----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|---------------------------------14gb17~~~~-12h15p12h15p12...------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------12---------------|
|--14p12----------------------------------------------------------14p12h14p12---|
|--------14p12------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------14p1210/12h14~~~------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                             ^thrill
Billy (distortion)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------17b19~-17b19~-17b19~-19b21~-19b24~~---|
|-----12h14p12---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14----------14p12---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------14p1210/12h14~~----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy (distortion)
|--21gb~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------14slowb16~-12-----------------|
|---------------------------------14p12-----------|
|---------------------------------------/19~~~~---|

James (distortion)
|-----------------------------------------------------------15-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------12~~--13--------|
|-----------------------12b14r12b14r12b14r12b14r12b14r12~~--------------12~~---|
|--12gb14~~r12-10h12p10--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                     "So let the sadness come again – on that you can depend…"

James (distortion)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15~----------------------------------------------*12--------------------------|
|------12-------------9-------------------9---7--9-------7-7--54----------------|
|---------14------------12p10h12p109h10---------------------------5/7----9~~~---|
|------------1210~~----------------------7---5--7-------5-5--32----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------3/5-----------|

"…on me, yeah, until the bitter, bitter end of the world, yeah – when god sleeps…"

James (distortion)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-----------------7-7--97~-----|
|--7-7--9~~-7~~-----------------|
|-----------------5-5--75~-----|
|-------------------------------|

"…in bliss"


To backup the first solo:

James (distortion)
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--4---4--4--------------------------------------| 6 times
|--4---4--4---2---2--2---5---5--5---5--5--5--5---|
|--2---2--2---2---2--2---5---5--5---5--5--5--5---|
|-------------0---0--0---3---3--3---2--2--2--2---|


To backup the second one:

Billy (distortion)                           2x
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--2---2-2--2---5--5---------------------------|
|--2---2-2--2---5--5---5---5--5---3--3--3--3---|
|--0---0-0--0---3--3---5---5--5---3--3--3--3---|
|----------------------3---3--3---1--1--1--1---|

Billy (distortion)                           2x
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------7---7--7---5--5--5--5---|
|--2---2-2--2---5--5---7---7--7---5--5--5--5---|
|--2---2-2--2---5--5---5---5--5---3--3--3--3---|
|--0---0-0--0---3--3---------------------------|
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