Tabbed by Brian McCall  

PLUME - by Smashing Pumpkins from the compilation Pisces Iscariot
=====   written by William P. Corgan, Jr.

Drop D ("Grunge") tuning (D, A, D, G, B, E)

*1

G1 Distortion, but not heavy (don't have the knob set "all the way")

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-4/5\4/5---------------4/5\4/5-----------4/5\4/5-----
|-4/5\4/5-5--5-5-5--5-5-4/5\4/5-2--2-3--3-4/5\4/5-5---
|-2/3\2/3-5--5-5-5--5-5-2/3\2/3-2--2-3--3-2/3\4/3-5---
|---------5--5-5-5--5-5---------2--2-3--3---------5-etc...
                      ^repeat
                       several times

Keep playing the G5 at end of verse into

*2

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-------------------5-5-5-5--5-5--5--2--2---5--5-5-5--
|-5--5---2--2-2-2---5-5-5-5--5-5--5--2--2-X-5--5-5-5--
|-5--5-X-2--2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3--3-3--3--0--0-X-3--3-3-3--
|-5--5-X-2--2-2-2-0-----------------------------------
                                  ^repeat
                                  until

*3

G1  Distortion, Phasing (the lovely Mu-Tron)
(I don't have much of this as I only have my acoustic
 here, but this will be updated and I will tab out these
 leads, I promise)

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-(10)h12~-10-12--12-10--12--10-12-12-10--15fb...-----
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------


G2

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------5--5-5-5-------------------
|-0-2--0-2---0--2--0-2-2-0-5--5-5-5-------------------
|-0-2--0-2---0--2--0-2-2-0-3--3-3-3-etc...------------
|-0-2--0-2---0--2--0-2-2-0----------------------------
                                      ^play *2 after this
                                       and then *1

repeat *1

Those are the 3 main licks.  I'll get back to you about the
solos and the lyrics.  I'm gonna hit Out of Focus now...


From: Jeff.Ament@p1.f128.n249.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Ament)
Date: 13 Jun 94 08:40:00 -0500
Newsgroups: alt.music.smash-pumpkins
Subject: Tab: Plume

Here's Plume this is from memory right now since I don't have my guitar with
me.. I haven't figured out the entire solo yet but will post the whole thing
when I do.. I think the little bridge after the chorus might be wrong too..
I'm
trying to play it in my head.. I'll see if I can figure out the solo in a
couple days then I'll re-post it.

TAB: Plume - Smashing Pumpkins
Written by Billy Corgan
Recording: I Am One (CD Single)
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft

TUNING: Standard (Low/High E A D G B E)

This song rocks if you haven't heard it, really fuzzed out
and psycadelic.

Key:
     ~ - Vibrato/Sustain
     / - Slide down neck
     \ - Slide up neck
     b - bend (from/to fret)
     h - hammer on (from/to fret)
     p - pull off (from/to fret)
     [ - pinch harmonic

Main Riff:
 Repeat x
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|--10b11b10b11b10\-5--5--5-5--5-5---
|---8b-9b-8b-9b-8\-3--3--3-3--3-3---

Verse Bridge:
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|----------------------------
|--10b11b10b11b10--2--2-3~---
|---8b-9b-8b-9b-8--0--0-1~---


|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
|------------------5--5--5--5-5--5--5--|-------------------------------
|--5--5-5--2--2-2--3--3--3--3-3--3--3--|-------------------------------
|--3--3-3--0--0-0----------------------|-------------------------------

Solo:
 Lead w/Phaser
|-------------------------------------------[12b-14-15-14-15-14-12--10-
|--10--12--10--12--10-12-12--10-12-12-12/15----------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------

 
|------8b9~------------------------------------------------------------
|------------15-13-12-13-12-8-12-b13-----------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------
|--3\------------------------------------------------------------------

Sorry that's all I can remember right now..

--
Fidonet:  Jeff Ament 1:249/128.1
Internet: Jeff.Ament@p1.f128.n249.z1.fidonet.org

Plume - Smashing Pumpkins
jec@gas.uug.arizona.edu
-==-
The way this works:
I'll give Parts A-whatever, and I'll put a legend at the end that tells
what order to play each part in.   *My legend:
Ex:                                   / - Slide up    P - Pull off
[Part A] - 4 times                    \ - Slide down  H - Hammer on
[Part B] - 3 times                    ^(n) - Bend up n steps.
[Part A] - 4 times                    n_|_(n) - Tie through to next bar
etc...

Here's my shot at Plume. So far I've seen two attempts at it, and one's
been halfway decent.  The one on ftp.nevada.edu (IMHO) isn't that good.
You'll note the difference that the main riff only shifts on two of the
notes, not the whole chord (as found on ftp.nevada.edu).

[Part A] - Main riff Always starts RIGHT on the beat (beat 4 that is) and isn't
	   straight when played, a little hang if you will.
No dropped D tuning.
     * beat four         * beat one  (rest one beat, 3rd beat)
||---------------------|--------------||  - Can be played differently
||---------------------|--------------||  - First half can be played
||---4-H-5-P-4-H-5-P-4-|--------------||    10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5
||---3-H-5-P-3-H-5-P-3-|--5---5--5-5--||     7  8  7  8  7 3 3 3 3
||---3-(hold this note)|--5---5--5-5--||     (which is what i think ftp wants
||---------------------|--3---3--3-3--||      to be)
     ^
     ^ this is the only time to strike in the riff ('cept for the G chord)

Of course, you can tell how many times to play through the verse and stuff.
There is also the little break (easy to figure when). Don't forget to cut off
the riff when you go into the break:

[Part B]  (beat 4)       (full measure)                (beat o
||---------------------|------------------------------|-------------||
||---------------------|------------------------------|-------------||
||---4-H-5-P-4-H-5-P-4-|------------------------------|-------------||
||---3-H-5-P-3-H-5-P-3-|--2--2-2--3---3-/-10-10-10-10-|--5---5--5-5-||
||---3-(hold)----------|--2--2-2--3---3-/-10-10-10-10-|--5---5--5-5-||
||---------------------|--0--0-0--1---1-/-8--8--8--8--|--3---3--3-3-||
[Back to Part A]

That was the first break in the middle of the verse, here's the lead into the
chorus:

[Part C]
  (4th beat)            (full measure)    (2 beat measure)
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------||
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------||
||--4-H-5-P-4-H-5-P-4-|-------------------|-------------||
||--3-H-5-P-3-H-5-P-3-|--2--2-2--3-(ring)-|--3-(ring)---||
||--3-(hold)----------|--2--2-2--3-(ring)-|--3-(ring)---||
||--------------------|--0--0-0--1-(ring) |--1-(ring)---||

Chorus (My boredom has outshined the sun...)
[Part D]
(4 times then next line)
||---3----3---0--0---0--|--0---0--0-0-(ring)--||  Basic Pattern:
||---0----0---0--0---0--|--1---1--1-1-(ring)--||  G(5) -> E(m) -> C(5)
||---0----0--(0)(0)-(0)-|--0---0--0-0-(ring)--||  (either major or 5th,
||---0----0---2--2---2--|--2---2--2-2-(ring)--||   depends on my mood, and
||---2----2---2--2---2--|--3---3--3-3-(ring)--||   again, minor or 5th on
||---3----3---0--0---0--|---------------------||   the E)

||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||--7--7-7--7-/-10-10-(ring)-||
||--7--7-7--7-/-10-10-(ring)-||
||--5--5-5--5-/--8--8-(ring)-||

---post chorus solo---
Basically lots of runs and purls and bends on the Eminor/Gmajor scale.
BC uses lots of phaser or flanger (probably that Bi-Mutron Phase thingy) on
it, so, have fun with it. I do!

||---------------------------------------10^(1)-12---||
||---10--12--10-12---10---12--10-12-P-10-------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
This is just the start. Play with it. Improv. from this or from the start.
Hell, be original. (= I haven't figured out the solo yet.;)

Post chorus rythym                  Here I think the two guitars split
[Part E]			    on the G chord. One goes high, the other
 				    low...(for a wide range of tone)
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------12_|_(12)--12--12-12-(ring)--||
||----------------------------------------12_|_(12)--12--12-12-(ring)--||
||---12--14--12-14---12---14---12-14-\-12-10_|_(10)--10--10-10-(ring)--||
||---10--12--10-12---10---12---10-12-\-10------------------------------||

This is played twice and then the rest of the post-chorus solo is the
chorus guitar.

The rest is just another verse (well, kinda). After the chorus part on the
solo, there's a slight break, then the solo ends accompanied by the
verse line, and then another verse.
Then, another chorus. Then, another solo.
It's one giant pattern played twice.

Here's the map:

[Part A] - 7 times (Singing starts 5th time)
[Part B] - 1 time ("what a waste...")
[Part A] - 3 times
[Part C] - 1 time (Right before chorus)
[Part D] - 1 time (note: Part D has repeats in it)
---post-chorus solo---
[Part E] - 2 times
[Part D] - 1 time (note: Pard D has repeats in it)
---break---
[Part A] - 7 times (second verse starts 5th time)
[Part B] - 1 time ("God oh please...")
[Part A] - 3 times
[Part C] - 1 time
[Part D] - 1 time (again, the repeats are in there)
---post-chorus2 solo---
[Part E] - 2 times
[Part D] - 1 time (Slide down the fretboard at the end, ps - repeats ;) )

End.
Comments, hatemail, love letters, and other stuff-
jec@gas.uug.arizona.edu
jcox@cs.arizona.edu

Tanks!
J-Sin



Date:         Tue, 01 Aug 95 12:37:55 EDT
From: Van Vekris 
Subject:      Plume, by Smashing Pumpkins

OK...Tons of people have tabbed this song incorrectly I think.  this is a
 really easy way to play it:


    ----->   Drop D tuning