The Smashing Pumpkins - Blank Page

      
 
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 S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
 
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 B L A N K P A G E
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 ADORE
 (c) Virgin Records (1998)
 http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
 
 Standard Tuning
 E A D G 
 
 Tempo = 64 BPM
 Time Signature = 4/4

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 Transcribed by
 
 PADDY MCMULLAN
                   dot 
 pmtabs (@t) gmail  com
 
 Version 1.0
 2nd February 2011

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 Tablature Symbols Used:
 
 (/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 ( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note

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 Song Notes:

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 The low-end of the piano is augmented by (and, in many cases, substituted for)
 the bass guitar notes which are essential for playing the song with or without
 a piano. Billy's piano style is unusual, and his left hand leaves a lot of
 work for the bassist to do by very often note providing the root note(s)
 for what is being played. Consult my Guitar Pro tab to hear what I mean.
 
 
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          00:00 - 00:34  
 Part 1: 
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 ||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 ||--------------------|--------------------|--2--------0--------|
 ||-----------5--------|--0--------3--------|--------------------|
 ||--3-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 |--0--------3--------|--------------------|--5--------0--------|
 |--------------------|--3--------0--------|--------------------|
 |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
 |-----------2--------|--------------------|--------------------||
 |--3-----------------|--0--------5--------|--0--------5--------||
 |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
 

 
 
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          Time 00:34 - 01:21  
 Part 2: 
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 Blank page was all the rage never meant to say any-

 ||---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
 ||---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
 ||-----------5------5--|--0--------3----- / |--7----- \ 5--------|
 ||--3------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
 

 
 thing. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of

 |----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 |----------------------|--7--------0--------|--------------------|
 |--3----- / 7--------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
 |----------------------|--------------------|-----------3--------|
 

 
 rest. Got dressed drove the state line looking for you at the five and

 |--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 |--------------------|--5----- \ 0------0--|--3----- / 7----7----|
 |--5--------0--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 

 
                                                                 one 
 dime. Stop sign told me to stay at home told me you were not al-

 |----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
 |----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
 |--5----- \ 0--------|---------------------|--5----- \ 0--------||
 |----------------------|--3--------5------5--|----------------------||
 

 
 
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          Time 01:21 - 01:48  
 Part 3: 
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  one                                                  
 - Blank page was all the rage never meant to hurt any-

 ||-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
 ||-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
 ||-------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5----- \ |
 ||--3----3 / 10---- \ |--5--------8--------|----------------------|
 

 
 -one. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of

 |------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
 |------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
 |--0------0 / 3----- / |--10--------7--------|--5----- \ 0--------|
 |------------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
 

 
 rest.

 |-------------------||
 |-------------------||
 |--7----------------||
 |-------------------||
 

 
 
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          Time 01:48 - 03:18  
 Part 4: 
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  Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smashing_pumpkins/blank_page_btab_ver_2.html  
 
 You haven't changed you're still the same may you rise as you

 ||----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
 ||----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
 ||--3----- / 7--------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
 ||----------------------|--5----- / 10----- \ |--5------- / 10----10 \ |
 

 
 fall.

 |--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 |--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 |--------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5--------|
 |--3------3 / 10----10 \ |--5--------8--------|--------------------|
 

 
 You were easy you are forgotten you are the ways of my mis-

 |----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
 |----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
 |--3----- / 7--------|--0--------5----- \ |--3------5-----------|
 |----------------------|----------------------|------------3--------|
 

 
 -takes.

 |--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
 |--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
 |--------------------|--5----- \ 0------0--|--3----- / 7--------|
 |--5--------0--------|-----------------------|----------------------|
 

 
 I catch the rainfall through the leaking roof that you had left be-

 |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
 |----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
 |--5----- \ 0--------|-----------------------|--5----- \ 0--------|
 |----------------------|--3----- / 5------5--|----------------------|
 

 
 -hind. You remind me of that leak in my

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 |-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
 |--3------3 / 10----- \ |--5--------5-8----- / |--12--------10------ \ |
 

 
 soul. The rain falls my friends call

 |--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
 |--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
 |-----------7--------|----------------------|--------------------|
 |--5-----------------|--5--------8----- \ |--3--------0--------|
 

 
 leaking rain on the phone.

 |----------------------|-------------------||
 |----------------------|-------------------||
 |--5----- \ 0--------|-------------------||
 |----------------------|--3----------------||
 

 
 
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          Time 03:18 - 03:46  
 Part 5: 
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 Take a day plant some trees may they

 ||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 ||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 ||--3----------------|-------------------|--3----------------|
 ||-------------------|--1----------------|-------------------|
 

 
 shade you from me may your children play ben-

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 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 |-------------------|--3----------------|-------------------|
 |--1----------------|-------------------|--1----------------|
 

 
 -eath.

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 |--------------------||
 |--0--------0--------||
 |--------------------||
 

 
 
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          Time 03:46 - 04:09  
 Part 6: 
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 Blank page was all the rage never meant to say any-

 ||------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
 ||------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
 ||--10--------------------|--------------------|--7--------5----- \ |
 ||------------10----- \ |--5--------8--------|----------------------|
 

 
 -thing. In bed I was half dead tired of dream- ing of

 |---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
 |---------------------|--5-----------------|----------------------||
 |--0------2--3--------|-----------7--------|--5----- \ 0--------||
 |---------------------|--------------------|----------------------||
 

 
 
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         Time 04:09 - 04:58  
 Outro: 
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 rest. Got dressed drove the state line looking for you at the five and

 ||----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 ||----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 ||--3----- / 7--------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 ||----------------------|--5----- / 10----- \ |--5----- / 10----- \ |
 

 
 dime. But there I was picking pieces

 |-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
 |-------------------------|--------------------|--7--------5----- \ |
 |--3----- / 10----- \ |--5--------8--------|----------------------|
 

 
 up. You are a ghost of my indecision

 |-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
 |--0----------------|--3----- / 7--------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------|----------------------|--5----- / 10----- \ |
 

 
 no more little girl.

 |------------------------|--------------------||
 |------------------------|--------------------||
 |------------------------|-----------5--------||
 |--8----- \ 3----- / |--5-----------------||
 

 
 
 During the last 4 bars the song fades out; the final bar is barely audible.
 
 
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 Tab summary: Part 1
 Part 2
 Part 3
 Part 4
 Part 5
 Part 6
 Outro
 
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