Rocket by Smashing Pumpkins ================================================================================ S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S - R O C K E T ================================================================================ SIAMESE DREAM (c) Virgin Records (1993) http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/ Standard Tuning E A D G B E Tempo = 86 BPM Time Signature = 4/4 ----------------------------- Transcribed by PADDY MCMULLAN pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com Version 1.0 11th November 2010 ----------------------- Tablature Symbols Used: p - Pull-Off h - Hammer-On 14b16 - Bend Note 16r14 - Release Bend ~~ - Vibrato (/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide) \ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide) / - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide) ( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space x\x\x - Pick Scrapes v - Up Stroke/Strum Up (From high to low strings) ^ - Down Stroke/Strum down (From low to high strings) ================================================================================ Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 w/ Distortion [ Time 00:00 - 00:56 ] ================================================================================ Guitar 2 joins in after the first repeat |____________________________[1,2,3] ||------------------------5------| | ||--------3-----5p3---3-------3--| | ||-----0-----0------0-------0----|*| ||--5-------------------5--------|*| x 4 ||-------------------------------| | ||-------------------------------| | |_____________________________[4] |------------------------------|| |--------3-----------5p3---3---|| |-----0-----0--5p0-------0---0-|| |--5---------------5-----------|| |------------------------------|| |------------------------------|| ||------------------------5-----|------------------------5-----| ||--------3-----5p3---3-------3-|--------3-----5p3---3-------3-| ||-----0-----0------0-------0---|-----0-----0------0-------0---| ||--5-------------------5-------|--5-------------------5-------| ||------------------------------|------------------------------| ||------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|| |--------3----------1--1--|-(1)-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|| |-----0-----0--2----0--0--|-(0)-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| |--5-----------3----2--2--|-(2)-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|| x 1 |--------------3----3--3--|-(3)-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-|| |--------------1----------|-------------------------------|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ================================================================================ Part 2: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 00:56 - 01:18 ] ================================================================================ -------------- Guitars 1 & 2: -------------- ||--3----3--3-3-------------|--------------------------| | ||--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|--------------1----1--1-1-| | ||--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|*| ||--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-2----2--2-2-|*| x 4 ||--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-| | ||--3----3--3-3-------------|--1----1--1-1-------------| | ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v --------- Guitar 3: w/ Distortion --------- * Let notes ring wherever possible * ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| ||--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-| ||-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------| ||--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-| |-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------9------------| |--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-| |-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------| |--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-|| |-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------|| |--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---|| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| Note the slight variation in the fourth bar ================================================================================ Part 3: Guitars 1, 2 & 4 [ Time 01:18 - 02:12 ] ================================================================================ -------------- Guitars 1 & 2: -------------- Repeat Part 1 twice; Guitar 1 replaces the last bar with the following: |-----------------------------|| |--------3-----5p3---3--------|| |-----0-----0------0----------|| |--5--------------------------|| |----------------------10\ --|| |----------------------10\ --|| Both guitars continue: ||--------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0------0------0-0-----0-0-0-0-| ||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||--------------------------|--------------------------------| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v |------------------------5-----|-----------------------------| |--------3-----5p3---3-------3-|--------3-----5p3---3--------| |-----0-----0------0-------0---|-----0-----0------0----------| |--5-------------------5-------|--5--------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------10\ --| |------------------------------|----------------------10\ --| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0------0------0-0-----0-0-0-0-| |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v |------------------------|----------------------------------|| |--3----3----1h3---3---3-|--1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|| |--2----2----2-----2---2-|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|| |--0----0----0-----0---0-|--0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|| |--0----0----0-----0---0-|--0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|| |------------------------|----------------------------------|| ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v --------- Guitar 4: w/ Distortion & Octave Pedal --------- 1 ||----------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------| ||--10h12-12~~--10h12~~---(10h12b14r12)---------| ||----------------------------------------9~~---| ||----------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------| 2 |-------------------------------------------| |----------------------------(10h12b14r12)--| |--10h12~~---10h12~~---10h12----------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| 3 |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--10h12-12~~--10h12~~---(10h12b14r12)---------| |----------------------------------------9~~---| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| 4 5 6 |-------------------------------------------||---------------|----------| |----------------------------(10h12b14r12)--||--(12)---------|--R-- -| |--10h12~~---10h12~~---10h12----------------||---------------|--E-- -| |-------------------------------------------||---------------|--S-- -| |-------------------------------------------||---------------|--T-- -| |-------------------------------------------||---------------|----------| 7 8 9 |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------| |-- ---------------------|-------------------------|-------R- -| |-- --(9 r7)-----(4 / | 7)---------------------|-------E- -| |-- ---------------------|-------(7 b 9)--(7 r5)-|--(5)--S- -| |-- ---------------------|-------------------------|-------T- -| |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------| 10 11 12 |------------|----------------------------|---------------------------| |--- --|-- --(10 r8)-----(12 r10)-|--(10)---(13r12)----(12 b | |--- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------| |--- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------| |-- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------| |------------|----------------------------|---------------------------| 13 14 15 |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| | 13)---------------|--R-- --|-------------------------------| |-------------------|--E-- --|-(5 b 7)---(4h5p4p0)-2~~---| |-------------------|--S-- --|--x----------------------------| |-------------------|--T-- --|-------------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| 16 17 18 |--------------------------|-------------------|------------| |-----------------(5 b | 8)---------------|--R-- --| |-(2)-(2h4p2p0)------------|-------------------|--E-- --| |--------------------------|-------------------|--S-- --| |--------------------------|-------------------|--T-- --| |--------------------------|-------------------|------------| 19 20 |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |-15~-15~-(13h15b16r15)-15~-|-(13h15b16r15)-(13h15b16r15)-(13h15b17r15)-15~-|| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| The octave pedal is set one octave lower than the written notes ================================================================================ Part 4: Guitars 1, 2, 4 & 5 [ Time 02:12 - 02:33 ] ================================================================================ -------------- Guitars 1 & 2: -------------- |_________________________[1.2.3] ||----------------------------|-----------------------------| | ||--3--3--3--3-3--------------|--1--1--1--1-0---------------| | ||--2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2--0-0-|--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|*| ||--0--0--0--0-0-2--2--2--0-0-|--2--2--2--2-2-0--0-0-0--0-0-|*| x 4 ||--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-|--3--3--3--3-3-2--2-2-2--0-0-| | ||----------------------------|---------------3--3-3-3------| | |______________________________[4] |-------------------------------|| |--1--1--1--1-0-----------------|| |--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0----------|| |--2--2--2--2-2-0--0-0----------|| |--3--3--3--3-3-2--2-2----------|| |---------------3--3-3- /15\ --|| --------- Guitar 4: --------- ||-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------| ||--R-- --|-- ---------------------|--R-- ----------| ||--E-- --|-- --(4b5r4b5r4) /7~~---|--E-- ----------| ||--S-- --|-- ---------------------|--S-- ----------| ||--T-- --|-- ---------------------|--T-- ----------| ||-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------| |--------------(15b17r15b17r15)-|------------------|---------------------| |-- --12------------------|------------------|--(10 r 8)-- \--| |-- ----------------------|--(7 b 9)-----|---------------------| |-- ----------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-- ----------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |--7-------- /9~~-------|--(4 b 5 r 4 b 5 r 4)----|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| --------- Guitar 5: w/ Distortion & Octave Pedal --------- Rest for 5 bars |---------------------|-----------------------| |--R-- -------------|------------------R- -| |--E-- --(9 r 7)--|--(7)------ \6----E- -| |--S-- -------------|------------------S- -| |--T-- -------------|------------------T- -| |---------------------|-----------------------| ================================================================================ Part 5: Guitars 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 [ Time 02:33 - 03:00 ] ================================================================================ -------------- Guitars 1 & 2: repeat Part 2 four times, then play the following: -------------- |-------------------|-------------------|| |--1----------------|--(1)--------------|| |--0----------------|--(0)--------------|| |--2----------------|--(2)--------------|| |--3----------------|--(3)--------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|| --------- Guitar 3: Repeat Part 2 --------- --------- Guitar 4: --------- ||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||---------------(10 r | 8)~~--------------|--R-- --| ||-(4)-------------------|-------------------|--E-- --| ||-----------------------|-------------------|--S-- --| ||-----------------------|-------------------|--T-- --| ||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |------------|---------------------|----------------------| |-- --|-- --(10 b 12 r | 10)--------8~~-----| |-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------| |-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------| |-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------| |------------|---------------------|----------------------| |------------------------------------|--(22\20)--19--20--(19\17)--19--17--| |--(15\13)--12--13--(12\10)--12--10--|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--15~~---------------|--(15)-------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| --------- Guitar 5: --------- ||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| ||--8----------------|--(8)~~-------------|----------------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|--(7\5)--4--5--(4\2)--4--2--| ||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|--15--14----------15--14----------| |------------------------|----------15--------------15------| |--0--2------------------|--------------14--------------14--| |------------(2/5)--5----|----------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--(15\13)--12--13--(12\10)--12--10--| |-- /19--17--16--17--16-----------|------------------------------------| |------------------------17~~-----|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |--10~~---10~~---10~~---10~~---|--12~~---------------|--(12)~~-----------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| ================================================================================ Part 6: Guitars 1, 2, 3 & 4 [ Time 03:00 - 03:33 ] ================================================================================ Guitars 1 & 2 rest for 4 bars before joining in; guitar 4 rests for 8 bars -------------- Guitars 1 & 2: repeat part 4 four times -------------- --------- Guitar 3: --------- Allow the notes on the G-string to ring out ||---------------------------------| ||-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--| ||--0-------------0--0-0-----------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| | |-----8-12-12--- /15-15-12---13-12---13-12-| | |--0-----------------------0-------0-------|*| |------------------------------------------|*| x 6 |------------------------------------------| | |------------------------------------------| | --------- Guitar 4: repeat Part 3 once --------- ================================================================================ Outro: Guitars 1, 2, 3 & 4 Tempo = 86 BPM [ Time 03:33 - 04:06 ] ================================================================================ -------------- Guitars 1 & 2: -------------- ||--3----3--3-3-------------|--------------------------| ||--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|--------------1----1--1-1-| ||--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-| ||--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-2----2--2-2-| 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Picking------------------\\ |----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------R- -|| |----------------------|------------------------------|--0----0----0----E- -|| |----------------------|------------------------------|--0----0----0----S- -|| |----------------------|------------------------------|--2----2----2----T- -|| |--6----7----8----9----|--10---11---12---13---14--15--|--3----3----3---------|| ^ ^ ^ --------- Guitar 3: --------- ||---------------------------------| ||-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--| ||--0-------------0--0-0-----------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-----8-12-12--- /15-15-12---13-12---13-12-| |--0-----------------------0-------0-------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| 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|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|| |--19b24~~----R-- --|| |-------------E-- --|| |-------------S-- --|| |-------------T-- --|| |----------------------|| --------- Guitar 4: --------- ||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| ||--(12 r 10)-------|--(13 r 12)--------------|--(12 r 10)-------| ||-----------------------|---------------12~~-------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| //-Tremolo Picking-\\ |----------------------------------|--------------------|----------------| |--13----12--10------12b13-(10\8)--|--(10 b 12)--R- -|----------------| |----------------------------------|-------------E- -|--7-------------| |----------------------------------|-------------S- -|----------------| |----------------------------------|-------------T- -|----------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------|----------------| //-----------------Tremolo Picking---------------\\ |------------------|------------------------------| |------------------|------------------------------| |--8-----9---------|--10-----11-----12-----13-----| |------------------|------------------------------| |------------------|------------------------------| |------------------|------------------------------| //--------Tremolo Picking----------\\ |------------------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------------------|------------R-- --|| |--14----15----16----17----18----19--|--23b25~~---E-- --|| |------------------------------------|------------S-- --|| |------------------------------------|------------T-- --|| |------------------------------------|------------------------|| ================================================================================ End ================================================================================ Tab summary: Part 1 x 4 Part 2 x 4 Part 3 x 1 Part 4 x 4 Part 5 x 4 Part 6 x 1 Outro x 1 END www.TAB6.com