I Am One
Smashing Pumpkins
Tab by Jonathan Frank
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4 bar of drums 

4 bars of bass: (repeat 2x)
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--2--0-0-2--0-2--0-0-0-2--0-2--0-0-2--0-2--0-0-0-2--0--

Guitar intro:                                    pick slide
----------------------0-----------------------0--------
----------0---------0-------------0---------0----------
--------3---------3-------------3---------3------------
------4---------4-------------4---------4----------x\--
----4---------2-------------4---------2------------x\--
----2---------0-------------2---------0------------x\--


Main rhythm guitar part (verse):

|Billy (2x)            (viewphoria)
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------- not sure
|--11------11----11--------9--9 -|-11------11----11--------9--11--
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|---9-------9-----9--------------|--9-------9-----9---------------
|------0-0-----0-----0-0---------|-----0-0-----0-----0--0---------
|
|James (2x)
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------2--2---------------------------2--4--
|---4-------4-----4---------2--2---4-------4-----4---------2--4--
|---4-------4-----4---------0--0---4-------4-----4---------0--2--
|---2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0---------2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0--------


(You're gonna have to figure out the solo. If you do, e-mail me. 
I'll put it in and give you credit.)

(with verse guitar part):

I am one as you are three
Try to find messiah in your trinity
Your city to burn
Your city to burn
Try to look for something in your city to burn

You'll burn (unison)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------13-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------12--14--
------------------------------------11---------------------------12--14--
--------12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0-0-----12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0--10--12-- 

        Am              I               as             I 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------13------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------12--14--
-----------------------------------11----------------------------12--14--
--------12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0-0-----12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0--10--12-- 

..seem?   Undone          Love    So mellow(?)
----------------------0-----------------------0--------
----------0---------0-------------0---------0----------
--------3---------3-------------3---------3------------
------4---------4-------------4---------4----------x\--
----4---------2-------------4---------2------------x\--
----2---------0-------------2---------0------------x\--

(Billy with another cool fill.)


(verse)
Time is right for a guiding light
Try to turn to reasons in your bitter life
Your city to burn
Your city to burn
Try to look for something in your city to burn

You'll burn (unison guitars, play twice)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------13-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------12--14--
------------------------------------11---------------------------12--14--
--------12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0-0-----12p0-0-0-12p0-0-12p0-0-0--10--12-- 


(verse guitar part):
See you.. you're the only one who
See you.. I am one
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-----9--11-------
-----------11~\--
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See you.. you're the only one who
See you.. 

Bridge: (This is tough to figure out so, it might be a bit off.)
 A
---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
--------------7------------------------------|-------------7----------------7---7-8~
----7-6-7-7/9---9-7h9p7\6---6h7p6\4--4h6p4\2-|---7-6-7-7/9---9--7h9p7\6-7/9---9-----
--7-----------------------7------------------|-7------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------

(right here, James and Billy both solo. Tell me if you get it!)

Out of solo:
  E                     (use your wah pedal on each note)
--12-10-9------------------------------------
----------12-10-9----------------------------
------------------11-9-----------------------
-----------------------12-11-9-7-6-4-2-0-----
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-----------------------------------------2~\-

Bass : (2x)
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---------------------------------|--------------------------------
---------------------------------|--------------------------------
---2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0--5--5\-|-2--0-0--2--0--2--0-0-0--5--7\--

(Billy solos and James plays his rhythm part)

Here Billy plays a funky F#. 
I play this:

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--9--
-11--
--9--
-----

When you slide down, don't slide all the way
to the open. Go down to about 0.5 and then 
pick up your fingers slightly. Billy does it
live. It chokes it off really cool.
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--4-4----------------
--4-4----------------
--2-2\---------------

Send any comments to Jonathan.
Thanks 

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