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Bleeding The Orchid Tab

by Smashing Pumpkins


Hey people! this is my interpretation for Bleeding the orchid, an amazing new song from 
Pumpkins last album "Zeitgeist"

Hope you like it ;)


Standard SP tuning (Eb)


Keyboard Intro: A F Em G


Pre-verse x2

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------6----------2----------0----------4------|
D|-----7---7------3---3------2---2------5---5----|
A|---7----------3----------2----------5----------|
E|-5----------1----------0----------3------------|


Verse x2 (you also can play by chord A F Em G F A F Em )

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----6------2------0------4------2------2------2------0---|
D|---7-7----3-3----2-2----5-5----3-3----3-3----3-3----2-2--|
A|--7------3------2------5------3------3------3------2-----|
E|-5------1------0------3------1------5------1------0------|


Pre-chorus

Strum
C F G F
C F G   G


Chorus

Same as Pre-verse

A F Em G x3
A F

Then Start the first solo

2ยบ guitar plays A F Em G

Play this x2

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|----5/7--5h7/8----7h8/10-----8h10/12-----|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Verse 2  x 2

A F Em G
F A F Em

Pre-verse x2

C F G F

Chorus 2
A F Em G---x3
A F


Interlude

(F) Dm C ---Keyboard

Guitar enter- (Not sure about the F chord)

Em Dm C F

Lead

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------3---2------------|
D|----------------------7--5--5h7----------3----2---|
A|---7~-/5h7h8h7--7--5------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

The strum Em


Chorus 3

A F Em G x4

Outro

F Dm A C
F Dm A
F Dm A C
F Dm

Start the final solo

The solo start like the mini solo i write up the page,

A F Em G

F Dm A C
F Dm A
F Dm A C
F Dm A

end on F