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Ava Adore Tab

by Smashing Pumpkins


Alright, this is Ava Adore, from the album, Adore. If you really dont care for this 
you will after you listen to most of these songs live. They are very good live, as the 
always are. This is how it is played live.

Eb Tuning
Intro, Verses
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-2-2-x-x-x-0-2-2-2/5-0--------|

Prechorus
|-0-------2-------2---------------|
|-0-------3-------2---------------|
|-1-------4-------2---------------|
|-2-------4-------4---------------|
|-2-------2-------4---------------|
|-0---------------2---------------|

|-0-------2-------|
|-0-------3-------|
|-1-------4-------|
|-2-------4-------|
|-2-------2-------|
|-0---------------|

Chorus (Billy)
|-0-------4-------5---2---0-------|
|-0-------5-------5---2---0-------|
|-2-------6-------7---4---2-------|
|-2-------6-------7---4---2-------|
|-0-------4-------5---2---0-------|
|---------------------------------|

Chorus (James)
|-5-------4-------5---2---5-------|
|-5-------5-------5---2---5-------|
|-6-------6-------7---4---6-------|
|-7-------6-------7---4---7-------|
|-7-------4-------5---2---7-------|
|-5-----------------------5-------|

Verse
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-2-2-x-x-x-0-2-2-2/5-0--------|

Prechorus
|-0-------2-------2---------------|
|-0-------3-------2---------------|
|-1-------4-------2---------------|
|-2-------4-------4---------------|
|-2-------2-------4---------------|
|-0---------------2---------------|

|-0-------2-------|
|-0-------3-------|
|-1-------4-------|
|-2-------4-------|
|-2-------2-------|
|-0---------------|

Chorus (Billy)
|-0-------4-------5---2---0-------|
|-0-------5-------5---2---0-------|
|-2-------6-------7---4---2-------|
|-2-------6-------7---4---2-------|
|-0-------4-------5---2---0-------|
|---------------------------------|

Chorus (James)
|-5-------4-------5---2---5-------|
|-5-------5-------5---2---5-------|
|-6-------6-------7---4---6-------|
|-7-------6-------7---4---7-------|
|-7-------4-------5---2---7-------|
|-5-----------------------5-------|

the song dies down a bit, and billy sings the "in you i see dirty..in you i see stars..."
then goes into a verse, prechorus, then the solo

Verse
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-2-2-x-x-x-0-2-2-2/5-0--------|

Prechorus
|-0-------2-------|
|-0-------3-------|
|-1-------4-------|
|-2-------4-------|
|-2-------2-------|
|-0---------------|


Alright, in this solo, both Billy and James play it, and the rest of the band keeps the 
verse rhythm, etc. This is the part that James plays, that you can hear, Billy basically 
the same thing, but i think that he might just be playing the middle/towards end of the
solo on the G string. Its the same parts that James is playing, but just on that string,
its higher up the neck. Im just guessing, but i know that this part of the solo played
by James LIVE is right, a little bit different from the album version.

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------9b----------------------|
|----------------------7-7-9-9-11-11----11-9-11-9b-----------|
|-------------7-7-9-9----------------------------------------|
|-5-5-7-7-9-9------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|
|------------4b-4h6p4/2--4-4b-2-*4b~--------|
|--9-11-9-7---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
*pinch harmonic

Chorus (Billy)
|-0-------4-------5---2---0-------|
|-0-------5-------5---2---0-------|
|-2-------6-------7---4---2-------|
|-2-------6-------7---4---2-------|
|-0-------4-------5---2---0-------|
|---------------------------------|

Chorus (James)
|-5-------4-------5---2---5-------|
|-5-------5-------5---2---5-------|
|-6-------6-------7---4---6-------|
|-7-------6-------7---4---7-------|
|-7-------4-------5---2---7-------|
|-5-----------------------5-------|

Verse
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-4-4-x-x-x---4-4-4/7----------|
|-2-2-x-x-x-0-2-2-2/5-0--------|

Outro
|-0-------2-------2---------------|
|-0-------3-------2---------------|
|-1-------4-------2---------------|
|-2-------4-------4---------------|
|-2-------2-------4---------------|
|-0---------------2---------------|

Fade out. The solo doesnt sound the same as the album version, but if you download the 
Ava Adore video aired on BBC-Later with Jools Holland, then this will be best, because 
is how i tabbed the solo.-ryan.