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Tabbed by Brian McCall 

THROUGH THE EYES OF RUBY - by the Smashing Pumpkins on Mellon
======= === ==== == ====   Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Eb tuning

Piano intro

*1

there are _several_ layered guitars for this

G1 slight distortion

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

|---------9----------------------------------------
|-----0-----0---0----------------------------------
|---9--(7)----9------------------------------------
|-7------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

G2

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

|---------9-----------------------------------------
|-----0-----0---0-----------------------------------
|---9--(9)----9-------------------------------------
|-7-------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------

G3 (first time only) Tremolo (fast phasing)

|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-3hbr---2hbr--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

*2

G1 Distortion

|--------------------------------------------------
|-------12-/-19--\-10--14--16-17-----\--12-/-19--\-
|-13~---X----X-----X---X---X--X---------X----X-----
|-X-----9--/-16--\-8---11--13-14-----\--9--/-16--\-
|-11~----------------------------------------------
|-0------------------------------------------------

|--------------------------------------------------
|-10--14-------------------------------------------
|-X---X--------------------------------------------
|-8---11-------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

G2 Distortion

|-0-------------------------------------------------
|-0-------------------------------------------------
|-1-------------------------------------------------
|-2-----5--/-12--\-4---7---9--2---------5--/-12---\-
|-2-----5--/-12--\-4---7---9--2---------5--/-12---\-
|-0-----3--/-10--\-2---5---7--0---------3--/-10---\-

|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-4---7----------------------------------------------
|-4---7----------------------------------------------
|-2---5----------------------------------------------

*3

G1 Phasing

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

|---------9----------------------------------------
|-----0-----0---0----------------------------------
|---9--(7)----9------------------------------------
|-7------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------

G2 Clean

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

|---------9-----------------------------------------
|-----0-----0---0-----------------------------------
|---9--(9)----9-------------------------------------
|-7-------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------

I strongly believe that the phaser used is the Mu-tron
Bi-phase.  They've used it before and mine can mimic
this sound exactly.  For those who have one, here's my
settings:
Phasor A only, Sweep: just below 2, Depth: 7, Feedback: 7.5

*4 ("Breathing Underwater....")

G1 (still phased)

|---------7---------------7-----------------11--------
|-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0------0-------0----0-
|---7---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----11---11------11---
|-5---------------5---------------9-------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------

|-----------11-10-9-8-7-------7---------------7-------
|------0------------------0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-
|---11---11-------------7---7-----7-----7---7-----7---
|-9-------------------5---------------5---------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
                      ^don't ask.
                      (overdub maybe?)

G2 (tremolo phasing)

|-7-------------------------------11------------------
|-0-------------------------------0-------------------
|-7-------------------------------11------------------
|-5-------------------------------9-------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
  ^strummed                       ^strum slow
   slowly
   (think "Soma")
|-7---------------------------------------------------
|-0---------------------------------------------------
|-7---------------------------------------------------
|-5---------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------

*5 ("And if you spin...")

G1

|-----------11-------------------10-------------------
|------0-------0----0-------0-------0----0------------
|---11---11------11------11---11------11--------------
|-9-------------------12------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------

|---------9---------------7---------------------------
|-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0---------------------
|---9---9-----9-----7---7-----7-----------------------
|-7---------------5-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------

G2 Tremolo phasing (gets one whole chord in on this part!)

|-11--------------------------------------------------
|-0---------------------------------------------------
|-11--------------------------------------------------
|-9---------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------

G3 (Lead fill.  Can't tell if it's clean or chorus or
    slight distortion or what...)

|-------------------------------------------|---------
|-----------7------8---(12)/14--12----------|---------
|-(12)\-6h8---9h11-----------------14-11--12|-11------
|-------------------------------------------|---------
|-------------------------------------------|---------
|-------------------------------------------|---------
                                            ^last time only

*6

G1 Distortion (brighter than G2)

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------2-----5--/-12--\-4---7-9
|-----------------------------2-----5--/-12--\-4---7-9
|-----------------------------0-----3--/-10--\-2---5-7

G2 Distortion

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-2-----5--/-12--\-4---7---9--2-----5--/-12--\-4---7-9
|-2-----5--/-12--\-4---7---9--2-----5--/-12--\-4---7-9
|-0-----3--/-10--\-2---5---7--0-----3--/-10--\-2---5-7

G3 Distortion (Lead Fill)

|------------------------------------7--6--9--12--14b-
|--------------------------------7--5-----------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------

*7

G1

|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-9---7-/-12-\-5-5-5----------------------------------
|-9---7-/-12-\-5-5-5----------------------------------
|-7---5-/-10-\-3-3-3...-------------------------------


|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------

Song:    Through The Eyes Of Ruby
By:      The Smashing Pumpkins
Album:   MC&IS
Tab By:  Carlos Bustos
Email:   cab144@mail.usask.ca
Tuning:  Half a step Down
Comment: OK, This is probably my crowning moment in tabbing :)  This
         took me forever so someone please gimme some feeback.
         I'm sure its prone to error but for the most part i think it
         should be ok.  Lemme know what you think.


  [piano intro]:
  [intro]: Played 2x's.  Use a Phaser, I use a Boss super phaser PH-2
           Type I phasing, slow rate.
||---------4----------------7----------------6----------------9-----------|
||-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0-----|
||---4---4-----4------7---7-----7------6---6-----6------9---9-----9-------|
||-2----------------5----------------4----------------7-------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  [Guitar 1, this little opening riff]:
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-9~--9/12-12/19~--11~--/14~--14-15-16-17~---15~--15\7~---11~---14~------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-6~--6/-9--9/16~---8~--/11~--11-12-13-14~---12~--12\4~----8~---11~------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|| [Guitar 2, This main riff is played in the background. distorted]
||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-2---5---/--12----4-----7-------------2---5----/----12----4-----7-------|
||-2---5---/--12----4-----7-------------2---5----/----12----4-----7-------|
||-0---3---/--10----2-----5-----5--6--7-0---3----/----10----2-----5-------|


[INTRO]: Play 2x's and again under the singing.
||---------4----------------7----------------6----------------9-----------|
||-----0-----0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0-----|
||---4---4-----4------7---7-----7------6---6-----6------9---9-----9-------|
||-2----------------5----------------4----------------7-------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Wrap me up in always
   and drag me in with maybes
   your innocence is treasure
   you innocence is death
   your innocence is all i have

   [Underwater G1]: Ok, leave the phaser ON.  Then kick in some chorus with
                   rate on 10 and depth on 10. Bam, underewater. Strum slow
||--7-------------------------------------------------------------1110-9-8|
||--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|| [Underwater G2]: Just the phaser here.
||----------7----------------7------------------11------------------------|
||------0-----0---0------0-----0---0-------0-------0----0-------0---------|
||----7---7-----7------7---7-----7------11---11------11------11---11------|
||--5----------------5----------------9--------------------9--------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                            Breathing underwater


   [Guitar 1]:  Phaser and chorus.  Strum SLOW.
||--7-----------------------------------------------------11--------------|
||--0------------------------------------------------------0--------------|
||--7-----------------------------------------------------11--------------|
||--5------------------------------------------------------9--------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|| [Guitar 2]:  Phaser.
||----------7----------------7------------------11-------------------11---|
||------0-----0---0------0-----0---0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0-|
||----7---7-----7------7---7-----7------11---11------11------11---11------|
||--5----------------5----------------9--------------------9--------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                            Living      under        glass


   [Guitar 1]:  Phaser.
||----------11------------------11----------------9---------------7-------|
||-----0-------0----0------0-------0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-|
||--11---11------11-----11---11------11-----9---9-----9-----7---7-----7---|
||9-------------------9-------------------7---------------5---------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|| [Guitar 2]:  OK, some really cool synth effect, that fits PERFECT here.
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---5/7--/8-/12~----------------12/14-\12\10\8~-8~(hold note      )-7\5\0|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  and if you spin your love around              the secrets of your dreams


   [Guitar 1]:  Phaser.
||----------11------------------11----------------9---------------7-------|
||-----0-------0----0------0-------0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-|
||--11---11------11-----11---11------11-----9---9-----9-----7---7-----7---|
||9-------------------9-------------------7---------------5---------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|| [Guitar 2]:  Cool synth effect
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---5/7--/8-/12~----------------12/14-\12\10\8~-(hold note      )-7\5\0--|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  you may find your love is gone              and is not quite as it seemed

   [Guitar 1]:  Phaser.
||----------11------------------11----------------9---------------7-------|
||-----0-------0----0------0-------0----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-|
||--11---11------11-----11---11------11-----9---9-----9-----7---7-----7---|
||9-------------------9-------------------7---------------5---------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|| [Guitar 2]:  Cool synth effect
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---5/7--/8-/12~----------------12/14-\12\10\8~-(hold note      )-7~-----|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  to appear   to dissapear                   beneath all your darkest fears


  [Guitar 1, MAIN distorted RIFF]: Repeat
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||-2---5---/--12----4-----7-------------|
||-2---5---/--12----4-----7-------------|
||-0---3---/--10----2-----5-----5--6--7-|
|| [Guitar 2]: play once.
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7~--7\5~--5/12--11~--11/14~--14/17~--17/19~---(19)b21------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  I believe in never
  I believe in all the way
  but believe is not to notice
  belief is just some faith
  and faith can't help you to escape

||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/111111-12~-----------------------------------|
||-x/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x--x-x-x--x------------------------------------|
||-2/4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/-9-9-9-10~-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                         and with this ring i wed thee true

||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-7~-------------------------------------|
||-x/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x--------------------------------------|
||-2/4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-5~-------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------------------|
                               and with this ring i wed thee now

||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-4/6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/111111-12~-----------------------------------|
||-x/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x/x-x-x-x--x-x-x--x------------------------------------|
||-2/4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/-9-9-9-10~-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                       and with this ring i play so dead


||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-----7-7---7-7-7-7-7--x-x--9-----9-9-----9-9-9-9-9---|
||-7-----7-7---7-7-7-7-7--x-x--9-----9-9-----9-9-9-9-9---|
||-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-5--x-x--7-----7-7-----7-7-7-7-7---|
                               but no ones asking

||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-----7-7---7-7-7-7-7--x-x--9-----9-9-----9-9-9-9-9---|
||-7-----7-7---7-7-7-7-7--x-x--9-----9-9-----9-9-9-9-9---|
||-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-5--x-x--7-----7-7-----7-7-7-7-7---|
   for the truth               so let me tell you

   [Guitar 1]:  Distortion
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------7------------------------------------------------------------|
||-9---------7----------7-------7------------5-----5-----5-----/-----9----|
||-9---------5----------7-------7------------5-----5-----5-----/-----9----|
||-7--------------------5-------5------------3-----3-----3-----/-----7----|
|| [Guitar 2]:  Cool synth effect
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---5/7--/8-/12~----------------12/14-\12\10\8~-8~(hold note      )-7\5\0|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  and if you spin your love around              the secrets of your dreams


   [Guitar 1]:  Distortion
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------7------------------------------------------------------------|
||-9---------7----------7-------7------------5-----5-----5----/----9------|
||-9---------5----------7-------7------------5-----5-----5----/----9------|
||-7--------------------5-------5------------3-----3-----3----/----7------|
|| [Guitar 2]:  Cool synth effect
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---5/7--/8-/12~----------------12/14-\12\10\8~-(hold note      )-7\5\0--|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  you may find your love is gone               and is not quite as it seemed

   [Guitar 1]:  Distortion
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------7------------------------------------------------------------|
||-9---------7----------7-------7------------5-----5-----5----\----4------|
||-9---------5----------7-------7------------5-----5-----5----\----4------|
||-7--------------------5-------5------------3-----3-----3----\----2------|
|| [Guitar 2]:  Cool Synth effect
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---5/7--/8-/12~----------------12/14-\12\10\8~-(hold note      )-7~-----|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  to appear   to dissapear                   beneath all your darkest fears

  [little fill]: repeat through lyrics.
||----------------|
||----------------|
||--3--b(4)b3-----|
||----------------|
||----------------|
||----------------|
  to the revelations
  of fresh faced youth
  no one will come
  to save you
  so speak your peace
  in the murmurs drawn
  but youth is wasted
  on  the  young

  [Guitar 1, MAIN distorted RIFF]: Repeat
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||-2---5---/--12----4-----7-------------|
||-2---5---/--12----4-----7-------------|
||-0---3---/--10----2-----5-----5--6--7-|
  you strength is my weakness
  your weakness my hate
  my love for you just can't explain
  why 
  we're forever frozen
  forever beautiful
  forever lost inside ourselves

  [REPEAT]: woo wooo almost done.
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------|
||--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-/12-12-12-12-|
||--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-/12-12-12-12-|
||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-/10-10-10-10-|
      The            night           has           cooommeeeeee
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
    to     hold    us    young


[ok, from here it quiets down to acoustic.  Somone else can do that]

Acoustic ending to the SP masterpiece:

                      Thru the Eyes of Ruby

/=slide up
\=slide down
~=vibrato

normal tuning
_____________________________________________________________
Guit. 1 (elec w/ reverb)
e--5-p4--\0-------7~----------|--5-p4--\0-------------------|
B-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------|-------------------1-h2-p1---|
D-----------------------------|---------------------------2-|

Guit. 2 (acoustic)
   F#m7   A5     E5              F#m7   A5     E5
D--2--2-2/7--7-7\2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2/7--7-7\2--2-2-2-2-2-|
A--4--4-4/7--7-7\2--2-2-2-2-2-|--4--4-4/7--7-7\2--2-2-2-2-2-|
E--2--2-2/5--5-5\0--0-0-0-0-0-|--2--2-2/5--5-5\0--0-0-0-0-0-|

____________________________________________________________________

Guit. 1 (elec)
e---------------/4~-----2-----|--5-p4--/7~-----5-p4--/0------------|
B---------2-p0----------------|-----------------------------2/5----|
G-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------|------------------------------------|

Guit. 2 (acoustic)
   F#m7   A5     E5              F#m7   A5     D5     A5
D--2--2-2/7--7-7\2--2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2/7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7\2--2-2-|
A--4--4-4/7--7-7\2--2-2-2-2-2-|--4--4-4/7--7-7-5--5-5-7-7-7\2--2-2-|
E--2--2-2/5--5-5\0--0-0-0-0-0-|--2--2-2/5--5-5--------5-5-5\0--0-0-|

____________________________________________________________________
fade...                                _
                                     */.)
G1                                  */

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