sad peter pan

by the smashing pumpkins

written by vic chesnutt

off of sweet relief II

transcribed by mark williams <zeroweb@geocities.com>



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this is the general structure of the song, i tabbed out the first 

couple minutes. there is actually more than one guitar here, in fact 

there are many guitars layered in making the song have that thick 

dreamy sound. the guitars are acoustic with distortion and there is 

hint of an electric in the background playing a couple notes. 

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note: this song is played in F tuning (F A# D# G# C F), so either 

tune up to F, or get a capo on the first or second fret. the song is 

tabbed out as if you are tuned in F. the tab is very general, as 

there are multiple guitars playing variations on the theme. most of 

the guitar is distorted acoustic . . .



|------------------------|------------0----------|---------------------|

|----------4---4b5b4--0--|------0~--------0------|----4-----2---0------|

|------------------------|------2~------------1--|---------------------|

|------2-----------------|------2~---------------|-----------------2---|

|------------------------|-0---------------------|-----------------2---|

|--0---------------------|-----------------------|0-----0----------0-0-|



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

|----0------------|----4b5b4--0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----4---4b5b4--0-0-|

|----2------------|-------------1-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------1-|

|----2---1b2b1--2-|---------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|

|-0---------------|---------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|

|-----------------|-0-------------|----------------|-0----0------------|



            voice enters here I think . . .

|----------------|----0----------|----0--0-0--|--0---------------0-----|

|------------0---|----0----------|----0--0-0--|--0--4b5b4----4---0-----|

|------------2---|----1----------|-2--2--2-2--|--1---------------1-----|

|-2~~~-------2---|-2--2----------|-2--2--2----|--2---------------2-----|

|-0~~~-------0---|-2--2----------|-0--0-------|--2---------------2-----|

|----------------|-0--0--------0-|------------|--0---------------0-----|

0



|------0------------|-------------------|--0-----------|------0--------|

|------0--0-----0-0-|-----4b5b4--p0-2-0-|--0-----------|------0--------|

|------2--2-----2-2-|-------------------|--2-----------|------1--------|

|---2--2--2--2--2---|-------------------|--2-----------|------2--------|

|-0-0--0-----0--0---|--2----------------|--0--0-4b5b4--|------2--------|

|-------------------|--0----------------|--------------|--0---0--------|







   chorus here . . .    

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

|--0-----------|--------------------|----------4--4-x-|----------------|

|--2-----------|--------0----0--0-x-|-------4--4--4-x-|------0--0--0-x-|

|--2-----------|--------4----4--4-x-|-----4-----------|------4--4--4-x-|

|--0--------2--|-----4-------4------|--2--------------|----4----4------|

|-----------0--|--2-----------------|-----------------|-2--------------|





     the strumming here is random, get your own rhythm. . .        

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

|--------4--4-----0----------|------5--5-------------------------------|

|-----4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2-|--6---6--6--6--6------4~~~---------------|

|-----4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2-|--6---6--6--6--6------4~~~---------------|

|--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0-|--4---4--4--4--4--0---2~~~---------------|

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





and so the song continues in a similar fashion. there are a lot of 

layered guitars playing random notes in the chords and guitars strumming

the chords in the back ground. There are a couple of other notes here 

and there, but the song follows this general pattern. . .