Intro: [MAIN RIFF] 4x's
[Main Riff]: Played through entire song, except when [BASE Fill 1] is
played then [Main Riff] starts up again
I lay my head on her bosom
To cry myself to sleep
I see no greater wisdom [BASE Fill 1]
She has given me [Main Riff] starts up here after this line
[Fill 1][electric]: This is a SLOW slide. Listen to the CD
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La Dolly Vita [Fill 1]
Sweet as true love
La Dolly Vita [Fill 1]
Cool as ice cream
Cool as ice cream
[Solo][electric]: I KNOW this isn't exact, but its sounds fairly close.
oh yah, you better appreciate this solo!
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slow bend
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B|--12b(13)b12-10--10\8-8-8\6-6-6\5-5-5b(6)b5-3--5--3--5--3~~~~------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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[Main Riff]
You hear a lot of visions
You can't even stop
Can't see what you're missing
Spinning like a top
[small variation from the main riff]: Figure it out. Not tuff.
Fade away I want to see her
Fade away I want to see her
I only want to meet her
[Main Riff]
La Dolly Vita [Fill 1]
True as blue sky
La Dolly Vita [Fill 1]
Cool as ice cream
Cool as ice cream
[Some Crash Cymbols]
Take it all the way down
Forsake ones you have now
Take it all the way down
[Sorry the outro escapes me. Its really distorted and hard to figure out]
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:39:04 -0800
Subject: TAB: la dolly vita by the Smashing Pumpkins
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la dolly vita- by the smashing pumpkins
E|-------------| written by Billy Corgan
TRANSCRIPTION BY: David Balogh
This song is pretty simple. It consists of one basic part.
It looks like this:
e[-------2---2--2-0--2----2-2----2------2---2--2-0--2----2-2-]
B[--0h2--2-2-2--2-0--2-2--2-2--2-2-0h2--2-2-2--2-0--2-2--2-2-]
G[--3----3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3----3-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-]
D[--4----4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4----4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-]
A[--4----4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4----4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-]
E[--0h2--2-2-2--2-0----2--2-2--2---0h2--2-2-2--2-0----2--2-2-]
There are a few slide parts. If you want to learn those, look at
Carlos Bustos's tab. He has all the slide parts tabbed
out.
The most common variation is like this:
e[--3--2----------------]
B[--5--4----------------] When Billy sings:
G[--5--4------PAUSE-----] "cool as ice cream"
D[--5--4----------------] there is no pause, go straight
A[--3--2----------------] into the one main part.
E[----------------------]
Another part of the song, an interlude has this:
e[--2------0-------2-------0------]
B[--2------0-------2-------0------] with ad-lib guitar noise
G[--3------3-------3-------3------] (the slide part is just
D[--4------4-------4-------4------] slow and quiet)
A[--4------4-------4-------4------]
E[--2------0-------2-------0------]
I have an idea on how the outro goes, but it doesn't
sound exactly right, so if anyone can correct me, please do so.
e[-------------------0---0---0-------------------------------]
B[--2--2-2-22-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------] I can kinda hear a slide
G[--3--3-3-33-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------] part that sounds like
D[--4--4-4-44-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------] this right here:
A[--4--4-4-44-4-4--4---4---4------] A[--9s7-7-9s7-7-9----]
E[--2--2-2-22-2-2--0---0---0---------------------------------]
BOTH GUITARS HAVE HEAVY DISTORTION!!!!!
SONG ENDS ON F#
The story behind the weird crashing sound at the end is
not one I know. If anybody can explain what is #$&@ is going
on!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any questions, comments, or whatevers
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