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From lab1@lead-deadwood.k12.sd.us Sun May  4 10:11:20 1997
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 11:08:12 -0600
From: Lead High School Lab 1 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: tab:"Mouths of Babes" by "The Smashing Pumpkins"

Mouths of Babes, By the Smashing Pumpkins.
Off the Areoplane flies high on the zero album
tabbed by Jon Ballard
Tune down 1/2 step(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)

The song starts out with some feedback that I have been able to get with lots of
volume.

Intro and outtro
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|     3x
|--------------------7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6-6-6--7-7--9-11--0-0-|
|---4-p-2---------0--7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6-6-6--7-7--9-11--0-0-|
|----------4-p-2--0--5--5-5-4--0-0--2-s-4-4-4-4--5-5--7--9--0-0-|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6--7--4\--|
|---4-p-2---------0--7--7-7-6--0-0--4-s-6-6--7--4\--|
|----------4-p-2--0--5--5-5-4--0-0--2-s-4-4--5--4\--|
The fourth fret slide at the end of the song slides down to open, then tune down
tune up to dropped Db while holding the open note

Verse
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7-7--9-s11--1111--|
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7-7--9-s11--1111--|
|--7-s-9--9-9-9----0--0-0-0--0-0--2-s-4--4-4-4--5-5-5--7-s-9--9-9---|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|     2x
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7--0-----------------|
|--9-s11--111111---2--2-2-2--0-0--4-s-6--6-6-6--7-7--0-----------------|
|--7-s-9--9-9-9----0--0-0-0--0-0--2-s-4--4-4-4--5-5--0--2(bend full)---|

Chorus
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--6--------------------------------------------------|3x
|--6--0--7--7-7-7--6--0-0-7-s-9--9-9-9--4-4-4-4--0-0--|
|--4--0--7--7-7-7--6--0-0-7-s-9--9-9-9--4-4-4-4--0-0--|
|-----0--5--5-5-5--4--0-0-5-s-7--7-7-7--2-2-2-2--0-0--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-s-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-s-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-4-s-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-s-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-2-s-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-s-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-s-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

Bridge
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|4x
|---------------7-s-9-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-s-6--6-6-6--6-6-s-4--4-4-4--4-4--0-0--|
|---------------7-s-9-s-7--7-7-7--7-7-s-6--6-6-6--6-6-s-4--4-4-4--4-4--0-0--|
|--4-2-2-0--5-s-7-s-5-s-5--5-5-5--5-7-s-4--4-4-4--4-4-s-2--2-2-2--2-2--0-0--|

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

|-----|---------------|-------------------|
|-----|---------------|-------------------|
|-----|---------------|-------------------|
|--4--|---7--7--7-7-7-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--4--|---7--7--7-7-7-|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--2--|---5--5--5-5-5-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

The very last outtro(dropped Db tuning)

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--2-0--0--2-2-2--2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6------------------------4---4-3--|
|--2-0--0--2-2-2--2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6---------2-p-0----------4---4-3--|
|--2-0--0--2-2-2--2-4-4-4-4--6-6-6--4\0------------4-2-0--4---4-3--|

I think that this is right for the most part.  Whenever I play it with the recor
identical.
Mouths of Babes
by Smashing Pumpkins

Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Key: 
/ = Slide
h = hammer on
~ = hold the note

Intro:
|-------4-0--5~-5-4-0--0h2-2-2--------0-------------|
|-4-2-0-------------------------0-2-4---------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-6---------------|
|-------------------------------2-4-6---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
|-----------0-0-0-0--2/4-4-4-4--5~-5-5-5------------|
|-2/4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2--4/6-6-6-6--7~-7-7-7--0/2-2-2---|
|-4/6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2--4/6-6-6-6--7~-7-7-7--2/4-4-4---|
|-4/6-6-6-6-------------------------------2/4-4-4---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

1st Chorus
|----4-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-----------2-------------------|
|-4~-6-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-0/2-2-2-2-4-------------------|
|-6~-6-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4-------------------|
|-6~------------------2/4-4-4-4---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
|-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-|
|-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

2nd Chorus part 1
|-4/2-0-0-5/7/5-5-5-5-5-5/4-4-4-4-4-4/2-2-2-2-------|
|-6/4-----7/9/7-7-7-7-7-7/6-6-6-6-6-6/4-4-4-4-------|
|-6/4-----7/9/7-7-7-7-7-7/6-6-6-6-6-6/4-4-4-4-------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

2nd Chorus part 2
|----------0-0-0-0---------4-4-4-4-5----------------|
|--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-6-6-6-6------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6------------------|
|--6-6-6-6---------2-2-2-2-----------4--------------|
|--5-5-5-5------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

You'll probably have to get the rythms down yourself, but other than that i
think its pretty accurate.  It looks like alot but its not really that much.
Hope it helps.

Tabbed by Nate Powell - 1133@nethawk.com

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