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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
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R O C K E T
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SIAMESE DREAM
(c) Virgin Records (1993)
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Standard Tuning
E A D G B E
Tempo = 86 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.0
11th November 2010
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
14b16 - Bend Note
16r14 - Release Bend
~~ - Vibrato
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
x\x\x - Pick Scrapes
v - Up Stroke/Strum Up (From high to low strings)
^ - Down Stroke/Strum down (From low to high strings)
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Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 w/ Distortion [ Time 00:00 - 00:56 ]
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Guitar 2 joins in after the first repeat
|____________________________[1,2,3]
||------------------------5------| |
||--------3-----5p3---3-------3--| |
||-----0-----0------0-------0----|*|
||--5-------------------5--------|*| x 4
||-------------------------------| |
||-------------------------------| |
|_____________________________[4]
|------------------------------||
|--------3-----------5p3---3---||
|-----0-----0--5p0-------0---0-||
|--5---------------5-----------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
||------------------------5-----|------------------------5-----|
||--------3-----5p3---3-------3-|--------3-----5p3---3-------3-|
||-----0-----0------0-------0---|-----0-----0------0-------0---|
||--5-------------------5-------|--5-------------------5-------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
||------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------3----------1--1--|-(1)-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----||
|-----0-----0--2----0--0--|-(0)-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|--5-----------3----2--2--|-(2)-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|| x 1
|--------------3----3--3--|-(3)-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-||
|--------------1----------|-------------------------------||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
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Part 2: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 00:56 - 01:18 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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||--3----3--3-3-------------|--------------------------| |
||--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|--------------1----1--1-1-| |
||--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|*|
||--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-2----2--2-2-|*| x 4
||--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-| |
||--3----3--3-3-------------|--1----1--1-1-------------| |
^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
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Guitar 3: w/ Distortion
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-|
||-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------|
||--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-|
|-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------9------------|
|--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-|
|-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------|
|--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-||
|-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------||
|--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
Note the slight variation in the fourth bar
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Part 3: Guitars 1, 2 & 4 [ Time 01:18 - 02:12 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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Repeat Part 1 twice; Guitar 1 replaces the last bar with the following:
|-----------------------------||
|--------3-----5p3---3--------||
|-----0-----0------0----------||
|--5--------------------------||
|----------------------10\ --||
|----------------------10\ --||
Both guitars continue:
||--------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0------0------0-0-----0-0-0-0-|
||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--------------------------|--------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
|------------------------5-----|-----------------------------|
|--------3-----5p3---3-------3-|--------3-----5p3---3--------|
|-----0-----0------0-------0---|-----0-----0------0----------|
|--5-------------------5-------|--5--------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------10\ --|
|------------------------------|----------------------10\ --|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0------0------0-0-----0-0-0-0-|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--3----3----1h3---3---3-|--1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-||
|--2----2----2-----2---2-|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---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---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-||
|------------------------|----------------------------------||
^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v
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Guitar 4: w/ Distortion & Octave Pedal
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1
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||--10h12-12~~--10h12~~---(10h12b14r12)---------|
||----------------------------------------9~~---|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
2
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------(10h12b14r12)--|
|--10h12~~---10h12~~---10h12----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
3
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--10h12-12~~--10h12~~---(10h12b14r12)---------|
|----------------------------------------9~~---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------------------------------||---------------|----------|
|----------------------------(10h12b14r12)--||--(12)---------|--R-- -|
|--10h12~~---10h12~~---10h12----------------||---------------|--E-- -|
|-------------------------------------------||---------------|--S-- -|
|-------------------------------------------||---------------|--T-- -|
|-------------------------------------------||---------------|----------|
7 8 9
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
|-- ---------------------|-------------------------|-------R- -|
|-- --(9 r7)-----(4 / | 7)---------------------|-------E- -|
|-- ---------------------|-------(7 b 9)--(7 r5)-|--(5)--S- -|
|-- ---------------------|-------------------------|-------T- -|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
10 11 12
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|--- --|-- --(10 r8)-----(12 r10)-|--(10)---(13r12)----(12 b |
|--- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------|
|--- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------|
|-- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
13 14 15
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 13)---------------|--R-- --|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|--E-- --|-(5 b 7)---(4h5p4p0)-2~~---|
|-------------------|--S-- --|--x----------------------------|
|-------------------|--T-- --|-------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
16 17 18
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------|
|-----------------(5 b | 8)---------------|--R-- --|
|-(2)-(2h4p2p0)------------|-------------------|--E-- --|
|--------------------------|-------------------|--S-- --|
|--------------------------|-------------------|--T-- --|
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------|
19 20
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|-15~-15~-(13h15b16r15)-15~-|-(13h15b16r15)-(13h15b16r15)-(13h15b17r15)-15~-||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
The octave pedal is set one octave lower than the written notes
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Part 4: Guitars 1, 2, 4 & 5 [ Time 02:12 - 02:33 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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|_________________________[1.2.3]
||----------------------------|-----------------------------| |
||--3--3--3--3-3--------------|--1--1--1--1-0---------------| |
||--2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2--0-0-|--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|*|
||--0--0--0--0-0-2--2--2--0-0-|--2--2--2--2-2-0--0-0-0--0-0-|*| x 4
||--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-|--3--3--3--3-3-2--2-2-2--0-0-| |
||----------------------------|---------------3--3-3-3------| |
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/smashing-pumpkins/254129.html ]
|______________________________[4]
|-------------------------------||
|--1--1--1--1-0-----------------||
|--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0----------||
|--2--2--2--2-2-0--0-0----------||
|--3--3--3--3-3-2--2-2----------||
|---------------3--3-3- /15\ --||
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Guitar 4:
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||-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
||--R-- --|-- ---------------------|--R-- ----------|
||--E-- --|-- --(4b5r4b5r4) /7~~---|--E-- ----------|
||--S-- --|-- ---------------------|--S-- ----------|
||--T-- --|-- ---------------------|--T-- ----------|
||-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------(15b17r15b17r15)-|------------------|---------------------|
|-- --12------------------|------------------|--(10 r 8)-- \--|
|-- ----------------------|--(7 b 9)-----|---------------------|
|-- ----------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-- ----------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|--7-------- /9~~-------|--(4 b 5 r 4 b 5 r 4)----||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
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Guitar 5: w/ Distortion & Octave Pedal
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Rest for 5 bars
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|--R-- -------------|------------------R- -|
|--E-- --(9 r 7)--|--(7)------ \6----E- -|
|--S-- -------------|------------------S- -|
|--T-- -------------|------------------T- -|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
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Part 5: Guitars 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 [ Time 02:33 - 03:00 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2: repeat Part 2 four times, then play the following:
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|-------------------|-------------------||
|--1----------------|--(1)--------------||
|--0----------------|--(0)--------------||
|--2----------------|--(2)--------------||
|--3----------------|--(3)--------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
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Guitar 3: Repeat Part 2
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Guitar 4:
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||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||---------------(10 r | 8)~~--------------|--R-- --|
||-(4)-------------------|-------------------|--E-- --|
||-----------------------|-------------------|--S-- --|
||-----------------------|-------------------|--T-- --|
||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-- --|-- --(10 b 12 r | 10)--------8~~-----|
|-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------|
|-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------|
|-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------|
|------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------------------|--(22\20)--19--20--(19\17)--19--17--|
|--(15\13)--12--13--(12\10)--12--10--|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--15~~---------------|--(15)-------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
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Guitar 5:
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||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
||--8----------------|--(8)~~-------------|----------------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|--(7\5)--4--5--(4\2)--4--2--|
||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|--15--14----------15--14----------|
|------------------------|----------15--------------15------|
|--0--2------------------|--------------14--------------14--|
|------------(2/5)--5----|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--(15\13)--12--13--(12\10)--12--10--|
|-- /19--17--16--17--16-----------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------17~~-----|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|--10~~---10~~---10~~---10~~---|--12~~---------------|--(12)~~-----------||
|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
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Part 6: Guitars 1, 2, 3 & 4 [ Time 03:00 - 03:33 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2 rest for 4 bars before joining in; guitar 4 rests for 8 bars
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Guitars 1 & 2: repeat part 4 four times
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Guitar 3:
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Allow the notes on the G-string to ring out
||---------------------------------|
||-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--|
||--0-------------0--0-0-----------|
||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------| |
|-----8-12-12--- /15-15-12---13-12---13-12-| |
|--0-----------------------0-------0-------|*|
|------------------------------------------|*| x 6
|------------------------------------------| |
|------------------------------------------| |
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Guitar 4: repeat Part 3 once
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Outro: Guitars 1, 2, 3 & 4 Tempo = 86 BPM [ Time 03:33 - 04:06 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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||--3----3--3-3-------------|--------------------------|
||--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|--------------1----1--1-1-|
||--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|
||--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-2----2--2-2-|
||--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|
||--3----3--3-3-------------|--1----1--1-1-------------|
^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
|--3----3--3-3-------------|----------------------|
|--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|----------------------|
|--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2----2----2----|
|--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3----3----3----|
|--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|--3----3----3----3----|
|--3----3--3-3-------------|--1----1----1----1----|
^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^
//-----------Tremolo Picking------------\\
|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--1---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--0-------------pick scrapes--|-------------------|--------------------|
|--2---------------x\ ------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--3---------------x\ ------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------10\ --x\ ------|--3----------------|--4--------5--------|
^
//-----------------Tremolo Picking------------------\\
|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------R- -||
|----------------------|------------------------------|--0----0----0----E- -||
|----------------------|------------------------------|--0----0----0----S- -||
|----------------------|------------------------------|--2----2----2----T- -||
|--6----7----8----9----|--10---11---12---13---14--15--|--3----3----3---------||
^ ^ ^
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Guitar 3:
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||---------------------------------|
||-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--|
||--0-------------0--0-0-----------|
||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-----8-12-12--- /15-15-12---13-12---13-12-|
|--0-----------------------0-------0-------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--|
|--0-------------0--0-0-----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
//--Tremolo Picking--\\
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------R-- --|--12-----------------|
|--10~~---------------|--(10 b 12)--E-- --|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------S-- --|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------T-- --|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
//-----------------------------Tremolo Picking-------------------------------\\
|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
|--13---------14---------|--15-----16-----17-----18-----|--19-----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------||
|--19b24~~----R-- --||
|-------------E-- --||
|-------------S-- --||
|-------------T-- --||
|----------------------||
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Guitar 4:
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||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
||--(12 r 10)-------|--(13 r 12)--------------|--(12 r 10)-------|
||-----------------------|---------------12~~-------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
//-Tremolo Picking-\\
|----------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|--13----12--10------12b13-(10\8)--|--(10 b 12)--R- -|----------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------E- -|--7-------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------S- -|----------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------T- -|----------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
//-----------------Tremolo Picking---------------\\
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|--8-----9---------|--10-----11-----12-----13-----|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------------|
//--------Tremolo Picking----------\\
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------------|------------R-- --||
|--14----15----16----17----18----19--|--23b25~~---E-- --||
|------------------------------------|------------S-- --||
|------------------------------------|------------T-- --||
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
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Tab summary: Part 1 x 4
Part 2 x 4
Part 3 x 1
Part 4 x 4
Part 5 x 4
Part 6 x 1
Outro x 1
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