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Dirty Boots

Sonic Youth
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

(oh, how great it sounds):

D|-----5-------7-------2-------4-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------| x4
D|-5-5---5/7-7---72-2---2/4-4---4----------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

then...

D|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------99-77-------|  x4
D|-7/9-999-99--7/9-9-77-55-------|
G|-7/9-999-99--7/9-9-------------|
E|-0/0-000-00--0/0-0-------------|

Verse

D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|---4---7---2---5------------------|
D|---x---x---x---x------------------|
G|---4---7---2---5------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Chorus

D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|--9---7----------2-------0--------|
D|--9---7----------2-------0--------|
G|--9---7----------2-------0--------|
E|--0---0----------0-------3--------|
D|-----------------------------|-----|-----------|
E|-----------------------------|-----|-----------|
G|--9---7----------2----4--0---|-----|-----------|
D|--9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/------|
G|--9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/------|
E|--0---0----------0----0--3---|--0--|-(0)/------|

At end of chorus strum this chord.

Play another verse and chorus and after that play:

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-13-12-----------/17171717171717-/191919191919-/212121212121-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

"Dirty boots" part:

D|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
G|-7-9--9------x-x-x--9-9--7-7---------------|   x4
D|-7-9--9/----x-x-x--7-7--5-5----------------|
G|-7-9--9/----x-x-x--------------------------|
E|-0-0--0/----x-x-x--------------------------|

noise...

D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-9-9-9-9b--7-9-9-14-14-12-12--7-9-9-9-9b-7-9-12--14/19-19-19-19-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|--6/77777666-6/77777666-3/5-55-5~-| use whammy bar on last note
D|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

next bit 1:

D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------|
D|---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------| x4
G|---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------|
E|---0-----------0-----0--0--0------|
D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-11/12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-------| x4
G|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

play next bit 1 twice but one the second time only play the

first riff twice.

next bit: mute x

D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----|
E|-x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----|
G|-x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----|
D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----|
G|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5/7-77777-555-5/7-77777-555-/10--10101010--8-8-8-101010101010-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7/9-99999-777-5/7-99999-777-/12--12121212-101010-121212121212-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----|
E|----------------------------------------------| after playing this
G|----------------------------------------------| strum last chord for
D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----| few bars
G|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

then play intro again gradually strumming it faster and noisier.

D|--12~--|-------------12-------|
E|-------|----------------------|  play this a couple of times and
G|-------|----------------------|  use whammy bar on the high 12
D|-------|-12--12-12------------|
G|-------|----------------------|
E|-------|----------------------|
D|--12121212/14---141414141412-12---121212-9---9997---7--5~~-| bend 5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| with
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| whammy
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| bar
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| / Slide up

| x Dead note

| b Bend

| ~ Vibrato

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