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Screaming Skull

Sonic Youth
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SCREAMING SKULL

> >VERSE: theres just that one chord, C5, then rake in rhythm as kim says

> >the werds. by C5 i mean the root note on the E string (8th fret) plus

> >the fifth on the A string (10th fret) and possibly the octave on the D

> >string (10th fret) if yr not too lazy. by rake i mean release the action

> >a little so that the strings are muted, then strum up and down. with the

> >right distortion this will sound like the album.

>

> > C5 rake rake rake

> > society

>

> > C5 rake rake rake

> > screaming skull etc.

>

>

> >CHORUS: same idea, but with A#5 and G#5, alternately.

>

> > A#5 rake rake rake

> > i'll go there

>

> > G#5 rake rake rake

> > but i don't care

>

> > A#5 rake rake rake

> > i'll go there

>

> > G#5 rake rake rake

> > it's just to stare etc.

>

>

> > C5 rake rake rake rake A#5 A#5 A#5 (do that once)

> > pat smear

>

>

> >SOLO: im so off on this. it really may be two guitars playing off each

> >other by a fifth. dunno. the bass plays the verse/chorus structure through.

>

> >     -----------------------|----------------------|

> > -----------------------|----------------------| (do this

> >     ----------8-10-8-10/12-|----------8-10-8------|     twice.)
> >     -10-10-10--------------|-10-10-10--------10-8-|
> >     -----------------------|----------------------|
> >     -----------------------|----------------------|

>

> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|
> >     ----------11-13-11-13/15-|----------11-13-11-------|   (do this

> > -12-12-12--8-10--8-10/12-|-12-12-12--8-10--8-12-10-| twice.)

> >     -10-10-10----------------|-10-10-10----------10--8-|
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|

>

> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|

> > -------------------------|--------r----r----r------| (do this

> >     -10----10-10-12----12----|--8-----a----a----a------|    twice.)
> >     --8-----8--8-10----10----|--6-----k----k----k------|
> >     -------------------------|--------e----e----e------|
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|

>

>

> >thats all. anyone who can come up with a tuning that would facilitate this

> >fifthed part of the solo, eg. by putting the fifth in the same fret rather

> >than in the second or third (yeah, those high strings are a pain in the

> >ass), please post.

>

> >have phun

>

>

> >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

> >:: WITH AN OUNCE OF PAIN :: Scott T. Brown ::

> >:: I WIELD A TON OF RAGE :: Columbia University, NYC ::

> >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

>

>

>

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