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Teen Age Riot

Sonic Youth
Tab
4.5(39)

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

Intro

 G|---7--7--7--5--5---0----0----5---5---|
 E|---5--5--5--5--5-------------5---5---|
 D|---0--0--0--0--0--0---0--------------|   these are the chords played for that
 B|-------------------------------------|   "spirit, desire.." bit....
 A|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|

and when the song kicks in, T plays this...

 G|-----7--7--7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|-----5--5--5---5----------7--------------------------------------------------------|
 D|---0----------------5---7-----7p5p0-------0-----0---7--7--7--7--7--5--5------0-----|
 B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------|
 A|------------------5---5------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|--------------------------------------0------0-------------------------------------|
 G|---7--7--7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|---5--5--5---5-------------------------------------7-----------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------5----------------5------5-----------------------------------|
 B|--------------------5---7-----7-----5---7----------------------------------------------|
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse riff

 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------15--15--15--14|
 D|--12---12---12---12---12-----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12---12--12-----------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------------10-----------------|
 A|--10---10---10---10---12-----10--10--10--10--12--12--12--12--10---10--0------------------|
 G|--0----0----0----0----0------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0----------------------|

Chorus chords

 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|-------------13---------13--------15-----------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A|---12---14---0-----14---0----12---12----10\7----5----------------------------------------|
 G|---0----0----------0---------0----0-----0--0----0----------------------------------------|

the break starts with a rapid strumming of this chord

 G|--------|
 E|--------|
 D|-----5--|
 B|--------|
 A|-----5--|
 G|-----0--|

after that bit, go back to playing the main riff

and back to the verse and chorus parts....

end on big G chord (same chord used for beginning of break)

Lee's part...

all of lee's parts are really low in the mix, so i'm not completely certain if this is

correct. but, it's close enough. this is one song where it doesn't matter if it's played

sloppy. in fact, it sounds better that way.

for the intro, lee plays something like this:

 G|---------0---0-----|
 G|---------0---0-----|
 D|-----7---7---7-----|  i think he also plays a bunch of little riffs deep in the mix
 D|-----7---7---7-----|
 G|-----0-------------|
 G|-----0-------------|

for the main riff of the song, lee backs up T with this...

harm.

 G|------7--7--7--5--------------12---------7--7--7--5------------------------------------|
 G|------7--7--7--5--------------12---------7--7--7--5------------------------------------|
 D|---0---------------2/9--------12------0------------------------------------------------|
 D|---0---------------2/9--------12------0-----------------2--4---5---4---2--4--5/9--9t---|
 G|---------------------------0---------------------------------------------------0--0----|
 G|---------------------------0-----------------------------------------------------------|

(t)=pick rapidly with much speed

it's really tough to hear what lee is playing for the verses. most of the time, he's just

playing open strings and some harmonics. here's a little thing that sounds cool.

harm

 G|-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----|
 G|-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----|
 D|-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----|
 D|-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----|
 G|-----0-----12----0-------------------------------------------|
 G|-----0-----------0-------------------------------------------|

lee's chorus riff

 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D|--7--9---9---------10---9------10---7------5\2--2--2--2--2--2----0---0-------------------|
 D|--0--0---0---------0----0------0----0------0-0--0--0--0--0--0----0---0-------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

don't be afraid to throw in some of those high g strings in with the chorus riff

for the break, lee starts off with : G|--0---|

                                      G|--0---|
                                      D|--0---|
                                      D|--0---|
                                      G|--0---|
                                      G|--0---|

then, go back to the main riff....

in the last verse, lee throws in some little riffs

at the first run thru of the verse riff, lee plays this:

 G|---12---9---7---4---2---0------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|

then, at the end of the verse, right before the last chorus, lee plays

 G|-----14---12---9--9---7--------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------------|

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| p Pull-off

| t Tapping

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

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