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Song
Sonic Youth - Theresa's sound world
Standard tuning. Numbers in curly braces mean you should play them when you
feel like it or when it sounds right. Kim does this I am sure but I don't know
exactly where. I'll leave you to figure it out. It is not 100% correct but best
to my ear. Feel free to improvise.
Intro - slow, quarter notes x7
G--{7}--------------------------|
D*-------9--9--9--9--9--9--9---*|
A*-----------------------------*|
E-------------------------------|Verse - a tad quicker than intro
part a part b
G--11--{7}{7}{7}{7}{7}-{9}{9}{9}{9}-|-11-11-11-11----------------|
D-------9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--|-------------13-13-13-13-13-|
A-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|----------------------------|verse part a then
part c
G-----------------------------------| D--13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11/13-13-13-| A-----------------------------------| E-----------------------------------|
verse part a then
part d
G--11-11-11-11/-14\------------| D------------------13-13-13-13-| A------------------------------| E------------------------------|
verse part a then
part e
G----------------------------| D--13-13-13-13-13-11\9-9-9-9-| A----------------------------| E----------------------------|
Interlude - eighth notes
G------------------------------------| D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------| A------------------------------------| E-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
verse part a then part e
Before chorus
G--------------------------------------------------------------------| D*--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------*| A*------------------------------------------------------------------*| E-----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Chorus - quite fast relentless sixteenths
G------------------------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------------| E--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
now stomp on the compulsory distortion 2x
G----------------------------------------------------------------------| D*--------------------------------------------------------------------*| A*--------------------------------------------------------------------*| E--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14h16-16\--| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------/19-19-19\-----------------------| E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\10-10-10------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G----------------------------Mute these chords, and Kim bumps the 12 on the D
D--------------------------------------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12-| A--------------------------------------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----| E--12-12-12-12-12-12/x-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|
Turn off your distortion, go back to intro then skip interlude and go to before
chorus. Then play the riff where you stomp on distortion.
Then - still on sixteenths
G-------------------------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------------------| E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| G------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------| E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| G------------------------------------------------------------| D------------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------------| E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Intro - back to quarters x10 then the 11th time
G---------------------| D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-----| A-----------------2---| E---------------------|
There ye go. Was that the most complete SY bass tab ever posted or what?
Any comments/suggestions/corrections? Mail me.
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Benjamin
"Kinda like a cloud I was up, was up, way up in the sky and I was feeling
some feelings you wouldn't believe, sometimes I don't believe it myself and
i decided i was never coming down
Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye it was just about too small to see
but i watched it way too long, it was pulling me down...."
E-mail: j6872839@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
URL: http://ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~j6872839/westy.html
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