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Theresas Sound World

Sonic Youth
Bass Tab

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

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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