by Sonic Youth
from the NYC Ghosts & Flowers LP

tabbed by Chris Lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)

TUNINGS:

Thurston: FGCFAF#
Lee: DFCDFF
Kim: bass

Thurston:

random string noise/etc for intro

F#---------------
A----------------
F--0-0-0-0-0-0-0- (thurston just tremolo picks the open F string)
C----------------
G----------------
F----------------

sometimes he'll play the low F string as well.. with other string noise.

"no way out of my head":

F#----------
A-----------
F-----------
C-----------
G-----------
F--8-8-8-8-- *random harmonic*

at 3:06 or so, he begins the build-up segment.......

F#------------------11-11------11-11------11-11------11-11
A-------------11-11------11-11------11-11------11-11------ etc
F--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
C---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
F---------------------------------------------------------

following roughly the same picking pattern w/ the open F string droning,
he plays the following notes:

F#--13--11--13--14--11--13--14---
A---13--11--13--14--11--13--14---
F----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---
C--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
F--------------------------------

then:

F#---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----6-6-----6-6-----6-6-----6-6----
A----3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-6-6-----6-6-----6-6-----6-6--------
F----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-- REPEAT
C-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
F-----------------------------------------------------------------------

then:

F#--6-6-8^6-6--6-6-8^6-6--
A---6-6-6---6--6-6-6---6-- over and over
F---0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--
C-------------------------
G-------------------------
F-------------------------

then change to:

F#--6--
A---8--
F---0--
C---0--
G------
F------

then just start strumming furiously, letting the low F and G drone in...

hold that chord til the end, or move around, or do as you please...
if you play it right, you should have at least 3 strings broken by the
time you're finished!

LEE:

PINCH HARMONICS w/ DELAY

F--19---15---14---12---
F----------------------
D----------------------
C----------------------
F----------------------
D----------------------

he plays that passage occasionally, but mainly just sticks to the
19th fret note, and travels up and down between the 12th and 19th fret.

around 2 minutes in, start plucking at this chord:

F--15-- sometimes stretch up to 19th fret on F...
F--14--
D--15--
C------ later add 14th fret on C....
F------
D------

at 3:15 he begins a phrase like this:

F----0--0---0--
F----0--0---0--
D----8--9--10--
C----0--0---0--
F--------------
D--------------

you'll need to listen to hear the rhythm and how many times he plays each chord...

at 3:22 --

F---12--
F---12-- this whole section features lots of delay
D---12-- and there are additional notes i haven't tabbed...
C---12-- you just have to feel it out, more or less
F----0--
D-------

he pretty much strums that chord for a solid minute plus.. you can hear some added
harmonics and whatnot as well....

at 4:40, move up to:

F--17--19--
F--17--19--
D---0---0--
C-------0--
F-------0--
D-------0--

this is all basically ad-libbed... there's really no accurate way to reproduce
this section, just trem pick madly and scale up the fretboard... here are a few
other chords you can slip in though:

F---12-13-15--
F---12-12-12--
D---12-12-12--
C---12-12-12--
F----0--0--0--
D----0--0--0--

its pretty much all up to you after that/./..

towards the end, let an open F bleed thru on top, like this:

F----19---14--15--
F-----0----0---0--
D----19---14--15--
C-----0----0---0--
F-----0----0---0--
D-----0----0---0--

end on the high F strings.

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