SONI YOUTH - "Theresa's Sound-World" Tablature

Sonic Youth - Theresa's Sound-World

Thurston's Tuning: ACCGG#C
Lee's Tuning: AAEEAA (capo on 3rd fret)

T's part:

Intro:
just play this chord for the intro

C----0----
G#---4----
G----5----
C----0----
C----0----
A---------

when the verse kicks in, play something like this:

C-----------------------3-------------------------------3-------------
G#---------4-----------------4-----------------4-------------4--------
G-----3----------3---------------3---------5--------5-------------5---
C---------------------------------------------------------------------
C---------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------

verse cont.

C---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------
G#--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4------
G---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------
C---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------
C---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------
A--------------------------------------

Pre-chorus:
tremolo strum this stuff

C----0------0------0------0-------0---0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0---0-----0---
G#---7------9-----11------7-------9---7------4-----7-----9----11-----7-------9---7-----4---
G----8-----10-----12------8------10---8------5-----8----10----12-----8------10---8-----5---
C----0------0------0------0-------0---0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0---0-----0---
C----0------0------0------0-------0---0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0---0-----0---
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

then, on to this, with distortion:

C------0-----------0---------
G#-----4-----------4---------
G------0-----------0---------
C------0-----------0---------
C------0-----------0---------
A----------------------------

then it's on to the chorus, which is all tremolo picked:

C--------------------------------------------------------------------
G#------------------------------(17)------------------11-------4-----
G-----12----10----12/-----15-----17/---20-----22------11-------0-----
C------0-----0-----0-------0------0-----0------0-------0-------0-----
C------0-----0-----0-------0------0-----0------0-------0-------0-----
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
during the chorus (especially the second chorus), T plays a lot of noise between
the changes on the G string. Just mess around and listen to the record..


Lee's part

Intro:

A-------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------0---------0-----------0------------
E---------------3--------3----------3-----------3-------
E-------0-------------------0-----------0---------------
A---3-------0-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------

Verse chords (these might just be barre chords, but it sounds better this way)

A-----3-------3-------0----
A-----0-------0-------0----
E-----3-------5-------0----
E-----0-------0-------0----
A-----3-------5-------0----
A---------------------0----

Pre-chorus stuff (tremolo picked)

A-----3----5---7----3----5---3---0----3----5----7-----3----5---3------0-----
A-----3----5---7----3----5---3---0----3----5----7-----3----5---3------0-----
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
feel free to throw in some open strings during this part..

then, it's on to this:

A----0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------
A----0------12(b)12--10----12----10------0--------12(b)12--10----12----10---
E----0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------
E----0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------
A----0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------
A----0-----------------------------------0----------------------------------

then on to the chorus (tremolo picked):
again, feel free to toss in some open strings on this part

A---7-------5--------7---------10-----------12--------15--------17---------------
A---7-------5--------7---------10-----------12--------15--------17---------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------15--------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------14--------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--