SONIC YOUTH - "Swimsuit Issue" Tablature

Sonic Youth - Swimsuit Issue

tUnInG:
- tM: EGDGED
- lR: EEBBEF#

lR:

first wild chord:
lR: 12-12-12-12-X-X
tM: X-9-9-9-X-X

verse:
F#|----------------
E |----------------
B |-11-11-11-11-11-
B |-11-11-11-11-11-
E |-12-12-12-12-12-etc...
E |-12-12-12-12-12-

chorus:
F#-5*--12-----15-b17-15-12--5*--12-------------------
E--5*--12-------------------5*--12-----15-b18-15-b18-
B--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0----------------
B--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0----------------
E--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0----------------
E--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0----------------


slow part at the end:
F#|----------------------------------
E |----------------------------------
B |-3----------------------0-0-0-0-0-
B |-3 strum ---------------0-0-0-0-0-
E |-3 occasionally, then: -0-0-0-0-0- etc...
E |-3----------------------0-0-0-0-0-

tM:

verse: chorus:
D|---------------------------|-12*-------------------------------12*-------
E|-0-----0-------0-----0-----|-12*--------i'm not ---------------12*-------17 bend it
G|-3-----3-----5-3-----3-----|-12*--12----sure ------------7-h9--12*--12--- then repeat
D|-2-x8 -2-x8 -5-2-x8 -2-x8 -|-12*--12----but i ------5-h7-------12*--12--- once...
G|-3-----3-----5-3-----3-----|------12----think it's: ----------------12---
E|-0-----0-------0-----0-----|---------0---------------------------------0-

slow part:
D|------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------
G|----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------
D|----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------
G|----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-etc...-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-etc...

Oh, my God! Now I know why nobody have bothered to tab this song!!!
I was given a really, really hard time tabbing this and I know it's
not correct...
But at least I gave it my best shot!

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KIM'S PART in EGDGED

INTRO

thrash this:

D-------------------
E-------------------
G-------------------
D-------------------
G--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-- etc

VERSE (enter after a few bars of thurston's riff)

D---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
G--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\15-15-15--
E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\15-15-15-- throw in notes on D string too if you want

CHORUS:

D-----------------
E-----------------
G-----------------
D-----------------
G-----------------
E---12b---3b---0-- slide up

OUTRO:

D----------------------
E----------------------
G----------------------
D---------------------- i'd probably use an octave effect here...
G--0--X-X--0--X-X--0---
E--0--X-X--0--X-X--0--- repeat

last updated: 4/10/02