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/ Sonic Youth / Dirty (1992) / Swimsuit Issue guitar tab

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


Sonic Youth albums
2002 Murray Street
1998 A Thousand Leaves
1995 Washing Machine
1994 Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star
1994 E.V.O.L.
1992 Dirty
1990 Goo
1988 Daydream Nation
1987 Sister
1986 Made in USA
1985 Bad Moon Rising
1983 Confusion Is Sex
Dirty tabs
01100% tabbass tab
02Swimsuit Issue tabbass tab
03Theresa's Sound World tabbass tab
04Drunken Butterfly tabbass tab
05Shoot tabbass tab
06Wish Fulfillment tabbass tab
07Sugar Kane tabbass tab
09Youth Against Fascism tabbass tab

 

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