sonic youth
kool thing
album: goo
submitted by m. burgess
whataweirdo237@yahoo.com

Tuning both guitars: F# F# F# F# E B

For the intro, Thurston palm mutes the low F# strings,
and Lee strikes the open F# strings, then throws a bend in:

B-------
E-------
F#--5b--
F#--0---
F#--0---
F#--0---

Main riff:

B-------------------------------
E-------------------------------
F#------7---7-7---7---7---5br--- bend and return.
F#------7---7-7---7---7---5br--- optional pinch harmonic...
F#--0-0---0-----0---0---0-------
F#--0-0---0-----0---0---0-------

"I don't wanna":

Thurston:

B----------------------------------
E----------------------------------
F#------6-6-6-3--------------------
F#------6-6-6-3--------------------
F#--0-------------5\6-6-6/3-3-3-0--
F#--0-------------5\6-6-6/3-3-3-0--

Lee:

B--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
F#----------------17---18---19\-- trem pick each note
F#----------------17---18---19\--
F#-------------------------------
F#-------------------------------

For bass break, both guitars let open strings ring => feedback.....

Then:

B---------------- tweak w trem bar ------------------ tweak w trem bar ----
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#--0--0--0-0-0--16--16-16-16-16-16-16--0--0--0-0-0--17--17-17-17-17-17-17-
F#--0--0--0-0-0--16--16-16-16-16-16-16--0--0--0-0-0--17--17-17-17-17-17-17-
F#--0--0--0-0-0-------------------------0--0--0-0-0------------------------
F#--0--0--0-0-0-------------------------0--0--0-0-0------------------------

repeat simile, then:

B---------------------------------  repeat this, while lee does
E---------------------------------  open strings => skronky noise
F#--7-7-9-0-7-9--8-8-10-0-8-8-10--  high up on the neck...
F#--7-7-9-0-7-9--8-8-10-0-8-8-10--
F#--------------------------------  after a few bars, throw in the octaves
F#--------------------------------  on the low F# strings...

then repeat the previous riff (open strings => trem bar noise).

back to verse/chorus etc ....