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/ Sonic Youth / Washing Machine (1995) / Skip Tracer guitar tab

Sonic Youth - Skip Tracer

Thurston
tuning: F#F#GGAA

i'm just divide this song up into three sections, the intro, the bridge, and the outro

intro:

A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------5------3------4--------------5---------4-------5-----
G---------------------------------------------------------------------6-----
G--------------4-----------4-----------------------------4------------0-----
F#---------5-------5--------------------------5-----------------------------
F#-----0---------------------------------0----------------------------------

he occasionally substitutes this chord in at the end:
A-----5---
A-----5---
G-----0---  during the intro riff, don't be afraid to throw in various open
G-----0---  strings as well
F#--------
F#--------


bridge:
                                 tremolo---}                               tremolo-----}
A---------------------------------10-----11---------------------------------10-----------
A---------------------------------10-----11---------------------------------10-----------
G-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0------0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0-----------
G-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0------0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0-----------
F#----9---9---9---9---9---9---9-----------------8---8---8---8---8---8---8----------------
F#----9---9---9---9---9---9---9-----------------8---8---8---8---8---8---8----------------

he plays that for awhile until the song calms down, then he plays this:

outro:
A---------------------10---
A---------------------10---
G-------0------0-------0---
G-------0------0-------0---
F#-----13-----13-----------
F#-----13-----13-----------

he just plays that little pattern over and over until the end, where he just
tremolos the open F#'s......and that's it


--------------------------------------------------------------------------

LEE's Part (AF#EF#EB)

originally tabbed by madsun, fixed up 2002 by chris lawrence

first riff:
                        change to this:
B---------------------  -------------------------------------8---------8--
E---------------------  -----------------------------------8---8---8------
F#--------------------  -------5------------7------------8-------8---8----
E---------------------  -----5---5--------7---7--------8------------------
F#----5------7------8-  ---5------------7------------8--------------------
A|--5----5/7----7/8---  -5----------5/7----------7/8----------------------

"row house row house pass thru":

B--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
F#------8-----8--------10------10---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--
E---5\\7---7\\9---9-9\\10----9\\11-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
F#-------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------

then return to first riff.

"none of us know....":

B----------------------------
E----------------------------
F#--9---7---6---7---8---8\\1-- PLAY TWICE
E----------------------------
F#--9---7---6---7---8---8\\1--
A----------------------------

B------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
F#--9---7---9--7--9--7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-- PLAY TWICE
E------------------------------------------
F#--9---7---9--7--9--7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--
A------------------------------------------

B-------9-------9------------
E---9-------9----------------
F#------9-------9--8---8\\1--- PLAY TWICE
E---9-------9----------------
F#------9-------9--8---8\\1---
A----------------------------

B----------
E---3-3-3--
F#--1-1-1--
E---3-3-3--
F#--1-1-1--
A----------

"where are you now?":

B----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
F#------8------10------7-8-------8------10------12---
E---5\\7------------------------7---------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------

"hello 2015":  just follow these chords, changes are obvious...

B-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
F#--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--16--
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
F#--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--8--10--8--12--13--15--18--17--16--
A-------------------------------------------------------------------

end on:

B-------
E---2---
F#--0---
E---2---
F#--0---
A-------


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
Washing Machine tabs
01Becuz tabbass tab
02Junkie's Promise tabbass tab
04Washing Machine tabbass tab
07No Queen Blues tabbass tab
10Skip Tracer tabbass tab
11The Diamond Sea tabbass tab

 

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