BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYE
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)


TUNING
------
Lee:	F#F#C#C#C#C#

In April '87, Lee seemed to have the middle C# strings tuned in unison (a half step below
the regular D string on a guitar), and the high C# strings tuned in unison (above a 
regular B string). However, later in the year (specifically on the October '87 HOLD THAT TIGER
performance which this arrangement is based), he seems to have tuned the "G string" up to C#,
rather than down.


LAYOUT

A - B - A - B - C - D - C - D - A - B  


This is basically a tab for the live version, which I've probably made way more complicated
than necessary by splitting up into different sections. The chord structure is essentially
the same as the album, there are just 3 guitars basically playing variations of the same thing
(one acoustic, one a slightly dirty electric, and one with a wah).

Depending on whether you choose to tune the G string down to C# or (good luck!) up to C#, you
may want to "thumb" the chords with that string open.

A SECTION				00:00-00:27

Lee strums a series of chords. Listen for the rhythm.

C#---0------7------0------7--5------
C#---0------7------0------7--5------ 
C#---5------0------5------0--0------
C#---5------0------5------0--0------
F#---5------0------5------0--0------  use your thumb for 5th fret
F#---5------0------5------0--0------

Kim starts singing:

C#---0------7------
C#---0------7------
C#---5------0------
C#---5------0------
F#---5------0------ 
F#---5------0------



B SECTION				00:27-00:35

Lee strums in the same pattern:

C#---0------0-----
C#---0------0-----
C#---3------2-----
C#---3------2-----  w/ thumb
F#---3------2-----
F#---3------2-----


	
A SECTION				00:35-01:04

C#---2\3----0------7------0------7------0------7------
C#---2-3----0------7------0------7------0------7------
C#---0------5------0------5------0------5------0------
C#---0------5------0------5------0------5------0------
F#---0------5------0------5------0------5------0------
F#---0------5------0------5------0------5------0------

B SECTION				01:04-01:12

C#---0------0-----
C#---0------0-----
C#---3------2-----
C#---3------2-----
F#---3------2-----
F#---3------2-----

C SECTION				01:12-01:28

C#---2\3----0--5~-----\8---8~~---\10~~10~~10~~--
C#---2-3----0--5~--------7-7~~---\10~~10~~10~~--
C#---0------5-----------------------------------
C#---0------5-----------------------------------
F#---0------5-----------------------------------
F#---0------5-----------------------------------


	
D SECTION				01:28-01:32

C#-----0--0--0--0------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----
C#---\12-12-12-12br---12-12-12-12br--12-12-12-12br--12-12-12-12br---
C#------------------------------------------------------------------
C#------------------------------------------------------------------
F#------------------------------------------------------------------
F#------------------------------------------------------------------


	
C SECTION				01:32-01:45

C#---0--0-5~-5~5~~---\8~----8~~---\10~~10~~10~10~10\---
C#---0--0-5~-5~5~~------7~7~7~~---\10~~10~~10~10~10\---
C#----------------------------------------------------- 
C#-----------------------------------------------------   
F#-----------------------------------------------------
F#-----------------------------------------------------

D SECTION				01:45-01:53

C#-----0--0--0--0------0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----
C#---\12-12-12-12br---12-12-12-12br--12-12-12-12br--12-12-12-12br---
C#------------------------------------------------------------------ x 2
C#------------------------------------------------------------------
F#------------------------------------------------------------------
F#------------------------------------------------------------------

	
A SECTION				01:53-02:02

C#---0------7------
C#---0------7------
C#---5------0------
C#---5------0------
F#---5------0------ 
F#---5------0------

	
B SECTION				02:02-02:17

C#---0------0------2\3----
C#---0------0------2\3----
C#---3------2------0------
C#---3------2------0------
F#---3------2------0------
F#---3------2------0------



Last updated: 10/14/22

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