BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYE
by Sonic Youth

Bass tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

This is based on the live version as featured on HOLD THAT TIGER,
recorded October 14th, 1987 in Chicago.

LAYOUT

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


The biggest difference on the record is Thurston's bass part, which he plays through a wah
and kind of floats all over the place, where-as he keeps a pretty steady foundation for the 
live arrangement. He tends to bend some of the notes a bit, on some versions more than others.
This is based on the HOLD THAT TIGER performance, which is relatively bendless.


A SECTION				00:00-00:27


G--------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------  repeat simile
A----------16-16-----------16--16-16---
E---14--14-------14--14-14-------------

B SECTION				00:27-00:35


G------16-16-14------------------14-14---------16-16-14------------------14-14---
D--14-----------16--14--14-16-16-------16--14-----------16--14--14-16-16---------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
A SECTION				00:35-01:04


B SECTION				01:04-01:12


C SECTION				01:12-01:28


G---11--11--11-11-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------0-0-0--0-0-0----11-11-11-11---9--9-9-9-9--7-7-6-6---
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------

He bends most of these notes as he plays them. For the first note, he holds it and then
adds the open D string, letting the 11th fret ring. He moves to the 11th fret on the D string
when Kim sings the second "beauty lies", then 9th fret for "lost in another's dream", then he
walks down to the low F# for the next part.
	
D SECTION				01:28-01:32


G----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E---2--2-2-2br--2--2-2-2br--2--2-2-2br--2--2-2-2br---
	
C SECTION				01:32-01:45


D SECTION				01:45-01:53


Thurston plays the same low F# only he slides up an octave to the 14th fret at the end.

	
A SECTION				01:53-02:02


G---16-16-14-14------------------------------14--------------
D---------------16--16-16--16-16----14^16-16-----16--16-16---
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
	
B SECTION				02:02-02:17


G-------------------------------------------------
D---14--------------------------------------------
A------16-16--16~---14^16-16-16~~-----------------
E-------------------------------------14br~~~~----

Last updated: 10/14/22

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