CANDLE by Sonic Youth Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) TUNINGS ------- Thurston: ACCGG#C Lee: AAEEAA LAYOUT: A - B - C - D - E - C - D - E - C - F - B - C - D - E A SECTION 00:00-00:46 Thurston: ****** C-------------4-----------------4-----------------2-----------------2--------- G#--------4-----4-----------4-----4-----------2-----2-----------2-----2------- G-------0---0-----0-------0---0-----0-------0---0-----0-------0---0-----0----- C-----0-------------0---0-------------0---0-------------0---0-------------0--- C---0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-------------4-----------------4--------- G#--------4-----4-----------4-----4------- G-------0---0-----0-------0---0-----0----- C-----0-------------0---0-------------0--- C---0-----------------0------------------- A----------------------------------------- ****** C-------------------------------------------------------------------------- G#----------2---------------2------------------4-----------------4--------- G-------2-----2---2------2----2---2--------4-----4---4-------4-----4---4--- C-----2---2-----2----2-2---2----2---2--4-4---4-----4-----4-4---4-----4----- C---0---------------------------------(0)---------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------------- C-------------------------------------------- G#------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------- C------4-4-4-4/2---2-2-2---2-2-0---0-0-0-0--- C------4-4-4-4/2---2-2-2---2-2-0---0-0-0-0--- A---0------------0-------0-------0----------- Repeat everything between the ****** markers, then hold on 4th fret... Lee doesn't play during the intro on the album, but he did improvise notes during live versions. B SECTION 00:46-01:00 Thurston: C---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--- ------- G#--4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--- ------- G---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--- x 4 end on: ------- C---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--- ---4--- C---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0--- ---4--- A------------------------------------- ---0--- Lee: A-------*7*----------*12*-- --(0)-- A-------*7*----------*12*-- --(0)-- E-------*7*----------*12*-- x 4 end on: ---0--- E-------------------------- ---0--- A---7/-----------12/------- ---0--- A-------------------------- ---0--- C SECTION 01:01-01:08 Thurston: C------------------------------------ G#---------------------------0------- G-----------6------------------------ x 2 C-------6------6---------6-----6----- C-----4---4------4-----4---4-----4--- A---0----------------0--------------- Lee: A---4-------3------- A---4-------3------- E---0-------0------- slide into next section E---0-------0------- A---0-------0------- A---0-------0------- D SECTION 01:08-01:39 Thurston sticks to one chord for the verse. Sometimes he kinda lifts off or mutes it briefly. C------- G#--0--- G---6--- C---6--- C---4--- A---0--- Lee grooves over a droning A progression: A---------------------------------- A---------------------------------- E--------10^9-9--9--10-12-10-12/--- repeat variation E--------10^9-9--9--10-12-10-12/--- A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---- A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---- In live footage from 2007, he is clearly holding a shape that appears to be 003355 to 005577. However, I just can't hear those notes on the E strings, so I'm wondering if he's actually muting the middle strings rather than fretting them, except then I would just expect him to play it up at the 10th fret like I've shown above. This is what he played circa 2002-2007: A------------5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------5-7--7-7-7-\10-10-10--- A------------5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------5-7--7-7-7-\10-10-10--- E-------------------------------------------------------\10-10-10--- repeat variation E-------------------------------------------------------\10-10-10--- A---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0--0--0--- A---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---0--0--0--- E SECTION 01:40-01:58 Thurston: "I'm the cocker on the rock" "wind is.." "stupidmop" C---4----------------2-----------------4----------------2--------------4----------------- G#--4----------------2-----------------4----------------2--------------4----------------- G---0----------------0-----------------0----------------2--------------4----------------- C---0----------------0-----------------0----------------2--------------4----------------- C---0----------------0-----------------0----------------2--------------4----------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee plays something based on this: A---10----12--10-----------------8----8----\10-10--8------------ A---10----12--10-----------------8----8----\10-10--8------------ E----8------------12-10-10/8--6----6----6------------10-8--10--- E----8------------12-10-10/8--6----6----6------------10-8--10--- A--------------------------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------- A------10----12--12-12-12-12^10-----------12----\15--15-12--10--12--- A------10----12--12-12-12-12^10-----------12----\15--15-12--10--12--- E---8---------------------------12----10----------------------------- E---8---------------------------12----10----------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- A---9----7----7----5----- A---9----7----7----5----- E---7----5----5----3----- E---0----0----0----0----- A------------------------ A------------------------ C SECTION 01:58-02:05 D SECTION 02:05-02:30 E SECTION 02:31-02:50 C SECTION 02:50-02:56 F SECTION 02:56-03:47 Thurston: C--------- G#-------- G--------- C---4-4--- \ slide up to random skronk chord x 16 C---4-4--- A---0-0--- Lee: A---0-0--- A---0-0--- E---0-0--- \ slide up to random skronk chord x 16 E---0-0--- A---0-0--- A---0-0--- B SECTION 03:47-04:05 C SECTION 04:05-04:11 D SECTION 04:11-04:37 E SECTION 04:37-04:59 Finish chorus early, end on: Thurston: C---4--- G#--4--- G---4--- C---4--- C---4--- A------- Lee: A---9--- A---9--- E---7--- E---0--- A---0--- A---0--- Last updated: 12/10/22 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------