COUGHING UP TWEED
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)


TUNINGS
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Thurston:  EEF#F#EB
Lee:	   EEBBF#F#


A SECTION				00:00-01:17

Thurston goes straight to his arpeggiated harmonic theme.

I think he may have stopped playing the root notes on the low E strings at the
start of each cycle, but you could still add them. I swear I hear them sometimes...

B---------------------------------------*5*--
E---------------*5*----------------*5*-------
F#---------*5*-----*5*--------*5*-----*5*----
F#------*5*---*5*----------*5*---*5*---------
E--(*5*)-------------------------------------
E--(*5*)-------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------------
E----------------*7*------------------*7*--------
F#---------*7*------*7*---------*7*------*7*-----
F#------*7*---*7*------------*7*---*7*------*7*--
E--(*7*)-----------------------------------------
E--(*7*)-----------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------------*12*-----
E--------------------*12*--------------*12*-------*12*--
F#------------*12*-------*12*------*12*----*12*---------
F#--------*12*----*12*----------------------------------
E--(*12*)-----------------------------------------------
E--(*12*)-----------------------------------------------

Play the full progression 5 times, then play the 5th and 7th and end there.
                 
Lee has two tracks on this song, left and right. He starts by playing the open B and F# strings 
(or harmonics) with tremolo.

F#---0--- (left)  --*12*-- (right)
F#---0---	  --*12*--
B ---0---         --*12*--
B--------	  --------
E--------	  --------
E--------	  --------

At 0:17 both guitars play his main slide theme:

F#-------------------------------------------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------19----19\20/19--17----------------19-----19\20/19--17---
E---17\\\19---------------------------17\\\19------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

At 0:33 they split:

LEFT
F#---17---- x 6   ---16~~----------------------------------------------------------------------
F#---17----	  ---16~~----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------       ----------16//17~~---------------------------\15~~--15~~-------15//////~~~---
B----------       ----------16//17~~-----17~~----15///14~~-14~~\15~~--15~~\14~---15//////~~~---
E----------       -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------       -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

RIGHT
F#----0--------------        ------------------------------------
F#----0--------------	     ------------------------------------
B---0---------------- x 3    ---19~~---19~~--------19~~//17~~~---
B---0---------------- 	     ---19~~---19~~--------19~~//17~~~---
E--------------------        ---19~~---19~~----------------------
E------------2b--0---        ------------------------------------



Last updated: 12/31/23

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