ELIMINATOR JR.
by SONIC YOUTH

Tab by Raj Paden
 + Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

TUNINGS
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Thurston: GGDDD#D#
Lee:      GGDDGG 


LAYOUT: A - B - C - B - C - B - A - B - C - B - C - B  


A SECTION				00:00-00:40

Thurston starts with muted strings then launches into the main riff:

D#--0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x-x-x---
D#--0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x-x-x---
D---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x-x-x---     
D---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x-x-x--- x 16
G---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x-x-x---
G---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0--x-x-x-x-x-x---

Sometimes instead of the mutes, he plays:

D#--0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0-----------
D#--0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0-----------
D---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0---3-3-5---
D---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0---3-3-5---
G---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0-----------
G---0-3-0--0--0--0-3-0-----------

The D# strings are not emphasized as much as the lower strings.
   
Lee holds a slide in his left hand for the entire song, and he just vigorously rubs it 
back and forth over his pickups. The guitar he probably used for Daydream Nation was
an Ovation Viper that made a specific sound when you ran a slide over its pick-ups, but he
replaced that with a Univox Dan Armstrong model later in '88 and in 2007 he stuck with his
trusty Jazzblaster.

Lee is doing the slide noise in both speakers.


B SECTION				00:41-00:50

Thurston mutes the strings near the nut, picking a choppy combination of X and O (if you will).

D#--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---
D#--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---
D---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--- etc etc
D---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---
G---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---
G---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---

Sometimes he does toss in brief sharp stabs at the open strings.
                 
Lee keeps running the slide over his pick ups.


C SECTION				00:51-00:56

Thurston:

D#------------------------------------
D#------------------------------------
D---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---  etc.
D---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
G---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
G---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
    
Lee holds the slide at the 5th fret while picking. Then he slides it up to the 17th fret.


B SECTION				00:56-01:01

C SECTION				01:01-01:06

On the repeats it sounds like Thurston slides up to the 17th fret after playing the
5th fret (he definitely does live). Lee gets pretty free with the slide during this
section too, not just anchored to the C chord.

B SECTION				01:06-01:11

A SECTION				01:11-01:41

B SECTION				01:41-01:51

C SECTION				01:51-01:56

B SECTION				01:56-02:01

C SECTION				02:01-02:06

B SECTION				02:06-02:48

Thurston starts striking the open strings in sharp staccato fashion, then increases
the speed.

D#--0-----0-----0-----0-----
D#--0-----0-----0-----0-----
D---0-----0-----0-----0-----
D---0-----0-----0-----0-----
G---0-----0-----0-----0-----
G---0-----0-----0-----0-----

D#--0---0---0---0---
D#--0---0---0---0---
D---0---0---0---0--- x 6
D---0---0---0---0---
G---0---0---0---0---
G---0---0---0---0---

end on open strings.
    
Lee keeps working the slide, but another guitar comes in around 2:22 playing big booming
open chords by hitting the strings with the slide:

G---0-----0-----0-----0-----
G---0-----0-----0-----0-----
D---0-----0-----0-----0-----
D---0-----0-----0-----0----- x 2
G---0-----0-----0-----0-----
G---0-----0-----0-----0-----

end on open strings.



Last updated: 12/22/22

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