THE EMPTY PAGE
by Sonic Youth


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


LAYOUT: A - B - A - B - C - A - B - C - D - E - F - G  


A SECTION				00:00-00:29

Jim plays some very quick/subtle hammer-on/octave stuff during this song, as he often did.
I've tabbed fairly close to the record but it's worth watching him in action to see how
fluidly he plays this song.

G--------------12---------------12-----------12---------------12-------------
D-----------------12----------------------------12---------------------------
A---10-10-10---------10-10-10------10-10-10--------10-10-10-------10-10-10---
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------

G-------------------
D-------------------
A---8-8-------8-8---  x 5
E--------8^10-------

B SECTION				00:29-00:36

G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A SECTION				00:36-00:55

B SECTION				00:55-01:03

C SECTION				01:03-01:24

G---------------------------------------------
D---------------------10\12-12--12-10\12-12---
A----------------------8\10-10--10--8\10-10--- x 3
E---6-6-6--6-6-8-8-8--------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------12----------------------------------------------10---------------------------------
A---------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---
E---6-6-6--6-6-8-8-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A SECTION				01:24-01:43

B SECTION				01:43-01:51

C SECTION				01:51-02:12

Jim stops playing the chords and alternates notes now:

G---------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------10\12-12---
A----------------------8\10-10--10------------ x 3
E---6-6-6--6-6-8-8-8--------------------------

G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------12----------------------------------------------10---------------------------------
A---------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---
E---6-6-6--6-6-8-8-8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D SECTION				02:12-02:32

G-------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------- x 3
A---1-1-1--1-1-3-3-3--3-3-------------------------
E-------------------------1^3-3--3-3-1^3-3--3-3---

G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---1-1-1--1-1-3-3-3--3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---

E SECTION				02:33-03:17

Jim starts the section on the G note, then holds off while Thurston and Lee play their riffs,
coming in with Kim and the drums:

G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\10---
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then hold while Thurston and Lee do their second round.

F SECTION				03:17-04:03

Jim comes back in playing G to F, you can choose your octave (he seemed to switch up live). You can hear
him doing subtle hammer-on lead-ins to the notes but it's just going between G and F.

G---------------
D---5------3----   x 4
A---------------
E---3------1----

For the last two times, he plays a walking part:

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------2-2-2-2---------------------------
A---------------------5-5-5-5-2-2-5-5---------3-3-3-3------------------- x 2
E---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1---

G SECTION				04:03-04:20

G------------------
D------------------
A---1----3---------
E-------------3----


Last updated: 03/03/24


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