ERIC'S TRIP
by Sonic Youth

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


Kim uses a Crybaby wah and some distortion for her bass part. For the sake of this tab, I've referred to the
12/13/88 CBGB version where her bass is quite audible.


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


A SECTION				00:04-00:29

Kim uses a wah pedal (and moderate drive) for her whole part. Just the notes are shown, no picking:

G--------------------------------
D----9-------------9-------------
A-------------------------------- x 2
E-----------2-------------14-----

B SECTION				00:29-00:42

G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------ x 4
A------------------------------------------------
E---14-14-14-14-14-14--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---

C SECTION				00:42-00:54

Kim plays these notes:

G-----------------
D---12------------
A----------------- x 4 
E----------12-----

A SECTION				00:54-01:19

B SECTION				01:19-01:32

C SECTION				01:32-01:44

D SECTION				01:45-01:57

Kim holds this note:

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

E SECTION				01:58-02:35

Kim goes between F# notes an octave apart:

G--------------
D--------------
A-------------- x 12
E---2----14----

F SECTION				02:35-02:48
      
G--------
D--------
A--------
E---14--- sustain from previous

A SECTION				02:48-03:14

B SECTION				03:14-03:27

C SECTION				03:28-03:48


Last updated: 06/20/24

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