EXPRESSWAY TO YR SKULL by SONIC YOUTH Bass tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) LAYOUT: A - B - C - D - E A SECTION 00:00-01:09 Kim alternates between these two notes: G------- -------- D------- -------- A---7--- and -------- E------- ---12--- Yes, they are both the same E note. I'm guessing she was just aiming to vary the tone a bit instead of playing the same note for the first two minutes of the song, but after reviewing multiple videos of her back in '85/'86 I can't exactly determine a pattern. She seems to go up to the 12th fret when Thurston plays the 070707 chord, but during the "Mystery train" part she goes back and forth with no clear repetition. You can kind of hear on the album when the tone changes but I really don't think it's necessary to break it down - just play E. I will say, she doesn't seem to include the low E at all during the vocal section (contrary to the Peel/demo version). B SECTION 01:09-02:07 Kim plays: G------- -------- D------- -------- A---7--- -------- see notes in section A E------- and ---12--- C SECTION 02:08-03:07 G------------------------------------------- D------0---0-0-----0------0---0-0-------0--- repeat variation more and more aggressively A---7----------7-7-----7----------7-7-7----- E------------------------------------------- @ 2:54 -- G-------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A---20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20--- E-------------------------------------------------------------- D SECTION 03:08-04:30 Kim plays a descending riff while droning the low E: G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-----------------------------------19-19-19-19--19-19-19-----------------18-18-18-18--18-18-18--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------17-17-17-17--17-17-17-----------------16-16-16-16--16-16-16--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------15-15-15-15--15-15-15-----------------14-14-14-14--14-14-14--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------13-13-13-13--13-13-13-----------------12-12-12-12--12-12-12--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------11-11-11-11--11-11-11-----------------10-10-10-10--10-10-10--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------9-9-9-9--9-9-9-----------------8-8-8-8--8-8-8--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------7-7-7-7--7-7-7-----------------6-6-6-6--6-6-6--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-----------------4-4-4-4--4-4-4--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-----------------2-2-2-2--2-2-2--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------ G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1------------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1----------------- E---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 04:30-infinity Kim just knocks the back of her bass neck to lightly sound the open strings during the song's outro. 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