GREEN LIGHT
by Sonic Youth

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


LAYOUT: A - B - C


A SECTION				00:00-01:29

G----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------  play simile x 14
A---5-5-5-5-\9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---
E----------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A---5-5-5-5-\12-12-12-12--5-5-5-5--\11-11-11-11---
E-------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------- 
A---5-5-5-5-\9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--- x 2
E----------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
A---5-5-5-5-\12-12-12-12--5-5-5-5--\11-11-11-11---
E-------------------------------------------------

G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---5-5-5-5-\9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-\11-11-11-11--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---5-5-5-5-\9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5--\11-11-11-11---5-5-5-5-\9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7---
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B SECTION				01:29-02:43

Kim starts this section by playing A while tossing in a high G#:

G---13---
D-------- keep playing...
A---12---
E--------

At 1:48 she starts playing the open D string while fretting notes on the G string. 

This isn't a fully accurate tab, you can hear when she switches notes but she doesn't play each one
for the same amount of time, and as she starts strumming harder she starts including more of the
note on the G string (so it's not just played once as shown). The key is to keep hitting the D
string steadily while climbing notes on the G string.

G-------13---------12----13-----6----7----6----7----8----7----8----9----10----9----10---9----10---
D---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G-------11----10----11----10----11----12----13----12----13----12----13----12----13--------
D---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Around 2:31 Kim frets the D string at the 12th fret and holds this shape:

G---13---    she strums that heavily until the big release at 2:43
D---12---
A--------
E--------

C SECTION				02:43-03:41

Kim holds the same shape from the end of the previous section, but picks out the notes 
instead of strumming it as a chord:

G------13-----13-----13-----13---  etc etc etc
D---12-----12-----12-----12------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------

Sometimes she lifts off the D string to play it open.


Last updated: 02/08/24

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