I DREAMED I DREAM
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

TUNINGS
-------
Thurston: EADGBE (right)
Lee:	  EADGBE (left)


LAYOUT: A - B - C - D - C

A SECTION				00:00-00:45

Thurston:

E---0------------------------------
B-----6----------------------------
G-------8-------------------------- play four times w/ variation
D----------------------------------
A------------5-5-5-5-5-7-7---------
E--------------------------0--0----
                 
Lee attacks a 7th fret harmonic:

E-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
D------------------------------------- etc w/ variation
A-------------------------------------
E---*7*-----*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*---

Kim plays the same riff for the entire song:

G---------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---

B SECTION				00:46-01:55

Thurston:

E----0-------0----
B----6-------0----
G----8-------9----	go back and forth between strumming these two chords
D---(0)-----(0)---
A-----------------
E-----------------
                 
Lee:

E---0------0-----
B---6------0-----
G---8------8-----	go back and forth between strumming these two chords
D---9------9-----
A----------------
E----------------

Kim keeps playing her main riff.

C SECTION				01:55-02:41

Thurston:

E----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
B----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
G----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---  play the open strings softly
D---*7*----------------------
A---*7*----------------------
E---*7*----------------------

Around 2:30 he starts strumming a chord like this:

E---0---
B---6---
G---8---
D---0---  continue into next section
A---7---
E---0---
                 
Lee:

E----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
B----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
G---*7*----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---  play the open strings softly
D---*7*----------------------
A---*7*----------------------
E----------------------------

Kim keeps playing her main riff.

D SECTION				02:41-03:11

Thurston:

E---0---
B---6---
G---8---
D---0---  keep strumming from previous section
A---7---
E---0---
                 
Lee arpeggiates these two chords back and forth:

E---0------0-----
B---6------0-----
G---8------8-----
D---9------9-----
A----------------
E----------------

Kim keeps playing her main riff.

C SECTION				03:11-05:16

Thurston starts by playing various 7th fret harmonic chords. Around 3:45 he starts playing
a repeating harmonic riff:

E--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------	repeat w/ some variation
D--------------------------
A---------*7*--*12*--------
E---*12*-------------*7*---

Around 4:41 he starts picking harmonics:

E---*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-- etc ---------------------------------
B----------------------------------     ---------------------------------
G----------------------------------     ---------------------------------
D----------------------------------     ---------------------------------
A----------------------------------     ---------------------------------
E----------------------------------     ---*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*--- etc

Then:

E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E---12b-12-12-12-12-12-12-12r---- (bend up slightly while picking)
                 
Lee strikes various 7th fret harmonic chords then he starts playing a harmonic riff
similar to Thurston's. This may be an overdub, there's still 7th fret harmonichords
in the left speaker.

E--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------	repeat w/ some variation
D--------------------------
A---------*7*--*12*--------
E---*12*-------------*7*---

Around 4:33 he starts strumming a chord like this:

E--(12)--
B---12--- this is probably not right but it's just soft til the end anyway
G---12---
D--(12)--
A--------
E--------




Last updated: 08/31/23

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