THE INEFFABLE ME (aka SLAAPKAMERS MET SLAGROOM)
by SONIC YOUTH

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@Shaw.ca)


TUNINGS
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Thurston: CGDGBB
Kim: CGGDDD
Lee: GGDAGA

A SECTION				00:00-01:21

Thurston's verse riff:

B--9-9-8--0--0-0-0-0---
B--9-9-8--0--0-0-0-0---
G--0-0-0--8--8-8-8-8--- x 40  (4 for intro, 36 as verse)
D--0-0-0--8--8-8-8-8---
G---------8--8-8-8-8---
C---------8--8-8-8-8--- 

Lee's verse riff:

A------------------------
G--12-12-12---8--8-8-8---
A---0--0--0---0--0-0-0---
D--(0)-0--0--(0)-0-0-0---  D string is optional but can bleed in
G--12-12-12---8--8-8-8---
G------------------------

Kim alternates between 2 verse riffs:

D---\9-9--9------------------
D---\9-9--9------------------ RIFF A
D---\9-9--9------------------
G---------------9/7-7--7-----
G---------------9/7-7--7-----
C----------------------------

D--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12------------------
D--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12------------------ RIFF B
D--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12------------------
G-----------------------------------------------9/7-7--7-----
G-----------------------------------------------9/7-7--7-----
C------------------------------------------------------------

RIFF A x 4
RIFF B x 2
RIFF A x 4
RIFF B x 2
RIFF A x 2

B SECTION				01:21-02:56

Thurston has two riffs:

B---11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11----3--3-3-3-------  hold the bar and tweak the notes a bit while playing
B---10b-10-10-10-10-10-10-10r---2b-2-2-2r------  
G----------------------------------------------  bend the lower note up a bit as you play too
D----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------  x 4
C----------------------------------------------

B------13-14-------15-16------ 
B---12-------13-14-------15---   x 4
G-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
G-----------------------------
C-----------------------------

Then play the first riff again twice, with less of a pause between them.

Then play the second riff twice.

Then start pushing the strings directly into the pickup with your fist for fun plinky crunch.
	
Lee plays these chords:

A------------------
G---6------6-6-6---  shake first chord w/ bar
A---0------0-0-0---  
D---0------0-0-0---  x 7
G---6------6-6-6---
G------------------

Then he starts playing a similar note pattern as Thurston, but less precise and with delay:

A--------------------------15-16-17-16-15-16-17-16---
G--15-16-17-16-15-16-17-16---------------------------  etc repeat variation
A----------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------  add 18/19th frets on A string
G----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------

After a bit of that, he turns on his Maestro ring modulator and starts playing heavily
modulated notes w/ delay + phaser until Thurston and Kim start their droning note (C section).

Kim plays:

D---0-0-0-12--12-12-12---
D---0-0-0-12--12-12-12--- x 46
D---0-0-0-12--12-12-12---
G------------------------
G------------------------
C------------------------

C SECTION				02:57-03:38

Thurston starts to steadily play this note:

B--------
B--------
G--------      on the SYR2 version he lets the open B strings bleed in for more of a fuller sound, 
D----9---       but the 9th fret on the D string is the same note
G----0---
C--------
	
After four bars, Lee comes in playing these chords:

A---------------
G--12-------8---
A---0-------0---  w/ increasing intensity
D---0-------0---
G--12-------8---
G---------------

Kim plays the same note as Thurston:

D---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---
D---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---  etc
D---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---
G-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
C-------------------------------

A SECTION				03:39-05:22

Thurston plays his verse riff 24 times before dissolving into noise that continues until the end
(roughly 50 seconds). Often while playing his riff, he will turn on his MXR Phase 90 or his
Jimi Hendrix Octave Fuzz for just a second.

Lee begins with his regular 2-chord progression, but starts piling on effects and just making a racket.

Kim plays her riffs as follows:

RIFF A x 4
RIFF B x 3
RIFF A x 4

Then she starts shaking it up a bit, probably randomly:

D--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12---7-7-7-12-12-14--9-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12--
D--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12---7-7-7-12-12-14--9-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12--
D--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12--10\12-12--12---7-7-7-12-12-14--9-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12--
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then just keep playing a sloppy variation of that w/ more effects.

By the end everybody is just making a big mess. Have fun!

last updated: 09/09/22

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