KIM'S CHORDS by Sonic Youth Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) TUNINGS ------- Kim: DADABB (center) Thurston: CGDGCD (left) Lee: DGCDGG (center right) Jim: GGDEGB (right) LAYOUT: INTRO - A - B - A - B - C INTRO 00:00-00:04 I don't think Kim plays during the opening chord. Thurston: D---0--- C---0--- G---0--- D---0--- G---0--- C---0--- Lee: G---5--- G---5--- D---0--- C---0--- G---0--- D---0--- Jim: B------- G------- E---8--- D---0--- G---0--- G---0--- (These may not be 100% accurate.) A SECTION 00:04-00:39 Kim: B---------------------- B---------------------- A---------------------- x 12 LAST TIME is just first 2 notes then into B D---------------------- A---5--4--------------- D---------5-5-4--4-4--- Thurston comes in at 0:11 with a soft clean figure: D--------------------- C--------------------- G----------7-7-------- staccato w/ palm mute D---------------7----- G---6\7-7------------- x 7 C--------------------- Lee comes in at 0:15 G--------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------- D---12/11-------------------12/11------- repeat variation C---------9~------------9----------9~~-- G--------------------11----------------- D--------------12-12-------------------- Jim comes in at 0:11 playing a rhythm: B------------------------------------- G------------------------------------- E------------------------------------- D---12-12-12--11-11-9----------------- x 6 G---12-12-11---9--9-7--7--6-7-6-7-0--- G----0--0--0---0--0-0--6-------------- The final time, he changes the end: B------------------------ G--------------------2--- E------------------------ lead into next section D---12-12-12--11/-9------ G---12-12-11---9/-7--2--- G----0--0--0---0--0--2--- B SECTION 00:39-01:44 Kim plays this chord the whole time: B---7--- B---7--- A---0--- D---0--- A---0--- D------- Thurston strums a series of chords, roughly 16 times each: D------------------------------------------------------21---------------- C-------------------------------11----------16---------21---------------- G---11----14----16----9----7----11----14----16----9----21----11----14---- D------------------------------------------------------------------------ hold the final chord G---11----14----16----9----7----11----14----16----9----21----11----14---- C------------------------------------------------------------------------ He plays that last 14th fret chord roughly 64 times. Lee: G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- w/ warm tone, very light drive G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- D---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- x 4 C---6-6-6-6--6-6---7-7-7--7-7--9--9--9--9--- G------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------- G------------------------------ G---11---9--------------------- D------------12---11---9-9----- x 2 once w/ distortion C--------------------------9--- G------------------------------ D------------------------------ G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- D---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- x 3 C---6-6-6-6--6-6---7-7-7--7-7--9--9--9--9--- G------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------------- G---11---9-----------------------7---7---7---7---7-0----- D------------12---11---9---------7---7---7---7----------- C--------------------------9-----6-------------------6--- G-------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------- Jim: B-------------------------------------------------------------- G---2--2--2--2\7--7-7-7-7--7/4--4-4--4\9--9-9-6---\11-11-11/--- E-------------------------------------------------------------- x 4 D-------------------------------------------------------------- G---2--2--2--2\7--7-7-7-7--7/4--4-4--4\9--9-9-6---\11-11-11/--- G---2--2--2--2\7--7-7-7-7--7/4--4-4--4\9--9-9-6---\11-11-11/--- Then at 1:16 just hang on the 11th fret, strumming away: B-------- G---11--- E-------- D-------- G---11--- G---11--- A SECTION 01:44-02:17 Lee adds a different motif to his first one: G--------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------- D---12/11-------------------12/11------- C---------9~------------9----------9~~-- G--------------------11----------------- D--------------12-12-------------------- At 2:00 he starts playing around the 9-11th frets. I won't tab it note for note but it's mostly hammer-ons with the notes I've shown: G----------------------------- --------------------- G----------------------------- --------------------- D--------------------9-------- end with: --------------------- C-------9--9-------9---9------ ---11^9----11^9------ G---11-11-11--9^11-------11--- etc --------11------11--- D----------------------------- --------------------- B SECTION 02:17-03:21 Lee: G------------ G---12/11~~-- D------------ C------------ G------------ D------------ G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- D---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- x 4 C---6-6-6-6--6-6---7-7-7--7-7--9--9--9--9--- G------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------- G---11---9-------------------------\11---9----------------------- D------------12---11---9-9-7/5-7~~-----------12---11---9-9------- C------------------------------6~~-------------------------9~~--- G---------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------- G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- G---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- D---7-7-7-7--7-7---9-9-9--9-9-11-11-11-11--- x 6 C---6-6-6-6--6-6---7-7-7--7-7--9--9--9--9--- G------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------- C SECTION 03:21-05:58 Kim sticks to one chord: B------- B------- A---3--- D---0--- A---0--- D---0--- Thurston continues strumming this chord from the previous section: D---14--- C-------- G---14--- D-------- G---14--- C-------- Then at 3:37 he switches to a quickly strummed bluesy thing: D------------------------------ C------------------------------ G------------------------------ D------------------------------ etc G---14-14-17--14-14-14-17-17--- C---14-14-14--14-14-14-14-14--- Around 4:17 he drops down an octave and stays there til the end of the song: D------- C------- G------- D------- G---2--- C---2--- Lee: w/ distortion G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---5--3--2-----------\5--3--2---------------5~~--3~-2------------5~~~~--3~--2--------- D-----------3------------------3-----------------------3-----------------------3------- C-------------2~~----------------2~~------\5-------------2~~---\5----------------2~~--- G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------- G---2~~~w/ bar ---2~~~w/ bar ---5-3-2----------------- D-------------------------------------3-2~~--2^3------ C------------------------------------------------2~~-- G----------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------14~~-----------------12-14--12-14br-12~~~-----------------14^12-14~~-- D----------------17-14---17----------------12\14----------------------------------12-------------- C---12\16-14--14---------------------14\16------------------------------12^14~~------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------- G-------14^12~~---17--14--- D---12--------------------- pause from 4:30 til 4:40 C-------------------------- G-------------------------- D-------------------------- clean G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G---5--3--2--------\5--3--2---------------5--3--2------------5-3---2----------- D-----------3---------------3---------------------3------------------3--------- C-------------2~~-------------2~~-------------------2~~----------------2~~----- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------------------------ w/ palm mute: G------------------------------------- G------------------------------------- D---0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3--- x 4 slowing down slightly C---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- G------------------------------------- D------------------------------------- For the verrry last repeat (so actually 3 and 3/4 times) he switches back to: G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---5--3--2--------\5--5-3--2---2~----------5-7~--5--3--2---2-2-3-2---------------------15~--- D-----------3-----------------3---------5-7-------------------------3--------------17--------- C-------------2~~-----------------------------------------------------2----2~~ drop w/ bar --- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- w/ palm mute G---------------------------------------------------------------------- G---5--3--2----------2------2------------------------------------------ D-----------3------3------3---3------------0-0-3-3-0-3---0-0-3-3-0-3--- repeat til fade C-------------2--2------2-------2---2^0^2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--- G---------------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim sticks to one chord for quite a while: B-------- G---10--- E-------- you'll have to listen for the rhythm D-------- G---10--- sounds like his tone has kind of a warm fuzz phase going on G---10--- He drops out at 4:34, and comes back at 4:45 playing this figure: B--------------------13------------------- G---------12---12-14----14---------------- E---10\12--------------------------------- repeat variation x 7 D----0----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--- G----------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------- Then he moves it down: B---------------6----- G-------5---5-7---7--- E---3\5--------------- x 3 D--------------------- G--------------------- G--------------------- B---------13------ G---12-14----14--- play w/ picking variations roughly 8 times til fade E----------------- D----------------- G----------------- G----------------- Last updated: 03/23/24 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------