KISSABILITY
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Raj Paden (rajqpaden@gmail.com) and Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

LAYOUT: INTRO - A - B - A - B - C - D - A - B - C  


INTRO					00:00-00:05

Lee plays:

B---7-----7-7-7---
A---9-----9-9-9---
E---7-----7-7-7---
E---7-----7-7-7---
B---0-----0-0-0---
E-----------------

A SECTION				00:05-00:40

Thurston:

C---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-(0)-----------------------
G#--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-(0)-----------------------
G--(0)---------------------(0)----------------------- x 12
C--(0)---------------------(0)-----------------------
C--(0)----------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---
A---------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---
                 
Lee:

B---8---------6----------
A---10--------8----------
E---8---------6----------
E---8---------6---------- x 8
B------------------------
E------------------------

B---\8--8-------------------------
A---\10-10---8--------------------  staccato w/ optional bend/vibrato
E---\8--8-------11---10--10--8----
E---\8--8------------------------- x 4
B---------------------------------
E---------------------------------


B SECTION				00:40-00:52

Thurston:

C------------------------------14--14--14---
G#------------------------------------------
G---------------11-11-11-12--12--12--12----- x 4
C---12-12-14-14-----------------------------
C-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------
                 
Lee:

B----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------9--9--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---
E---8--8--10--10------------------------------------------------- 
E---------------------------------------------------------------- x 4
B----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

live 2002 version:

B------------------0---------------------------------
A----------9--10/--6------------9--10/---17--17-17---
E------10----------6--------10----------------------- x 2
E---8--------------------8---------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

live 2007 version:

B------------------------------------------------------------------
A------10-----10-----------8--10-------10-----10---------------8/--
E------------------10--11---------------------------10-10--11------ x 2
E---8------8------------------------8-----8-8----------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------


A SECTION				00:52-01:16

Play 8 times.

B SECTION				01:16-01:38

Play 8 times.

C SECTION				01:39-02:07

Thurston:

C-----------------------12-12--11-11--(9)--x-x-x-x-x---
G#----------------------12-12--11-11--(9)--x-x-x-x-x--- mutes can be 9th fret harmonics
G-----------------------12-12--11-11--(9)--x-x-x-x-x---
C----9-9-9-X-X-9-9--X-X--------------------x-x-x-x-x---  x 10
C----9-9-9-X-X-9-9--X-X--------------------------------
A----0-0-0-----0-0-------------------------------------
                 
Lee:

On live versions Lee definitely goes from the 5th fret to the 12th-ish fret for this part,
before exploding into his solo, but on the record he plays this. While there are many overdubs,
this is also the part he plays for the "live" version used on the Daydream Deluxe set.

B-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------
E---5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
B---5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------
E---5--5-5-5-5-5-5--8^5-5-8^5-5-5---

Most of this solo is played with rapid tremolo picking. This is an approximation 
of the album version, listen for timing:

B---19-----------------------------20--21---20---------------------
A-----------------------------------------------19-----------------
E-------19br-17-19--19br-17-19-----------------------19--19br-17---	trem pick all notes
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------

B---19----------------------------------22-----22/20-19-----------
A-----------------------------------21----------------------------
E-------19br--------------------20-----------------------19br-----	trem pick all notes
E---------------------------19------------------------------------
B---------------19brbr--------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------


D SECTION				02:08-02:19

Thurston:

C--------7-------------0-------
G#----------7--------------0---
G-----0-------------0---------- repeat variation w/ bar exaggerations
C---0---------------0----------
C----------------8-------------
A----------------8-------------
                 
Lee:

B---8---------6----------
A---10--------8----------
E---8---------6----------
E---8---------6---------- x 2
B------------------------
E------------------------


A SECTION				02:20-02:43

Play 8 times.

B SECTION				02:43-02:54

Play 4 times.

C SECTION				02:54-03:09

Play riff twice.

Thurston ends on:

C---7---
G#--7---
G---0---
C---0---
C---0---
A-------
                 
Lee:

B---8---
A--10---
E---8---
E---8---
B-------
E-------



Last updated: 12/10/22


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