MADE IN USA by Sonic Youth From Step, Step, Steppin' on Satan's Foot & Rarities 3 TUNINGS ------- Thurston: EEF#F#EB Lee: EEBBF#F# All instruments sound 1/2 step down from above tunings. Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) A SECTION 00:00-01:09 Thurston recorded two parts, one with the low harmonic rhythm and one with the slow raking harmonic strums that happen each time he changes frets. His part fades in at the 7th fret, but the cycle technically goes 5th to 7th to 12th. On each repeat, he will sometimes throw in the harmonics on the F# strings as well. I haven't specified each time he plays the bracketed notes, as they are random. B--------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- F#-----------------(*5*)-----------------------(*5*)---(*5*)---------- F#-----------------(*5*)-----------------------(*5*)---(*5*)---------- E---*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*--- E---*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*--- B--------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------(*7*)-----------------------(*7*)-------------------------- F#---------(*7*)-----------------------(*7*)-------------------------- E---*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*--- E---*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*--- B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F#-----------(*12*)----(*12*)-----------------------------(*12*)--------------------- F#-----------(*12*)----(*12*)-----------------------------(*12*)--------------------- E---*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-- E---*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-- Play the full progression 5 times. The harmonic chords strummed at the start of each part match the low E harmonic: B----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- E----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- F#---*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- x 5 F#---*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- E----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- E----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- Lee's part is mostly open strings with heavy reverb and tremolo. The song begins with him tapping the neck to chime out the open strings, which he continues softly striking each time Thurston changes frets. At 0:24 he loudly plays the open F# strings. He's mostly making ambient backing to Thurston's riff before preparing to come in with his slide riff. B SECTION 01:09-01:56 Thurston plays an arpeggiated harmonic riff. You can play the root harmonic on the low E strings, but it sounds like he just picks out the center notes in the "final" version of the song. Each repetition is slightly varied. B---------------------------------*5*-- E-------------*5*------------*5*------- F#--------*5*----*5*------*5*---*5*---- F#-----*5*-------------*5*------------- E-------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- B------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--- E--------------*7*------(7)------------ F#--------*7*------*7*----------------- F#-----*7*----------------------------- E-------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- B-----------------------------------------*12*----- E---------------*12*--------------*12*-------*12*-- F#---------*12*-----*12*------*12*----*12*--------- F#-----*12*---------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------- Play entire progression 4 times, fade out on 7th fret. Lee: F#------------------------------------------------------------- F#------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------19\\\17----- B------------19----19\20/19--17--------------19----19\\\17----- E---17\\\19-------------------------17\\\19-------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------------------------------\17~----17~----17~----17~--- F#---------------------------------\17~----17~----17~----17~--- B------------------------------------------17~----17~----17~--- B------------19----19\20/19--17-------------------------------- E---17\\\19---------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------- He may be playing the first part at the 10th-12th fret and sliding up to the 17th for the second part. If you don't have a slide, you can mimic it with heavy bends: F#------------------------- F#-------12~~---12br-10~~~- B----10b------------------- B-------------------------- E-------------------------- E-------------------------- Last updated: 12/31/23 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------