MOON IN THE BATHROOM
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)


TUNINGS
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Thurston:  EEF#F#EB
Lee:	   EEBBF#F#


A SECTION				00:00-02:29

This one has a lot of "overtones" overdubbed, backwards feedback etc.

Thurston comes in around 0:14 playing his familiar arpeggiated harmonic figure.
I think he may have stopped playing the root notes on the low E strings at the
start of each cycle, but you could still add them. I swear I hear them sometimes...

B-------------------------------------*5*--
E-------------*5*----------------*5*-------
F#-------*5*-----*5*--------*5*-----*5*----
F#----*5*---*5*----------*5*---*5*---------
E------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------------
E--------------*7*------------------*7*--------
F#-------*7*------*7*---------*7*------*7*-----
F#----*7*---*7*------------*7*---*7*------*7*--
E----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------*12*-----
E----------------*12*--------------*12*-------*12*--
F#--------*12*-------*12*------*12*----*12*---------
F#----*12*----*12*----------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

He strays a bit on repetitions 4 and 5, just hitting loose harmonics out of rhythm.

Play the full progression 11 times the end on just the 5th fret harmonic riff.
                 
Lee has two guitars, left and right, playing similar things but not in sync.

      LEFT	    RIGHT         RIGHT      LEFT 
F#-------------------------------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------------------------
B---17\\\19----------------------------------------------
B---17\\\19----------------------------------------------
E---17\\\19----------------------------------------------
E---17\\\19--------10\\\12--------14////-----10\\\12-----

At 0:25 the main slide theme is played by one guitar:

F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------19\\\17-17--------17~~/////--
B------------19----19\20/19--17--------------19-------19\\\17-17--------17~~/////--
E---17\\\19-------------------------17\\\19--------19-------------------17~~/////--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------17~~/////--

At 0:49 he plays:

F#---------------------------------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
B---14\15--15/14--14~-------14\\15~~--------17\\\19--17~~--
E-----------------14~--------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

F#----------------------------------------
F#----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
B---14\15--15/14-------------14\15/14~~---
E-----------------14~---------------------
E-----------------------------------------

At 1:26 he comes back with the slide motif:

F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------19\\\17-17---
B----------------------19----19\20/19--17--------------19------19\\\17-17---
E-------------17\\\19-------------------------17\\\19-------19--------------
E---11\12~~~----------------------------------------------------------------

F#----------------------------------------------------------------
F#----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
B------------19----19\20/19--17--------------19----19\20/19--17---
E---17\\\19-------------------------17\\\19-----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------

F#---19\20-20/19------------19/20\19--19--19~---19----19-----19---------
F#---19\20-20/19------------19/20\19--19--19~---19----19-----19---19~~--
B----------------19------19------------------19----19-----19------19~~--
B----------------19------19------------------19----19-----19------19~~--
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

F#--15~/\/------15~/\/17~~~-----15~/\/17~~~--
F#--15~/\/------15~/\/17~~~-----15~/\/17~~~--
B---15~/\/------15~/\/17~~~-----15~/\/17~~~--
B---15~/\/------15~/\/17~~~-----15~/\/17~~~--
E-------------------------------15~/\/17~~~--
E-------------------------------15~/\/17~~~--


Last updated: 12/31/23

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