NO QUEEN BLUES by SONIC YOUTH Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) TUNINGS ------- Kim: BEGDBB Thurston: GGDDD#D# Lee: GGCGCD A SECTION 00:00-00:58 This section is taken from the band's NYC rehearsal space during demos for the album. They transplanted it from the 8-track recording over to 16-track to merge with the final Memphis take. The Memphis version takes over around a minute in, but Lee's leads during the first verse are from the original 8-track demo. Thurston is just letting his guitar squeal while rocking his Mu-Tron Wah/Vol exaggeratedly. Lee is silent during the intro. Kim: B----4--4-4--7-7-7--- B----4--4-4--7-7-7--- D----4--4-4--7-7-7--- G-------------------- E-------------------- B-------------------- For live versions, Kim just played her verse riff during the intro. B SECTION 00:58-01:49 Thurston: D#--0---0--0----0--0-- D#--0---0--0----0--0-- use your thumb D---8---8--8\4--4--4-- D---8---8--8\4--4--4-- G---8---8--8\4--4--4-- G---8---8--8\4--4--4-- Lee: his first lead begins at 1'07": D-----------------------------7\8-------------------------------------------- C---------------------8--8\10-----10-9-8------------------------------------- G-------8-10-11-10-11----------------------13-12-11/10-10\11-11/10-8~~~~~~\-- C--8^10---------------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1'20": D--------------------------------------------------- C------------------8----8-9-10-9-8------------------ G-------8-10-11-10---10------------10-11-10-8~~~~\-- C--8^10--------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------- repeat that same basic idea for the next two. then, at 1'46": D--------------- C--15\17-17~~~-- G--------------- C--------------- G--------------- G--------------- Kim: B----7--7---12-12-12--- B----7--7---12-12-12--- D---------------------- G---------------------- E---------------------- B---------------------- C SECTION 01:49-02:01 Thurston: D#-------------------------------------------- D#-------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------- D----3--3--X-X-X-6-6-6--\10--10--10-10-4-4-4-- G----3--3--X-X-X-6-6-6--\10--10--10-10-4-4-4-- G----3--3--X-X-X-6-6-6--\10--10--10-10-4-4-4-- D#------------------------------------------------------------------- D#------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- D----3--3--X-X-X-6-6-6--\10-10-10------------------------------------ G----3--3--X-X-X-6-6-6--\10-10-10-\16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-- G----3--3--X-X-X-6-6-6--\10-10-10-\16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-- Lee: D----------------------------------- C----------------------------------- G----3--3\6-6-6--\10-10--10/4-4-4--- C----5--5\8-8-8--\12-12--12/6-6-6--- mutes optional but encouraged! G----3--3\6-6-6--\10-10--10/4-4-4--- G----3--3\6-6-6--\10-10--10/4-4-4--- D------------------------------------------------------------- C------------------------------------------------------------- G----3--3\6-6-6--\10-10--10/16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-- C----5--5\8-8-8--\12-12--12/18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-- G----3--3\6-6-6--\10-10--10/16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-- G----3--3\6-6-6--\10-10--10/16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-- Kim: B----7--7--\9-9-9-\12-12-/7-7-7---7--7--\9-9-9-\12/7----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-- B----7--7--\9-9-9-\12-12-/7-7-7---7--7--\9-9-9-\12/7----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B SECTION 02:01-02:43 Lee: next lead (2'01"): D----------------------9-------9-------------------- C---------------8-9-10-----9-8---10-9-8------------- G----------8-10-------------------------10-8~~~~~~-- C--8^10-10------------------------------------------ G--------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------- back into verse (2'14"): D------------------------------------------------- C----8-9---9----10------10----11----12----15~~~--- G--8---------11-------11----12----13----14-------- C------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------- next (2'23"): D--------------------------- C--15\17-17~~--15\18-18~~~-- G--------------------------- C--------------------------- G--------------------------- G--------------------------- next (2'31"): D------------------------------------- C------------8--9-8------------------- G-----8-10----------10-8-11-10-8~~~~-- C--12--------------------------------- G------------------------------------- G------------------------------------- next (2'40"): D-------------------- C-------------------- G-------------------- C--8--10--11--10~~~-- G-------------------- G-------------------- C SECTION 02:43-02:54 B SECTION 02:55-03:28 Lee: D------------------------------------------------------------------ C---------8-9-10-9-11-10-12----10-----------------10--------------- G--8-10-8-------------------11----10-11~--10~--11----11-10-8~~~~\-- C------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------ D-----------------8--------------------------- C------------8-10---11-12------12~------------ G-------8-10--------------11~-------11-8~~~~\- C--8^10--------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------- C---------------10-----------------------10-11-10--------------- G-------8-10-11----11-10~--11-10-8~-8\10----------11-10-8~~~~\-- C--8^10--------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------- C------15----15-17-18----------------------------------------------------- G--\15----15-------------15-14------------------13------------------------ C-------------------------------15-14-13-----15----15--------------------- G------------------------------------------------------13-14-15-13-15~~~-- G------------------------------------------------------------------------- C SECTION 03:29-03:44 D SECTION 03:44-04:35 During the outro, everybody basically improvises noise. The intense percussion sounds are Steve hitting a broken cymbal that is resting on a pair of congas. last updated: 05/20/22 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------