QUEST FOR THE CUP
by SONIC YOUTH

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

TUNINGS:

Thurston: EGDGED  
Lee: EEBBEF#
Kim: BEGDBB

LAYOUT
------
A
B
C
pause
C


A SECTION				00:00-00:40

Kim plays the main riff: 

B--------------------
B---3--x-3--x-3--5---
D---3--x-3--x-3--5---
G---3--x-3--x-3--5---
E--------------------
B--------------------

Thurston picks the highest note and slides backwards:

D-----------21/------------
E--------------------------
G--------------------------	
D--------------------------
G--------------------------
E--------------------------

Lee's part:

Lee has some heavy delay going and it sounds like he's attacking the strings with a slide, 
over the pickups, while the low E strings are left ringing out. He's probably not picking,
just pushing it against the strings, and pushing the strings into the pickup.


B SECTION				00:40-01:40
	
Kim:

B------------9-9-9---7-7--7-7--7-7--7--
B------------9-9-9---7-7--7-7--7-7--7--
D--12--9--9--9-9-9---------------------
G--12--9--9--9-9-9---------------------
E---0--0--0--0-0-0---------------------
B--------------------------------------

Thurston plays:

D----------21--------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--
E----------19--------9--9---9--9---9--9---9--9--
G--------------------x--x---x--x---x--x---x--x--
D-------------------11-11--11-11--11-11--11-11--
G-------------------11-11--11-11--11-11--11-11--
E--0-----------------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--

Lee's part:

F#--------
E---------
B---------
B----7br--  hold the bend, then return
E----0----
E---------


C SECTION					01:40-02:30

Kim holds the last note of her main riff, then ends on a single note:

B---7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--         ---5---
B---7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-- x 4	 ---5---
D-----------------------         -------
G-----------------------         -------
E-----------------------         -------
B-----------------------         -------

Thurston adds the F note to the chord, then ends on open strings:

D----0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--      -----
E----9--9---9--9---9--9---9--9--      --0--
G---10-10--10-10--10-10--10-10--  x 4 --0--
D---11-11--11-11--11-11--11-11--      --x--
G---11-11--11-11--11-11--11-11--      --x--
E----0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--      --0--

Lee 's part:

Lee turns that wild delay back on and this time he runs the slide backwards from near the bridge 
down the neck, over the fretboard while slowly picking out descending notes. It's not too hard
to approximate (and I don't feel like working it out note for note!).

After a pause where a woman (Lisa Carver?) talks about dreams (I really wish I could find the complete 
Impact magazine interview - I don't know if they specify who the voice sampled on the song is, 
but I do distinctly remember the track being discussed), they repeat the final nasty chord section 
and that's it!

last updated: 03/11/22

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