RAIN KING
by Sonic Youth

Bass tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)


The album version is tuned quite sharp.


LAYOUT: A - B - C - D - E - D - E - C - B - C - G - D - A  


A SECTION				00:00-00:30

On the album, she plays:

G------------
D------0-0---  x 10
A------------
E---9--------  hold the low note while the open string rings

based on the early demo and some other versions, i think she might have been holding a 
shape like this:

G---0---
D---0---
A--11---
E---9---

the demo sounds more like the open G string and the 11th fret on the A.

in 2007, she plays:

G------------
D------------
A------3-3---
E---0--------

On the album in particular, it almost seems like she's moving a pedal to switch channels
between notes, with the first being relatively clean and the open string having a heavy
fuzz/wah filter. This effect may have been achieved during mixing, or with something other
than the Crybaby and Aria distortion she was using at the time.

B SECTION				00:31-01:06

G---------------------
D---------------------
A---------------------
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--- etc  or open A string

C SECTION				01:07-01:09

Kim turns on her wah/fuzz and goes wild. I'm honestly not sure what note she's playing here. 
In the 2007 version, it seems like she might be kinda pick-scratching the open D string while she strums.

D SECTION				01:10-01:33

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18\\\\---  slide backwards while picking
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------                           

In the 2007 version, she goes to the 15th fret instead of the 18th.

E SECTION				01:34-01:45

G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
A-------------------------------
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--- etc // could also be octave up

D SECTION				01:46-02:10

E SECTION				02:10-02:22

C SECTION				02:22-02:34

This is the longest "wah break".

B SECTION				02:34-03:10

C SECTION				03:10-03:13

G SECTION				03:13-03:31

G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
A-------------------------------
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--- etc 

D SECTION				03:32-03:55

A SECTION				03:56-04:39

Kim plays the same figure she played during the intro.

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