SIDE2SIDE
by Sonic Youth
from the NYC Ghosts & Flowers LP

tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

TUNINGS
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Thurston: FGCFAF#
Lee:      ***
Kim:      bass 

*** Lee most likely used the same tuning as "Free City Rhymes" on the album version, which is a 12-string guitar 
with only 10 strings tuned: C G C/C C/C G/G A#C

For live versions, he switched to another 10-string tuning: G# A# G#/A# A#/A C#/D# E/F#

The low F and G strings in Thurston's tuning are tuned way down to bass octave. Check the tuning guide!

LAYOUT

A - B - C

 

A SECTION				00:00-01:43

Thurston begins the song by strumming behind the bridge. This continues until the B section.

Lee picks behind the bridge of a 12-string Kent guitar for the majority of the song.
During this section, he strikes the strings in a rhythmic fashion, with delay.
He uses upstrokes, muting them with his left hand for a staccato sound.

On live versions, he will occasionally strum all of the open strings (not behind the bridge)
for a really wild atonal chord.


B SECTION				01:43-02:28

Thurston switches to ringing harmonics:

F#--------*7*---------------------------------
A-----*7*-------------------------------------  play 4 times
F-------------*7*-----------------------------
C--------------------------------*7*----------
G----------------------------*7*--------------
F------------------------------------*7*------
	
Lee stops picking as sharply and begins using more delay ambience. On live versions he's
really twisting the knobs for wild pitch shifting sounds, it's more subdued on the record.


C SECTION				02:28-03:34

Thurston starts a single-note riff on the low strings:

F#-----------------------------------
A------------------------------------
F------------------------------------	play 15 times
C------------------------------------
G--------------------------8-8-7-7---
F--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------
	
Lee continues with the delay swells, although you can hear him start picking behind the bridge
again during the last 30 seconds or so.


last updated: 09/29/22

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