SILVER ROCKET
by Sonic Youth

TUNINGS
-------
Thurston: ACCGG#C
Lee:	  AAEEAA

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)
special thanx to Larsen + Raj Paden

LAYOUT: A - B - C - B - C - B - C - B - D - B - C - B  


A SECTION				00:00-00:17

Thurston:

C------------9---------------5-------
G#-------9-----9---------5-----5-----
G----------9-----9-----5---5-----5---  play variation x 4  and hold last chord...
C-----9--------------5---------------
C---9----------------0---------------
A---0--------------------------------
                 
Lee fades in on 12th fret harmonic feedback during the intro.

B SECTION				00:18-00:28

Thurston:

C-----------------------------------
G#----------------------------------
G---0--0--0-0-0-0--x-3-3-3--3-3-3---  sometimes he adds more mutes
C---0--0--0-0-0-0--x-3-3-3--3-3-3---
C---0--0--0-0-0-0--x-3-3-3--3-3-3---  x 4
A-----------------------------------

Lee:

A---3---3-3---6-6-6---
A---3---3-3---6-6-6---   he lets his chords ring a bit, sometimes w/ slight pull off to open
E---3---3-3---6-6-6---
E---3---3-3---6-6-6---   x 4
A---------------------
A---------------------   he doesn't fret the root notes on low A, but may add open A?

C SECTION				00:28-00:38

Thurston plays a version of the intro riff as chords. He has a slightly choppy staccato
attack and doesn't hit every string in each chord each time. You can add the open root
as much as you want.

C------9-9-9-9-----5-5-5-5-5-5---
G#-----9-9-9-9-----5-5-5-5-5-5--- 
G---9--9-9-9-9--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--- x 4
C---9--9-9-9-9--5--5-5-5-5-5-5---
C---9--9-9-9-9-(0)---------------
A--(0)---------------------------

Lee:

A----14-14-14-12-----8--10-10-10-10-8-10-8-----14-14-14-12-----8--10-10-10---
A----14-14-14-12-----8--10-10-10-10-8-10-8-----14-14-14-12-----8--10-10-10---
E---(12)------------(8)-----------------------(12)------------(8)------------   x 2
E---(12)------------(8)-----------------------(12)------------(8)------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------

B SECTION				00:38-00:48

C SECTION				00:49-00:59

B SECTION				00:59-01:09

C SECTION				01:09-01:19

B SECTION				01:20-01:30

D SECTION				01:30-03:08

Thurston just abuses his guitar and amp to make shrieking noise. When he's decided they've
had enough, he begins playing the intro riff (around 2:28). When Steve starts his snare roll
around 2:38, Thurston starts playing the intro/verse chords more aggressively. I think including
the arpeggiated and chord iterations, he plays the riff about 14 times. This was always 
improvised live however.

Lee makes a lot of noise with his Fender DGL-1 Digital Delay. There's at least two tracks
of him playing with the speed and loops. When Steve starts his snare roll around 2:38,
one of Lee's guitar is playing this note very quickly over and over:

A---19---                                                     ------14----17--18--19-----
A---19--- bend a bit while picking / then play around with:   ------14----17--18--19-----
E----/---                                                     --12---/-----/---/---/-----
E----/---                                                     --12---/-----/---/---/-----
A--------                                                     ---/-----------------------
A--------                                                     ---/-----------------------

It's really just rising on those high notes. Towards the end of the big snare build up, he starts 
switching between two chords. On live versions, he would just play the main C section riff, which 
is rooted in these chords:

A---12----8----
A---12----8----
E---12----8----
E---12----8----
A---12----8----
A---12----8----

B SECTION				03:08-03:18

C SECTION				03:18-03:28

B SECTION				03:28-03:47

It almost sounds like Thurston ends on:

C-------
G#------
G-------
C---2---
C---2---
A---2---

Lee ends on:

A--------------
A--------------
E--------------
E---5~~~~///---
A---5~~~~///---
A---5~~~~///---

Last updated: 01/20/24

------------------------------------------------
THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE:
http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html
------------------------------------------------