SILVER ROCKET 
by Sonic Youth

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


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


A SECTION				00:00-00:17

Kim is silent during the intro.

B SECTION				00:18-00:28

Thurston:

G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---10-10-10-10-10--10--13-13-13--13-13--10-10-10-10-10--10--7-7-7--7-7---  x 2
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

C SECTION				00:28-00:38

G--------------------------------------------------------
D---7--7-7-7-7----------------7--7-7-7-7--3-3-3--3-3-3---
A---------------3-3-3--3-3-3----------------------------- x 2
E--------------------------------------------------------

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

Kim holds a C and rocks it with fuzz/wah for a while:

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

Around 2:24 she hits an open A:

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

Then at 2:32 start hitting C again. On the record it sounds like an it may be an octave 
above, but in live footage from this era she plays the 3rd fret.

At 2:38 start playing:

G--------------------------------------
D---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------
A--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- x 11
E--------------------------------------

B SECTION				03:08-03:18

C SECTION				03:18-03:28

B SECTION				03:28-03:47

End on:

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

Last updated: 01/20/24

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