SMALL FLOWERS CRACK CONCRETE

by Sonic Youth
from the NYC Ghosts & Flowers LP

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

LAYOUT

A - B - A - B - C - D - E


A SECTION				00:00-00:44


B SECTION				00:44-01:04


A SECTION				01:04-01:24

Jim's bass enters with the drums:

G------------------------------------
D----------3-3-------------3-3-------  repeat variation
A--5-5-3-5-----5---5-5-3-5-----3-5---
E------------------------------------


B SECTION				01:24-01:43

Jim's bass is very subtle and buried in the mix, but on live versions he continued the
previous riff for this section.


C SECTION				01:44-02:03

Again, Jim's bassline is pretty quiet, but it sounds like he basically follows Lee's riff:

G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
A---5-5--5--5--5--5--5----------
E-----------------------1-1-1---

Actually, is he tuning down to drop D before the song on that Washington video? Maybe it's
more like this:

G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A------5--5--5------5--5----------
D---0------------0--------3-3-3---


D SECTION				02:03-04:04

Jim keeps playing the same D to F motif, probably with more flourishes than I listed 
above cuz hey, he's Jim!


E SECTION				04:04-05:12

During live versions, Jim would use his EMS Synthi to make noise during the end of the song. 
I don't know if he does anything on the record. He could be lightly scraping the bass strings.

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