SMOKE BLISTERS 3 & 4 by Sonic Youth Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) TUNINGS ------- Thurston: EEF#F#EB Lee: EEBBF#F# Some of the swirling feedback from "Lincoln's Gout" is used in part 3, and there is also lots of behind-the-bridge strumming overdubbed throughout. Part 4 has the bridge jingle but no feedback (or Lee or Steve). A SECTION 00:00-01:00 The "Smoke Blisters 3" section only features Thurston's harmonic strums. B----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- E----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- F#---*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- x 5 F#---*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- E----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- E----*5*--------*7*---------*12*------- At 0:08 Lee plays a quiet slide part, off key from his usual motif: F#--------------------------------------------------------- F#--------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------- the slide kinda floats between notes B----------13--------13\14/13------------------------------ E---11\12---------14-----------------14\\\16\\\\(17~~~)---- E---------------------------------------------------------- At 0:18 he hits the low E strings and lets them ring and feedback. At 0:39 he hits them again, then possibly another guitar does a quick slide riff: F#-------------- F#-------------- B--------------- B---17\\\19~~~-- E---17\\\19~~~-- E--------------- At 0:55 he plays: F#----------------------------------------- F#----------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------ B--------------19--------------18\19/18~~-- again, kinda between notes w/ the slide E---14\\\\\19--------------19-------------- E------------------------------------------ B SECTION 01:00-01:40 Thurston: B---------------------------------*5*-- E-------------*5*------------*5*------- F#--------*5*----*5*------*5*---*5*---- F#-----*5*-------------*5*------------- E-------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- B------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--- E--------------*7*------(7)------------ F#--------*7*------*7*----------------- F#-----*7*----------------------------- E-------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- B-----------------------------------------*12*----- E---------------*12*--------------*12*-------*12*-- F#---------*12*-----*12*------*12*----*12*--------- F#-----*12*---------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------- Play entire progression 3 times, repeat 5th fret once more and fade. Lee: F#------------ F#------------ B------------- rub slide @ 17th fret til end B---16\\\17~~~ E---16\\\17~~~ E------------- A SECTION 01:41-02:35 "Smoke Blisters 4" doesn't have Thurston's harmonic strumming everytime the notes change. It also doesn't have Lee or Steve! There is some behind-the-bridge jangle that I suppose could be Lee. Remember that the bracketed notes are all tossed in at random during each repetition. B--------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- F#-----------------(*5*)-----------------------(*5*)---(*5*)---------- F#-----------------(*5*)-----------------------(*5*)---(*5*)---------- E---*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*--- E---*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*-*5*--- B--------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------(*7*)-----------------------(*7*)-------------------------- F#---------(*7*)-----------------------(*7*)-------------------------- E---*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*--- E---*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*--- B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F#-----------(*12*)----(*12*)-----------------------------(*12*)--------------------- F#-----------(*12*)----(*12*)-----------------------------(*12*)--------------------- E---*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-- E---*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-- Play the full progression 5 times. Lee does not seem to be in this mix, unless he is playing the behind the bridge bits. B SECTION 02:35-03:20 Thurston: B---------------------------------*5*-- E-------------*5*------------*5*------- F#--------*5*----*5*------*5*---*5*---- F#-----*5*-------------*5*------------- E-------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- B------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--- E--------------*7*------(7)------------ F#--------*7*------*7*----------------- F#-----*7*----------------------------- E-------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- B-----------------------------------------*12*----- E---------------*12*--------------*12*-------*12*-- F#---------*12*-----*12*------*12*----*12*--------- F#-----*12*---------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------- Play entire progression 3 times, repeat 5th fret once more and fade. Lee's signature slide riff is nowhere to be heard in this bare bones mix! Last updated: 12/31/23 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------