STREAMXSONIK SUBWAY by Sonic Youth from the NYC Ghosts & Flowers LP Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) TUNINGS: Thurston: FGCFAF# *** see tuning guide Lee: DFCDFF Kim: bass LAYOUT A - B - C - A A SECTION 00:00-00:53 Thurston has two tracks, one in each speaker. The right speaker starts first, then the left joins in after a stray harmonic. I'll just show the full riff for both, but here is the harmonic that starts the left speaker: F#-------- A--------- F--------- C---*7*--- G--------- F--------- Thurston's left speaker riff: F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F-------*7*--8------------*7*--8------------*7*--8--------------------------- PLAY VARIATION 6 TIMES C--------------8-----------------8-----------------8------------------------- G----------------6-0---------------6-0---------------6-0--------------------- F---6-6---------------6-6---------------6-6----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--- Thurston's right speaker riff: F#--------------------*7*-*7*--------------------*7*-*7*--------------------*7*-*7*-------------------- A-------*7*-*7*-------*7*-*7*------*7*-*7*-------*7*-*7*------*7*-*7*-------*7*-*7*-------------------- F-------*7*-*7*--8-8--*7*-*7*------*7*-*7*--8-8--*7*-*7*------*7*-*7*--8-8--*7*-*7*-------------------- C---6-6----------8-8-----------6-6----------8-8-----------6-6----------8-8----------------------------- G---5-5----------6-6-----------5-5----------6-6-----------5-5----------6-6----------------------------- F------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--- Lee's part is SO buried between Thurston's chunky skrunk. Even with his notes, I'm not sure I hear anything aside from stray 7th fret harmonics and the "G chord" he plays at the end of each passage. I think his chord chart would look something like this, but it's not very audible. F--------------------*7*-*7*------------------*7*-*7*------------------*7*-*7*----0---0---0---0--- F--------------------*7*-*7*------------------*7*-*7*------------------*7*-*7*----0---0---0---0--- D-------*7*-*7*-------------------*7*-*7*-----------------*7*-*7*-----------------3---3---3---3--- C-------*7*-*7*-------------------*7*-*7*-----------------*7*-*7*---------------0---0---0---0----- F---6-6----------8-8----------6-6----------8-8--------6-6----------8-8----------0---0---0---0----- D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3---3---3----- On the Bumbershoot version, it almost sounds like he's just playing: F------------------ F------------------ D------------------ C------------------ but I do hear other notes here and there... F--6-6-7-7-8-8-7--- D------------------ B SECTION 00:53-01:11 Thurston's LEFT speaker guitar does not play during this part. The RIGHT speaker just drones the low F string: F#-------------------- A--------------------- F--------------------- C--------------------- G--------------------- etc F---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--- Lee repeats this chord: F-----0---0---0---0--- F-----0---0---0---0--- D-----3---3---3---3--- C---0---0---0---0----- etc F---0---0---0---0----- D---3---3---3---3----- C SECTION 01:12-02:20 Both of Thurston's guitars play chunky muted strings (with low F string bleeding in), until 1:57-ish when he starts stabbing the open strings at the start of each bar. F#--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--- --0--X-X-X-X-X-X--0--X-X-X-X-X-X--- A---X--X-X-X-X-X-X--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--- --0--X-X-X-X-X-X--0--X-X-X-X-X-X--- F---X--X-X-X-X-X-X--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--- --0--X-X-X-X-X-X--0--X-X-X-X-X-X--- C---X--X-X-X-X-X-X--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--- then: --0--X-X-X-X-X-X--0--X-X-X-X-X-X--- etc. G---X--X-X-X-X-X-X--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--- --0--X-X-X-X-X-X--0--X-X-X-X-X-X--- F---0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--- --0--X-X-X-X-X-X--0--X-X-X-X-X-X--- However, there are hints of 7th fret harmonics in the mutes, so he's probably muting around the 7th fret and occasionally lightening up to allow the harmonics in. There's so much processing going on in this section (including the drums and apparently a pencil sharpener) that it makes Lee's part very hard to discern. I *think* his main track is playing heavy chunky mutes like Thurston, with thick distortion, and then he overdubbed a guitar playing ascending trem picked notes beginning around 2:00: F---13----14----15----16----17--18--19--20--- F---13----14----15----16----17--18--19--20--- D----/-----/-----/-----/-----/---/---/---/--- C----/-----/-----/-----/-----/---/---/---/--- F-------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------- Per his notes, the live version would have featured climbing from the 3rd to 12th fret, with harmonics and distortion, and descending ring mod swoops. You can hear the ring mod start spacing out around 2:22 in the Bumbershoot version. A SECTION 02:20-02:51 Play 3 times. ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------