THE SPRAWL Tabbed by: L Hulme E-mail: songsforwalter@hotmail.co.uk There's not a correct tab for Thurston's part anywhere online. Worked out after hours of watching Thurston play this on youtube clips. Tuning: CCEBGD - At the very least its best putting asn A string as your 6 string Up or down by these many semi tones : Eu8 Au3 Du2 Gu4 Bd4 Ed2 Intro/Spoken part- I'm not gonna tab the strumming but these are the chord shapes slide down D|-----------------3--5--------3------------------------------------------| G|-----------------3--3--------3--5-/4/3/2/1------------------------------| B|--------------5--3--3-----5--3--3--x-x-x-x------------------------------| E|--------------3--3--3-----3--3--3--x-x-x-x------------------------------| C|--0-0-0-0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-0-0-0------------------------------| C|--0-0-0-0-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-0-0-0------------------------------| Chorus - Come on down to the store (This bits correct on other sites) D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| C|----0----2---0----2----3------0-----2----3-------0-----2-------3-----| C|----0----2---0----2----3------0-----2----3-------0-----2-------3-----| The post chorus bit is really hard to work out what T is playing it definately involves: D|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--12-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--12-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------| The Lead Riff is played like this - across 2 strings Play that 22 times x 11 x8 D|--0----0---------------0---0---------0---0----------------------------| G|--12---0---------------11--0---------12--0----------------------------| B|--0----x---------------0---x---------0---0----------------------------| E|--x---12---------------x---12--------0---12---------------------------| C|--0----0---------------0---0---------0---0----------------------------| C|--0----0---------------0---0---------0---0----------------------------| Outro / after all the noise this beautiful riff emerges repeat lots of times... e|--4-5-7--4--4-4-5-7----9-9-------------------------------0--| B|--4-4-4--4--4-4-4-5----0-0--7-7-7-7----------------------0--| G|--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0----8-8--8-8-8 8/10-10----------------0--| D|--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0------------------8-8-5--10-10-0--| A|---------------------0-0-0------------------0-0-0--0--0-----| E|---------------------0-0-0----------------------------------| Then you can launch into cross the breeze - same tuning. ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************ ======================================================================================== tabbed by DoublDwn11@aol.com Thurston's tuning: CCEBGD Lee's Tuning: GGDDGG T's part: intro and verse: D----------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--- B----------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------12-12--12---------10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--- C--0---0--0--0----0--0---0----0-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--- C--0---0--0--0----0--0---0----0-----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--- cont... D------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------12-12--12------10----8---8---8---8---8---8---8------- C---0---0--0----0--0---0-------0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0--10--- C---0---0--0----0--0---0-------0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--- for the chorus, T plays a riff like this: D---------------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- C-----0----2---0----2----3------0-----2----3-------0-----2-------3----- C-----0----2---0----2----3------0-----2----3-------0-----2-------3----- for the post-chorus breaks, play something like this: D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------13--13--13-------13--13------12----12--------12---12----- E------------------------------------12-----------12-------------12--------------- C---2----------2------------------------------------------------------------------ C---2----------2------------------------------------------------------------------ break cont. D----------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10----- B----------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8----- C---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----- C---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7----- break cont. D------------------------------------------------- G--12---12----------------------12---------------- B------------------------12------------12--------- E--------------12--12----------------------------- C------------------------------------------------- C------------------------------------------------- play that part twice. you can either fret it, or play the harmonics... break cont....after that stuff, T plays a lead riff like this 26 or 27 times... D--------------------- G----12----9----0----- do be afraid to throw in the open B string as well B--------------------- on this part E--------------------- C--------------------- C--------------------- then it's back to the verse, then chorus, and back to the break.. when T plays his lead riff on this part, he plays it many more times, and changes it a wee bit.... D----------------- G---12---9---0---- 22 times B----------------- E----------------- C----------------- C----------------- then.. D----------------- G---11---9---0---- 11 times B----------------- E----------------- C----------------- C----------------- then.. D------------------ G----12---9---0---- 8 times B------------------ E------------------ C------------------ C------------------ then... D------------------ G----11---9---0---- 8 times B------------------ E------------------ C------------------ C------------------ after that, T holds on this chord for a wee bit, then plays open C's until 4:14 D------------------------- G------------------------- B----7-------------------- E----0-------------------- C----0-------------0----0- C----0-------------0----0- for the outro (starting at 4:40), T plays something like this... D----------------------------------------------------9------------------------ G----------------------------------------------0-----0-----0--0--0--0------0-- B-----------------------7--7--7---8---10---8---------8-----8--8--8--8/10---10- E---8--8--8------10----------------------------------0------------------------ C-------------9-------------------------------------(0)----------------------- C----------------------------------------------------------------------------- T changes this from time to time, but that's the basic riff.....just play that til the end.... Lee's part: for the verses, lee plays these chords G---5---5---5---5----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-- G---5---5---5---5----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-- D---5---5---5---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-- D---5---5---5---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-- G---5---5---5---5----5---5-------------------------- G---5---5---5---5----5---5-------------------------- for the chorus, lee plays these chords/notes... G---0-------0-----0------ G---0-------0-----0------ D--10------12----13------ D--10------12----13------ G------------------------ G------------------------ for the break, lee plays these chords.... G---0---------0-----0-----0-------0--------0------0--------0------- G---0---------0-----0-----0-------0--------0------0--------0------- D---12--------12----13----12------17-------15-----14-------15------ D---12--------12----13----12------17-------15-----14-------15------ G------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------ for T's lead break, lee kind of improvs on these three chords... G--------------------------- G--------------------------- D----17----14---15----14---- D----17----14---15----14---- G--------------------------- G--------------------------- then, just repeat the verse, chorus and break figures... around 3:40, towards the end of T's extended lead bit, Lee starts playing goofy stuff, such as this.... G-------10-- G-------10-- D--9----10--hold this chord until 3:52 D--9----10-- G-------0--- G-------0--- from there, lee plays some chords, a lot of open strings, and some stuff around the 12th and 14th frets...mess around with it...that's what lee does.. around 4:14. lee starts to bang on the back of his guitar, causing the strings to ring out, he does until the end of the song.. another guitar comes in around 4:53, playing stuff like this... G---0-------0---------0--------0------- G---0-------0---------0--------0------- D---10------10--------9--------10------this guitar continues this part D---10------10--------9--------10------until the end... G---0-------0---------0--------0------- G---0-------0---------0--------0------- around 5:22, another guitar is faded in, playing random feedback/noise. this guitar also continues until the end of the song... around 6:30. one of those guitars (or another one?) starts playing a riff like this that continues til the end.... G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--17h19p17--17h19p17--17h19p17--17h19p17----16h17p16--16h17p16--16h17p16--16h17p16--- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and that's it....peace.... ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.islandnet.com/~mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------