THE WONDER by SONIC YOUTH Tab by Raj Paden + Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) TUNINGS ------- Thurston: GGDDD#D# Lee: GGC#DGG LAYOUT: INTRO - A - B - A - B - A - B - C - D - C - D - E - F - A - B INTRO 00:00-00:13 The intro is just pick scraping, open strings ringing, behind the bridge tinkling, and switch flicking. A SECTION 00:14-00:45 Thurston: D#----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-0-0--- he goes to the open strings on live versions D#----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-0-0--- D-------5------5---------------------- x 12 D-------5------5---------------------- G---0-0----0-0------------------------ G---0-0----0-0------------------------ Lee doubles Thurston in the right speaker, and does a slide backwards to open low G in the left. G--------------------- G--------------------- D-------5------5--6--- x 12 C#------6------6--7--- you can let the high or low Gs bleed in G---0-0----0-0-------- G---0-0----0-0-------- G------------ G------------ D------------ C#----------- (left speaker) G---13/--0--- G---13/--0--- B SECTION 00:46-00:51 Thurston: D#--------0-----------0-----------0------------- D#--------0-----------0-----------0------------- D------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---------- D------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---------- G---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2--- G---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2--- Lee: G-------8---------------- G-------8---------------- D---------------0-------- listen for timing C#----------------------- G---5--------3-------2--- G---5--------3-------2--- A SECTION 00:51-01:01 Both Thurston and Lee play the same riff, but only 4 times. B SECTION 01:02-01:07 A SECTION 01:07-01:18 Thurston and Lee play riff 4 times, but they both slide the last note up an octave while picking. B SECTION 01:18-01:24 C SECTION 01:24-01:45 Thurston: D#---------------------------------------------------------------- D#---------------------------------------------------------------- D-------10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--- x 3 D-------10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--- G---0------------------------------------------------------------- G---0------------------------------------------------------------- D#-------------------------------------------------------------- D#-------------------------------------------------------------- D---10--10-10-10-10----------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8--- D---10--10-10-10-10----------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8--- G--------------------8/10--10--10--10\7--7--7------------------- G--------------------8/10--10--10--10\7--7--7------------------- Lee's left speaker guitar plays this: G------------------------------ G---------12br~---------7br~--- D---10-------------8----------- C#--11-------------9----------- G------------------------------ G------------------------------ His right speaker just plays the chords: G----0------0---- high Gs optional G----0------0---- D---10------8---- C#--11------9---- G----0------0---- G----0------0---- D SECTION 01:46-02:03 Thurston: D#------------------------------------------------------------- D#------------------------------------------------------------- D---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8--- D---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8--- G-------------------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------------------- D#---------------------------------------------------------------- D#---------------------------------------------------------------- D---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13--- D---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13--- G----------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------- D#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- D#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- D---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--- D---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It sounds like the open D# strings are bleeding in during this section. Lee: w/ slight palm mute + optional G string bleed G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--- x 2 C#--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------- D---17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--- C#--18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18--- etc G-------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------- C SECTION 02:03-02:11 Thurston: D#-------------------------------------------------------------- D#-------------------------------------------------------------- D---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-10--------------------------8---8-8-8-8-8--- D---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-10--------------------------8---8-8-8-8-8--- G-------------------------8/10-10-10-10\7-7-7------------------- G-------------------------8/10-10-10-10\7-7-7------------------- Lee: G------------------------------------------- G--------7br~----------12br~---------7br~--- D---8------------10-------------8----------- C#--9------------11-------------9----------- G------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------- D SECTION 02:11-02:44 Thurston: D#------------------------------------------------------------- D#------------------------------------------------------------- D---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8--- D---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8--- G-------------------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------------------- D#---------------------------------------------------------------- D#---------------------------------------------------------------- D---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13--- D---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13--- G----------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------- D#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D---15/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\15-15-15--15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17/19-19-19-19/20-20-20--- D---15/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\15-15-15--15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17/19-19-19-19/20-20-20--- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D#------------------------- D#------------------------- D---20-20-20-21\20/21\20--- D---20-20-20-21\20/21\20--- trem pick + bend this part wildly G-------------------------- G-------------------------- D#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- D#----------------------------------------------------------------------------- D---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--- etc D---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--- G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ bend the strings a bit G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lee goes straight for the higher note this time, then starts adding even higher notes on the G string, trem picking furiously: G--------- ---19---20--- G--------- ---19---20--- etc D----17--- ----/----/--- C#---18--- ----/----/--- G--------- ------------- G--------- ------------- Then he goes back to the first note until the next section. E SECTION 02:44-03:17 Thurston plays all of this with a fast, semi trem-picked attack: D#------------------------- D#------------------------- D-------------------------- x 8 D-------------------------- G---17-17--17--15-15--19--- G---17-17--17--15-15--19--- D#------------------------------------ D#------------------------------------ D--------19--17--19--20--19--17------- x 4 D--------19--17--19--20--19--17------- G---17---------------------------19--- G---17---------------------------19--- D#-------19--17--19--20--19--17------- D#-------19--17--19--20--19--17------- D--------19--17--19--20--19--17------- x 4 D--------19--17--19--20--19--17------- G---17---------------------------19--- G---17---------------------------19--- Lee: G-----21-----20\---- trem pick w/ slow slide back G-----21-----20\---- D------/------/----- this is the main riff heard in the right speaker, C#-----/------/----- there is a quieter, similar but more random riff in the left G------------------- G------------------- Repeat variations of trem picking very high notes. F SECTION 03:17-03:28 Thurston: D#------x-5---0--- D#------x-5---0--- D-------x-5---0--- x 4 D---0---x-5---0--- G---0------------- G---0------------- Lee: G--------- G--------- D----17--- he trem picks this note continuing into the next section C#---18--- G-----/--- G-----/--- A SECTION 03:28-03:59 Lee and Thurston play the same riff 12 times, sliding the last note up. B SECTION 04:00-04:16 The final chorus is played slower, and the final chord segues into "Hyperstation" via Thurston raking 12th fret harmonics from high to low. Last updated: 12/22/22 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------