THEME 1 (TAKE 4)
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

TUNINGS
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Thurston: EEF#F#EB
Lee:	  EEBBF#F#


A SECTION				00:00-02:32


Thurston starts by doing his 5th to 7th to 12th fret harmonic chord strumming, though it's a
little quieter than other takes and he picks out more notes than steady strumming.

At 0:49, Thurston starts playing the typical harmonic theme:

B--------------------------------------*5*--
E--------------*5*----------------*5*-------
F#--------*5*-----*5*--------*5*-----*5*----
F#-----*5*---*5*----------*5*---*5*---------
E--*5*--------------------------------------
E--*5*--------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------
E---------------*7*------------------*7*--------
F#--------*7*------*7*---------*7*------*7*-----
F#-----*7*---*7*------------*7*---*7*------*7*--
E--*7*------------------------------------------
E--*7*------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------*12*-----
E-------------------*12*--------------*12*-------*12*--
F#-----------*12*-------*12*------*12*----*12*---------
F#-------*12*----*12*----------------------------------
E--*12*------------------------------------------------
E--*12*------------------------------------------------

Play entire progression 5 times.

At 2:00, play just the 5th fret harmonic riff again, then:

B----2-2-2--0-0-----0---2----------2-0~~---2---------0-0~~---2-------0-0~~---
E-------------------------0-0-0--------------0-----------------0-------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
Lee starts by holding the slide at the 19th fret and striking chords, sometimes moving
them subtly with the slide.            

F#---------
F#---------
B----19----
B----19---- pick notes out of this shape for a bit
E----19----
E----19----

At 0:44 hit the low E and move to a different note:

F#---------17-----17-----17----                            ----12----
F#---------17-----17-----17---- etc / at 1:03 switch to:   ----12---- etc
B-----------0------0------0----                            -----0----
B------------------------------                            ----------
E------------------------------                            ----------
E----0-------------------------                            ----------

To the slide riff at 1:20 

F#-------------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------  play variation twice
B-----------19~~-----19//17-17~~-------
E---17\\\19----------------------------
E--------------------------------------

At 1:34 start strumming harmonics at the 12th fret (or the 19th fret on the low EB strings)

F#---*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*---
F#---*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*---
B----*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*--- etc etc
B----*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*-*12*---
E--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------

Around 1:56 he hits the open F# strings a few times then goes back to the harmonic strumming
which continues til the end.



Last updated: 12/31/23

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