THERESA'S SOUND-WORLD
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)
 w/ thanx to FDSwayze + Larsen!

TUNINGS
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Thurston: ACCGG#C          (right)
Lee:      AAEEAA (capo 3)  (left)


LAYOUT: A - B - C - D - E - A - B - C - D - E - A


A SECTION				00:00-00:24

Thurston:

C---------------------------------
G#--------------------------------
G-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---
C---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----
C---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
                 
Lee:

A---------------------------
A-------------0-----0-------
E---------3-----3-----3----- x 6
E-----0-----0-----0-----0---
A---3---0-------------------
A---------------------------

B SECTION				00:24-01:11

Thurston switches between these two shapes, mostly focusing on picking the note on the 
G string in the first chord, and the high C note in the 2nd chord.

C---3-----0---
G#--0-----4---
G---3-----0--- x 6
C---------0---
C-------------
A-------------

Lee strums these chords:

A---3---5--(3)--0----   the bracketed notes are played in live versions, not as prominent on the LP
A---3---5--(3)--0----
E---3---3-------0----
E---3---3-------0---- x 6
A---------------0----
A---------------0----

C SECTION				01:11-01:41

Thurston picks these notes on the high C string with the open G# droning. You can also let the
open G bleed in a bit.

C---3---5---7------3---5---0-----	listen for the rhythm
G#--0---0---0------0---0---4-----
G--------------------------0-----
C--------------------------0-----
C--------------------------0-----
A--------------------------3-----

Lee:

A---3---5---7------3---5--(3)--0-----	listen for the rhythm
A---3---5---7------3---5--(3)--0-----
E---3---3---5------3---3-------0-----
E---3---3---5------3---3-------0-----
A-----------0------------------0-----
A------------------------------0-----

D SECTION				01:42-01:49

Thurston kicks on the distortion:

C---0---
G#--4---
G---0---  strum chord // slide up an octave before next section
C---0---
C---0---
A---3---

Lee:

A---0--------------------
A---0----9b-9r-7-9br-7---
E---0-------------------- x 2
E---0--------------------
A---0--------------------
A---0--------------------

E SECTION				01:49-02:21

Thurston trem picks these chords, listen for timing:

C---------------------------------------------22----
G#--------------------------------------------------
G---12----10----12----15----17----20----22----22----
C---------------------------------------------------
C---12----10----12----15----17----20----22----22----  skronk chord til end
A---------------------------------18----20----22----

Lee trem picks these chords, listen for timing:

A---------------------------------15----17----------
A---------------------------------15----17----------
E---12----10----12----15----17----13----15----------
E---12----10----12----15----17----------------------
A---12----10----12----15----17----------------18----  bend last chord up and down, 
A----0----------------------------------------18----       add extra notes on repeat

A SECTION				02:21-02:56

On live versions, Thurston picks 7th fret harmonics at the start of this section, then
strums behind the bridge until the verse. On the album, he can be heard strumming
behind the bridge.

Lee plays his riff 9 times.

B SECTION				02:56-03:27

C SECTION				03:27-03:57

D SECTION				03:57-04:04

E SECTION				04:04-04:44

This section is longer than the first one, holding on the final skronk chord for
an extra few bars.

A SECTION				04:44-05:28

Thurston plays the intro riff but picks behind the bridge.

On the record, Lee plays the main riff til end (10 times), but live he would often kick his Phase 90 on
and hit a big open chord, maybe a few harmonics, etc til end.



Last updated: 04/28/24

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