TITANIUM EXPOSÉ by Sonic Youth Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) + Raj Paden (Lee's part) TUNINGS ------- Thurston: EGDGED Lee: EGDDGG Note: to match the GOO LP, you must tune a half step down. LAYOUT: INTRO - A - B - A - C - D - C - D - E - F - B - A - OUTRO INTRO 00:00-00:25 A SECTION 00:25-00:47 Thurston: D---------------------------------------------------------------14b-14-14-14-14r--- E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- play variation x 4 G------------------------14-------------------------------------14b-14-14-14-14r--- D-------14--------12--12-12--12-13-14-------14--------12--12-12-------------------- G-----------13-14-------------------------------13-14------------------------------ E---12----------------------------------12----------------------------------------- Lee: G------------------------14-------------------------------------14b-14-14-14-14r--- G------------------------14-------------------------------------14b-14-14-14-14r--- D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------14--------12--12-----12-13-14-------14--------12--12-12-------------------- G-----------13-14-------------------------------13-14------------------------------ E---12----------------------------------12----------------------------------------- B SECTION 00:47-01:07 Thurston: D---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-------9-----9---9-----9---12-12-12-------9-----9---9---8-8-8-10-10-10-10--- x 4 D-------9-----9---9-----9---12-12-12-------9-----9---9---8-8-8-10-10-10-10--- G-------9-----9---9-----9---12-12-12-------9-----9---9---8-8-8-10-10-10-10--- E---0-0---0-0---0-----0---0------------0-0---0-0---0------------------------- Lee: G-------9------9---9-9-9-9-12--12-12-12------9-----9---8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10--- G-------9------9---9-9-9-9-12--12-12-12------9-----9---8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10--- D-------9------9---9-9-9-9-12--12-12-12------9-----9---8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10--- D-------9------9---9-9-9-9-12--12-12-12------9-----9---8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10--- G-------9------9---9-9-9-9-12--12-12-12------9-----9---8-8-8-10--10-10-10-10--- E---0-0----0-0---0-----------------------0-0---0-0---0------------------------- A SECTION 01:07-01:32 Everyone end on low E. C SECTION 01:32-02:11 Thurston: D------------------------------------ E------------------------------------ G------------------------------------ D---9----------------0--0-0--0-0-0--- x 6 G---9---9-9--9-9-9---0--0-0--0-0-0--- E---0---0-0--0-0-0------------------- D---------------------7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7--------------------7-7--7-9b-9-9-9--9r-- E-------9-----9-------7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7------9-----9-------7-7--7-9b-9-9-9--9r-- G-------9-----9-------7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7------9-----9-------7-7--7-7--7-7-7--7--- x 2 D-------9-----9----7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7------9-----9----7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7--7--- G-------9-----9----7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7------9-----9----7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7--7--- E---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0----------------------- Listen for how he changes the riff to add the high notes, it's kind of subtle. (And I don't think I tabbed it 100% correctly...) Lee: G---9---------7------- G---9---------7------- go back and forth between these chords D---9---------7------- D---9---------7------- x 8 G---9---------7------- E---0----------------- D SECTION 02:11-02:24 Thurston: D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------------11br~~--- x 2 D-------------------------12--12-12-12-9-------------------------12-12-9---------- G---9-9-12-12--9-9-12-12-------------------9-9-12-12--9-9-12-12------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee: G---------------------------------------------------------------------11br--- G---------------------------------------------------------------------11br--- D-----------------------12--12--12--9---------------------------------------- D-----------------------12--12--12--9----------------------12--12--9--------- G---9-9-12----9-9-12--------------------9-9-12----9-9-12--------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C SECTION 02:25-02:59 D SECTION 03:00-03:13 E SECTION 03:14-03:27 Thurston: D-------------------------------- E-------------------------------- G------------------------11br~~-- x 4 D-------------------12-9--------- G---9--9-12-12-11---------------- E---0---------------------------- Lee: G--------9--------9----------------- G--------9--------9-9/7------------- D----------9----9---9/7---7-7-7\9--- D----------9----9---9/7---7-7-7\9--- x 2 G---9--9---------------------------- E---0--0---------------------------- F SECTION 03:38-03:55 Thurston: D---9~----9-9-9-9/7~---7-7-7-7\9~~-- ------- E----------------------------------- thurston repeats a figure like this end on --*5*-- w/ bar G---9~----9-9-9-9/7~---7-7-7-7\9~~-- w/ heavy whammy bar accents ------- D----------------------------------- ------- G---9~----9-9-9-9/7~---7-7-7-7\9~~-- focus mostly on the middle G string notes ------- E----------------------------------- ------- Lee attacks random notes with extreme whammy bar + bends. He seems to stick between the 15th-20th frets. B SECTION 03:56-04:36 Play four times "slow", pause w/ low E drone, then play four times "fast". A SECTION 04:36-05:05 End on E. OUTRO 05:05-06:26 Last updated: 11/30/22 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------