TOM VIOLENCE by SONIC YOUTH tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) special thanks to Larsen (DoublDwn11) + Sam Rowe TUNINGS: Thurston: F#F#GGAA Lee: F#F#GGAA Kim: EADG A SECTION (VERSE) 00:00-01:02 The main vocal sections feature Thurston and Lee playing almost the same chords. I haven't shown the strumming patterns but it should be obvious - the bass notes are timed with the chord changes. Thurston: A---4-----------0-------------------------4---------- A---4-----------0-------------------------4---------- G---6-----------6-------------------------6---------- Thurston uses his thumb for the 5th fret, G---6-----------6-------------------------6---------- you can throw in open strings as you please... F#--0-----------0------------5------------0---------- F#--0-----------0------------5------------0---------- Lee: A---4-----------0-------------------------4---------- A---4-----------0-------------------------4---------- G---6-----------2-------------------------6-----18--- Likewise, Lee can add open strings to the 5th fret G---6-----------2-------------------------6-----18--- F#--0-----------0------------5------------0------0--- F#--0-----------0------------5------------0------0--- Kim: G----------------------------------------------------------- D---------------7--9--7--9----------------7--9--7\9-9\11-11- intro A--5--7--5--7----------------7--5--7--5--------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------- Kim actually changes her riff after the intro, she inverts the first two notes for the rest of the song: G----------------------------------------------------------- D---------------7--9--7--9----------------7--9--7\9-9\11-11- verse A--7--5--7--5----------------7--5--7--5--------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------- B SECTION 01:02-01:40 The song changes tone when Thurston sings "Find it in a girl". Kim drops to a low F#: G------------------ D------------------ A------------------ E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- etc Thurston begins by playing just the low F# strings while Kim and Steve build tension. Then he comes in with a chord progression: A----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-- A----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-- G----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-- x 4 G----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-- F#----------------------------------------------------------- F#----------------------------------------------------------- Lee turns on distortion and hits the low F# strings, then shakes some feedback from his guitar along with pick scrapes etc over the first two repetitions of Thurston's above progression, then comes in with some notes. It's harder to distinguish what he's playing on the album so I used his lead from the 10/21/09 Berlin show as a reference: A-----12---12-10---9/7--7/5--5-4-----0-0-2-4-5\7-9-9--9-9-7--5-5/4-4-- A-----12---12-10---9/7--7/5--5-4-----0-0-2-4-5\7-9-9--9-9-7--5-5/4-4-- G--------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------- F#-------------------------------------------------------------------- F#-------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim moves up an octave when Thurston starts the above progression: G------------------------------ D------------------------------ A------------------------------ E--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-- etc B SECTION continued 01:40-01:55 Thurston changes to a different progression: A----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-- A----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-- G----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-- x 2 G----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee amps up the intensity with higher trem picked notes (still from Berlin): A----14--16--17---16--19-21--19--17-16-------14--16--17---16--19-21---21~~--21b~~~-- A----14--16--17---16--19-21--19--17-16-------14--16--17---16--19-21---21~~--21b~~~-- G-----/---/---/----/---/--/---/---/--/-------/---/---/----/---/--/---/---/--/------- G-----/---/---/----/---/--/---/---/--/-------/---/---/----/---/--/---/---/--/------- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim stays locked into F#: G--------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------- E--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-- etc A SECTION 01:55-02:41 Both guitarists begin playing the main verse progression again, with distortion, but Kim stays on the high F# note until Thurston starts singing again. G--------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------- E--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-- etc When Thurston starts singing, Kim plays her verse riff: G----------------------------------------------------------- D---------------7--9--7--9----------------7--9--7\9-9\11-11- A--7--5--7--5----------------7--5--7--5--------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------- Again, at "Coming out of a girl..." the last chord is dropped to a droning low F#. C SECTION 02:41-03:06 Thurston: A----2-2-2----0-0-0---- ----4---- A----2-2-2----0-0-0---- ----4---- G----4-4-4----2-2-2---- x 4 end on: ----6---- G----4-4-4----2-2-2---- ----6---- F#--------------------- ----0---- F#--------------------- ----0---- Lee established a lead during the outro that isn't on the album version, this is based on Berlin: A----0-4--5--7--4-------9--9-9\---4-------9-9--9-10-10--10-10\12----------7---5---4^5^4^5^4~-- A----0-4--5--7--4-------9--9-9\---4-------9-9--9-10-10--10-10\12----------7---5---4~~~~~~~~~-- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kim: G--------------- D--------------- A--------------- E--2-2-2-2-2-2-- etc last updated: 03/28/22 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------