UNKNOWN THEME
by Sonic Youth

Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

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

All instruments sound 1/2 step down from above tunings.


A SECTION				00:00-00:38

Thurston repeats a variation on the simple 5th to 7th to 12th fret harmonic riff. 

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

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

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

Play the full progression 3 times.

Lee strikes the open F# strings and then immediately turns on the tremolo. He lightly
taps the back of the neck and occasionally strikes the open F# and E strings.


B SECTION				00:38-01:37

Thurston plays a choppy version of the arpeggiated harmonic riff. It's not played
exactly, with a bit of sloppiness and open strings.

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

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

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

Play entire progression 4 times, then play just the 5th fret riff once.

Lee:

F#------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------19----19\20/19--17----------------19------------------17~~~--
E---17\\\19---------------------------17\\\19----------19//////17---------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

F#--------------------20~~20~~20~/19~~~-20~~20~/19~~~----------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------19~~---19//17-17--------
E---17\\\19~~~~~--------------------------------------17\\\19--------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------0---


A SECTION				01:38-01:58

Thurston plays the entire harmonic chord progression 2 times.

Lee plays the open F# strings with tremolo, and then the low E. At 1:52 you can hear the
middle B strings more clearly than usual.


B SECTION				01:58-02:41

Thurston plays the entire arpeggiated harmonic progression 3 times.

Lee:

F#-------------------------------------------------------------------
F#-------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------19----19\20/19--17----------------19-----19\20/19--17---
E---17\\\19---------------------------17\\\19------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------

F#---------------------------------------------\17~~~-17~~~17~~~17~~~---
F#---------------------------------------------\17~~~-17~~~17~~~17~~~---
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------19----19\20---------19-----19\20---------------------------
E---17\\\19--------------17\\\19----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------



Last updated: 12/31/23

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