WAIST by Sonic youth Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) TUNINGS ------- Thurston: F#F#F#F#EB Lee: F#F#F#F#EB LAYOUT: A - B - C - D - A A SECTION 00:03-01:08 All mutes are random chunky muted strings/harmonics. Thurston: B------X-X-X-X-X-X-X-5------------- E------X-X-X-X-X-X-X-5------------- he plays it slightly different each time F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3--3-3-0--- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3--3-3-0--- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3--3-3-0--- x 22 F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3---------- Lee: B------X-X-X-X-X-X-X----------- E------X-X-X-X-X-X-X----------- F#-----X-X-X-X-X-X-X----------- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--3--3-3--- x 22 F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--3--3-3--- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X--3--3-3--- B SECTION 01:09-01:23 I didn't specifically count out exactly how many times each chord is played for this part. Thurston: B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-12-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-12-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-12-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-12-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- Lee plays: B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-12-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-12-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- F#--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-12-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- C SECTION 01:24-01:47 Thurston: B---21--21-21-21-19-19-19-19^21--21-21-21\22-22-22--21-21-21-21-21-19-19-19-19\17-17-17-17/14--- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---14-14-14--14-14-14-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-15\17-17-17-17\19-19-19-19\21--- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---21-21-21b-21-21-21-21-21-21-21r-- bend and hold the 21st fret, then return E-------------------21-21-21-21-21--- instead of the 21st fret on the E string, you can add F#----------------------------------- the 19th fret of the F# string F#----------------------------------- F#----------------------------------- x 8 (slide into next section) F#----------------------------------- Lee plays: B---21~~-- E--------- play this chord 16 times with extreme finger vibrato F#--19~~-- F#-------- F#--19~~-- F#-------- B-------- E---16--- bend the 16th fret up and down while attacking this chord F#--14--- F#--14--- F#--14--- F#------- D SECTION 01:47-01:59 Thurston: B------------------------- E------------------------- F#------------------------ F#--2---7-9---9-10--5-3--- x 4 F#--2---7-9---9-10--5-3--- F#--2---7-9---9-10--5-3--- Lee plays: B------------------------- E------------------------- F#------------------------ F#------------------------ x 4 F#--2---7-9---9-10--5-3--- F#--2---7-9---9-10--5-3--- A SECTION 01:59-02:49 Thurston doesn't play during the last verse, then plays basically the same riff for the outro, but cleaner with more of a pronounced lift off between the 3rd and 2nd frets: B------X-X-X-X-X-X-X-5------------- E------X-X-X-X-X-X-X-5------------- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3--3-3-0--- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3--3-3-0--- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3--3-3-0--- F#--2--X-X-X-X-X-X-X----3---------- Lee plays a more subdued, sparse version of his verse riff for the last verse, mostly without the muted harmonics, but accents it by sliding up to squealing skronk chords like this: B----22--- E----21--- F#---20--- it's not the same chord every time, but random enough not to tab out F#---19--- F#-------- F#-------- Last updated: 10/22/22 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------