YOUTH AGAINST FASCISM by Sonic Youth Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca) w/ thanx to FDSwayze + Larsen! TUNINGS ------- Thurston: ACCGG#C (right) Lee: AAEEAA (left) Ian Mackaye: ??? (everywhere) LAYOUT: A - B - C - D A SECTION 00:00-01:40 Thurston enters when Kim hits the A note. He is running a slide (or drumstick) high up the fretboard and just picking away. The album is probably a slide, but he switched to a drumstick for the Dirty tour. Lee uses a slide to fret some of the chords and his fingers for some of the finer notes. The slide is also used for screeching skronk noise between chords, over the pickups. Like Thurston, he enters on the A note. This is a rough transcription, but it's not necessary to recreate his part exactly. During some live versions, he switched to using a drumstick instead of a slide. A---0-----\0---- A---0-----\0---- E---0-----\0---- E---0-----\0---- A---0-----\0---- A---0-----\0---- A--(0)------0\5-3\5--5-5-3-5--3~~--\5--\7--\12~~~~-- slide noise up over pickups A--(0)------0\5-3\5--5-5-3-5--3~~--\5--\7--\12~~~~-- E--(0)------0\5-3\5--5-5-3-5--3~~----------\12~~~~-- E--(0)------0\5-3\5--5-5-3-5--3~~----------\12~~~~-- A--(0)------------------------3~~----------\12~~~~-- A--(0)------------------------3~~------------0------ A---10~~----\5~~~---\12---5--3--0-----12br-12^10-10^12~~---12-12-10-12--- A---10~~----\5~~~---\12---5--3--0-----12br-12^10-10^12~~---12-12-10-12--- E---10~~----\5~~~---\12-------------------------------------------------- E---10~~----\5~~~-------------------------------------------------------- A---10~~----\5~~~-------------------------------------------------------- A---10~~----\5~~~-------------------------------------------------------- A---10br----------------------------------------------------------0--------------------------------------- A---10br----------------------------------------------------------0----12-12--12-12-14b-14-14b-12-12-12--- E-----------------------------------------------------------------0--------------------------------------- E----------8-10-\12/10---8^10\12/10^8----8-10--10-10-8---8-8-10/--0--------------------------------------- A-----------------------------------------------------------------0--------------------------------------- A-----------------------------------------------------------------0--------------------------------------- A---10----12-12-10--------------------------------------------*12*------------------------12-12-12--- A---10----12-12-10--------------------------------------------*12*---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--- E---------------------10^12-12-12--10-12--12br-10---10b~~~r~----------------------------------------- E---------------------10^12-12-12--10-12--12br-10---10b~~~r~----------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A---10~~\12----20b---b20r-----3------5b-r5-3-5br-3--0---- A--------------19b---b19r-----3------5b-r5-3-5br-3--0---- big slide noise up fretboard til break E-----------------------------3-------------------------- E-----------------------------3-------------------------- A-----------------------------3-------------------------- A-----------------------------3-------------------------- Ian's guitar first fades in at 1:03 in the right speaker. It can be heard slightly at 1:17 too. B SECTION 01:40-01:56 Thurston's guitar drops out during this section. Lee stays silent during this part, but during live versions he would come in with a feedback swell at the very end. He likely drops his stick or slide to play the end of the song with just his hands. Ian's guitar fades in at 1:49, panned back and forth. C SECTION 01:56-03:03 Thurston plays these chords with big distortion, listen for timing: C---------------------------------------------- G#--------------------------------------------- G---7--------2---------0-----(15-15-15-15-12)-- i think that little run is him, he doesn't do it live C---7--------2---------0----------------------- C---7--------2---------0----------------------- A---5------------------------------------------ C----------------------7b--- G#---------------------7b--- G---7-9-X-X-9--X-X-7-9-7b--- x 2 C---7-9-X-X-9--X-X-7-9------ C---7-9-X-X-9--X-X-7-9------ A---0-0--------------------- Lee plays these chords with big distortion, listen for timing: A---10------5------3------0------ A---10------5------3------0------ E---10------5------3------0------ you can "freak out" on the open chord E---10------5------3------0------ A---10------5------3------0------ A---10------5------3------0------ Ian: Ian's guitar fades back in around 2:10 and then again at 2:17. At this point his guitar starts moving between speakers, making waves of feedback. Sometimes it really blends into what the band is doing, sometimes it sticks out of the mix. D SECTION 03:03-03:36 Thurston: C----------------------7b--- G#---------------------7b--- G---7-9-X-X-9--X-X-7-9-7b--- x 10 C---7-9-X-X-9--X-X-7-9------ C---7-9-X-X-9--X-X-7-9------ A---0-0--------------------- The album has a sudden stop mid riff, live versions end on: C------- G#------ G---7--- C---7--- C---7--- A---5--- Lee has an overdub that comes in around 2:58, playing around the 10-12th fret on the high A string. I've tabbed a bit but he basically just keeps going on the same motif, getting more frantic til the end. His main guitar continues playing the chords, also getting more frantic, holding the open A chord while making heavy slide noise up over the pick ups and high frets. A---12b-b12r-10-12~~~---10-10-12-12-12-12-10-10~~~10-10-10^12-10-12-12-10-12b--r12-10-12~~--- A---12b-b12r-10-12~~~---10-10-12-12-12-12-10-10~~~10-10-10^12-10-12-12-10-12b--r12-10-12~~--- E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A live version would end on: A---10--- A---10--- E---10--- E---10--- A---10--- A---10--- Around 3:10 Ian starts doing a consistent see-saw feedback/whammy type thing til the end. Last updated: 04/22/24 ------------------------------------------------ THE SONIC YOUTH GUITAR/BASS TABLATURE ARCHIVE: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html ------------------------------------------------