Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket Chords & Tabs

SILVER ROCKET

  tabbed by DoublDwn11@aol.com

Thurston's tuning: ACCGG#C
Lee's tuning: AAEEAA

T's part:

 Intro:

C---------------9----------------------------5------------|
G#-------9---------9-----------------5-----------5--------|
G------9-----9--------9----------5--------5----------5----|
C---9------------------------5----------------------------|
C---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus riff:

C-------------------------------------------------------|
G#------------------------------------------------------|
G---0----0---0---0---0---0---0-----3---3----3--3--3-----|
C---0----0---0---0---0---0---0-----3---3----3--3--3-----|
C---0----0---0---0---0---0---0-----3---3----3--3--3-----|
A-------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff:

C--9---9---9---9----5----5--5---5--5---5--5------|
G#-9---9---9---9----5----5--5---5--5---5--5------|
G--9---9---9---9----5----5--5---5--5---5--5------|
C--9---9---9---9----5----5--5---5--5---5--5------|
C--9---9---9---9----5----5--5---5--5---5--5------|
A------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/silver_rocket_tab_ver_2.html ]
when the band comes out of the noise jam, repeat the intro at a faster
speed...

Lee's part:

for the intro, Lee just plays a 12th fret harmonic on the E strings

Chorus riff:

A---3---3---3---3----3----------6---6---6---6---6-----3--3---3--3-------6---6---6---6--6-|
A---3---3---3---3----3----------6---6---6---6---6-----3--3---3--3-------6---6---6---6--6-|
E---3---3---3---3----3----------6---6---6---6---6-----3--3---3--3-------6---6---6---6--6-|
E---3---3---3---3----3----0-----6---6---6---6---6-----3--3---3--3---0---6---6---6---6--6-|
A---3---3---3---3----3----0-----6---6---6---6---6-----3--3---3--3---0---6---6---6---6--6-|
A---3---3---3---3----3----0-----6---6---6---6---6-----3--3---3--3---0---0---0---0---0--0-|

Verse Riff:

A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---19--19--19---17----13--15--15--15--13--15--13------19--19--19---17---13--15--15--15--|
E---19--19--19---17----13--15--15--15--13--15--13------19--19--19---17---13--15--15--15--|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|