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STONES - Sonic Youth
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Tabbed by: SonicYouthRules (that's my nick!)
Email: chapman_li@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Great, great song. I know they probably (read 'definitely') do not play this
in Standard tuning but this is perfectly playable in Standard and I think
this is is a good tab of it. If you like, plz give me a rating as this took
me quite a long time to figure out!
Timings are approx - as always, listen to the record
INTRO
[Part1]
e|------------------8-8-8-10-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------6-8-----------11--------------------------------------------|
G|----0-0-0-0-------------------8~---8-10----------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Part2]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8------------------------------------8---------------------------------|
G|----7~---7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5-5/7-8~--8-10----7-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x2, then go back to Part 1
then play Part 2 twice and onto Part 3....
[Part3]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------/6-6-3---------3-3-----------------3-----------------------|
G|----/7-7-7-3~--------0-7-0-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-5-------------------------|
D|--5--------------------------------5---5---5-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x4
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/stones_tab.html ]
[Part4] (1:29)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0~---7-7-7~-7-7-7---3-3~-3-3--5~-5--7~-7-7-----------------------------|
D|--5~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------8~-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5/7-7-7-7-7-5------5/7-7-7-7-7-5---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------7~------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
this riff is played throughout the song at various stages
CHORUS ("Dead or alive.....etc")
chords:- Bb - C
Bb - A - G
Verse 2 - Play Riff 1
Riff 2 (4:16)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--/7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
this Riff is played over and over...
Then INTRO[Part3] is played FOUR times(5:16)
Then play entire INTRO until fade
also...
Riff 3 (6:25)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------5-7~---------------------------------------|
D|--8-5-8-5-8-5~---8-5-8-5-8-5-8--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
That's it!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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