Cherry Chapstick, by Yo La Tengo From "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out" Tabbed by Dan Ray (http://danray.org/) Electric version, std tuning. If I were more confident in my tab, I'd say the LP version is tuned a little sharp. As it is, I'm willing to admit it might be my fault. This version sounds fine played along with their live recordings, though. I can tell from their live shows that this isn't how Ira or Georgia plays it, but I think it gets close to the sound of both their guitars playing at once. There's a lot of fuzzy dissonance, so don't be afraid to hit open strings if it sounds right. Intro Play this riff 6x, | varying the rhythm | a bit | Then this riff 2x e--0--0-0-00-00-0-0------000-0-00-00-0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-0--| B--2--2-2-22-22-2-0------222-2-22-22-2-5-777-7-77-77-7-7-7--| G--0--0-0-00-00-0-2------000-0-00-00-0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-9--| D--4--4-4-44-44-4-4------444-4-44-44-4-7-999-9-99-99-9-9-9--| A--0--0-0-00-00-0-0------000-0-00-00-0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-0--| E-----------------------------------------------------------| (If you have a second guitar, play the same thing higher up: G--9----9--9-9-9--9--9--9--0-| D--11---11-111111-1111--11-9-| etc.) Then, the main guitar riff / melody (slide the single notes, vibrato widely, and hit some open strings if you're playing by yourself) e--------------------------------------------------------00-000-00-00-| B--------------------------------------------------------00-000-00-00-| G--------------------------------------------------------00-000-00-00-| D--7---9-4----7---9-4----7---9-12-11-9-7-7---9-4-----4-2-00-000-44-44-| A--------------------------------------------------------22-222-00-00-| E---------------------------------------------------------------------| Not really sure about this part... I just thrash away Then a few verses, then the solo. You're on your own there, but you can play either this, or the "2x" part of the intro under it. From there, just put the parts in order. (I think the acoustic version, from the Today is the Day EP, might be in DAEAAe tuning. i.e., Drop the low E string to D. Raise the D string to E. Raise the G string to A. Drop the B string to A.)