• Song:

    Junkie's Promies

  • Artist:

    Sonic Youth

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

Sonic Youth - Junkie's Promise

TUNINGS:

Thurston: DADABB (maybe... it works)
Lee: ADDAAD
Kim: CGGDDD

THURSTON:

verse:

B--------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--
B--------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--
A--------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--
D--7-7-5-7-10-9-7-5-7-7-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
A--7-7-5-7-10-9-7-5-7-7-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
D--7-7-5-7-10-9-7-5-7-7-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--

chorus:

B--0------0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
B--0------0--0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-- bend these strings up
A--2------2--2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-- bend these strings up
D--2--2-2-2--2-2--------------
A--2--2-2-2--2-2--------------
D--2--2-2-2--2-2--------------

first instrumental:

B------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
D--7-------7-7-7-5------7-------7-7-7-5------10----10-10-10-7------
A--7-------7-7-7-5------7-------7-7-7-5------10----10-10-10-7------
D--7-------7-7-7-5------7-------7-7-7-5------10----10-10-10-7------

B------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
D--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
A--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
D--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--

repeat chorus

hang on A chord after chorus.

then for the next riff, hit the low D at the start of each bar and just
do random skronk noise up high on the strings.

then, his solo:

B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----21-21-21-21-21-21-20-20-20-17--17-17-17-15-15-15-1517-17-17-12-12-12-13--
D--0---------------------------------------------------------------------------

play twice, then just do more random skronk rock til the end.

KIM:

verse:

D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-23--3-3-3--
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-23--3-3-3--
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-23--3-3-3--
G----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------------------------

chorus:

D---------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
D---------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
D---------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
G--4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------
G--4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------
C------------------------------------

repeat verse/chorus

PLAY VERSE RIFF FOR FIRST INSTRUMENTAL

repeat chorus

instrumental:

D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-- etc
G-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
C-------------------------------

then she throws on an octave effect that dirties everything up.

when thurston does his solo she just goes wild, still with the
octave effect on, just sliding and skronking about... continue
til end.
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