• Song:

    Screaming Skull

  • Artist:

    Sonic Youth

  • Album:

    Expermental Jet Set

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SCREAMING SKULL

> >VERSE: theres just that one chord, C5, then rake in rhythm as kim says
> >the werds. by C5 i mean the root note on the E string (8th fret) plus
> >the fifth on the A string (10th fret) and possibly the octave on the D
> >string (10th fret) if yr not too lazy. by rake i mean release the action
> >a little so that the strings are muted, then strum up and down. with the
> >right distortion this will sound like the album.
>
> >     C5 (x355xx@1) rake rake rake
> >             society
>
> >     C5 (x355xx@1) rake rake rake
> >             screaming skull         etc.
>
>
> >CHORUS: same idea, but with A#5 and G#5, alternately.
>
> >     A#5  rake rake rake
> >             i'll go there
>
> >     G#5  rake rake rake
> >             but i don't care
>
> >     A#5  rake rake rake
> >             i'll go there
>
> >     G#5  rake rake rake
> >             it's just to stare      etc.
>
>
> >             C5 (x355xx@1) rake rake rake rake A#5 (x133xx@1)name="chord_x133xx@1">A#5 A#5 (x133xx@1)    (do that once)
> >       pat smear
>
>
> >SOLO: im so off on this. it really may be two guitars playing off each
> >other by a fifth. dunno. the bass plays the verse/chorus structure through.
>

> >     -----------------------|----------------------|
> >     -----------------------|----------------------|    (do this
> >     ----------8-10-8-10/12-|----------8-10-8------|     twice.)
> >     -10-10-10--------------|-10-10-10--------10-8-|
> >     -----------------------|----------------------|
> >     -----------------------|----------------------|
>
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|
> >     ----------11-13-11-13/15-|----------11-13-11-------|   (do this
> >     -12-12-12--8-10--8-10/12-|-12-12-12--8-10--8-12-10-|    twice.)
> >     -10-10-10----------------|-10-10-10----------10--8-|
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|
>
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|
> >     -------------------------|--------r----r----r------|   (do this
> >     -10----10-10-12----12----|--8-----a----a----a------|    twice.)
> >     --8-----8--8-10----10----|--6-----k----k----k------|
> >     -------------------------|--------e----e----e------|
> >     -------------------------|-------------------------|
>
>
> >thats all. anyone who can come up with a tuning that would facilitate this
> >fifthed part of the solo, eg. by putting the fifth in the same fret rather
> >than in the second or third (yeah, those high strings are a pain in the
> >ass), please post.
>
> >have phun
>
>
> >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> >:: WITH AN OUNCE OF PAIN ::         Scott T. Brown         ::
> >:: I WIELD A TON OF RAGE ::    Columbia University, NYC    ::
> >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>
>
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