• Song:

    Daphnia

  • Artist:

    Yo La Tengo

  • Album:

    I Am Not Afraid Of Yo...

Artist: Yo La Tengo
Album: I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
(Release Date: September 12, 2006)
Song: Daphnia

A pretty calm instrumental off of I Am Not Afraid of You.... Not exactly my favorite YLT 
song, but why not tab it anyway?

Tuning: Standard

The first six minutes of the song go like this:

|e-------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------|
|D---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|A-------------------------------------|
|E-------------------------------------|

Then, at about 6:08 and until about 6:48, the following melody is played:

|e----------------------------------------------------|
|B---------1-1----------1-1---------1-1---------1-1---|
|G---0---2-------0----2-------0---0-------0---0-------|
|D-----3-----------3------------3-----------3---------|
|A----------------------------------------------------|
|E----------------------------------------------------|

The only small variation of the previous riff occurs at about 6:38, when only one note 
is different (for one bar):

|e---------------|
|B---------1-----|
|G---0---2---2---|
|D-----3---------|
|A---------------|
|E---------------|

From 6:48 to the rest of the song, the following combination of riffs is played:

|e---------5-5---------5-5---------3-3---------3-3------------------------|  With this melody:
|B-------3-----------3-----------1-----------1-------|  1st time: repeat--| 2x
|G---0-2---------0-2---------0-2---------0-2---------|  2nd time: repeat--| 3x
|D---------------------------------------------------|  3rd time: repeat--| 2x
|A---------------------------------------------------|  4th time: repeat--| 1x
|E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|e---------1-1---------1-1---------------------------|
|B-------3-----------3-----------1-3-3-------1-3-3---|
|G---0-2---------0-2---------0-2---------0-2---------|
|D---------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------------------------------------------|
|E---------------------------------------------------|

And there you have it! If you spot any corrections, don't hesitate to comment.
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