Sonic Youth - Swimsuit Issue tUnInG: - tM: EGDGED - lR: EEBBEF# lR: first wild chord: lR: 12-12-12-12-X-X tM: X-9-9-9-X-X verse: F#|---------------- E |---------------- B |-11-11-11-11-11- B |-11-11-11-11-11- E |-12-12-12-12-12-etc... E |-12-12-12-12-12- chorus: F#-5*--12-----15-b17-15-12--5*--12------------------- E--5*--12-------------------5*--12-----15-b18-15-b18- B--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0---------------- B--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0---------------- E--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0---------------- E--5*--12--0----------------5*--12--0---------------- slow part at the end: F#|---------------------------------- E |---------------------------------- B |-3----------------------0-0-0-0-0- B |-3 strum ---------------0-0-0-0-0- E |-3 occasionally, then: -0-0-0-0-0- etc... E |-3----------------------0-0-0-0-0- tM: verse: chorus: D|---------------------------|-12*-------------------------------12*------- E|-0-----0-------0-----0-----|-12*--------i'm not ---------------12*-------17 bend it G|-3-----3-----5-3-----3-----|-12*--12----sure ------------7-h9--12*--12--- then repeat D|-2-x8 -2-x8 -5-2-x8 -2-x8 -|-12*--12----but i ------5-h7-------12*--12--- once... G|-3-----3-----5-3-----3-----|------12----think it's: ----------------12--- E|-0-----0-------0-----0-----|---------0---------------------------------0- slow part: D|------------------------------------------ E|------------------------------------------ G|----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9------- D|----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9------- G|----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9------- E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-etc...-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-etc... Oh, my God! Now I know why nobody have bothered to tab this song!!! I was given a really, really hard time tabbing this and I know it's not correct... But at least I gave it my best shot! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KIM'S PART in EGDGED INTRO thrash this: D------------------- E------------------- G------------------- D------------------- G--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-- E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-- etc VERSE (enter after a few bars of thurston's riff) D--------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------- G--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-1215-15-15-- E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-1215-15-15-- throw in notes on D string too if you want CHORUS: D----------------- E----------------- G----------------- D----------------- G----------------- E---12b---3b---0-- slide up OUTRO: D---------------------- E---------------------- G---------------------- D---------------------- i'd probably use an octave effect here... G--0--X-X--0--X-X--0--- E--0--X-X--0--X-X--0--- repeat last updated: 4/10/02