• Song:

    Schizophrenia

  • Artist:

    Sonic Youth

  • Album:

    Schizophrenia

tuning
low to high
F#F#GGAA

(these are just the chords, strumming not shown)
  guitar 1  |  guitar 2
 (Thurston) |   (Lee)
A---(b9)0-5-0-|--(b9)-7-5-0-|
A---(b9)0-5-0-|--(b9)-7-5-0-|
G---0-(b9)0-7-|--11-(b9)7-2-|
G---0-(b9)0-7-|--11-(b9)7-2-|
F#--------0-|---------0-|
F#--------0-|---------0-|

the Bridge:
(strumming not shown) (with dist.)
A---0/0-|
A---0/0-|
G---6/7-|
G---6/7-|
F#--0/0-|
F#--0/0-|

all harmonic(a)s
  guitar 1
 (Thurston)
A---------------12-12---------------7-7----------------------|
A---------------12-12---------------7-7----------------------|
G---------12-12-------12-12-----7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
G---------12-12-------12-12-----7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
F#--12-12-------------------7-7------------------------------|
F#--12-12-------------------7-7------------------------------|

  guitar 2
   (Lee)
(still harmonics)
A---12-12-7-7-----|------(b9)(b9)10-(b9)----12-12B------17------17-14-12-----14-12-|
A---12-12-7-7-----|------(b9)(b9)10-(b9)----12-12B------17------17-14-12-----14-12-|
G-----------------|--sl2----------SL6--------SL11----11-(b9)---------(b9)7-------|
G-----------------|--sl2----------SL6--------SL11----11-(b9)---------(b9)7-------|
F#----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|

I ran out of room but at the end of the solo Lee plays XX7777 harmonic and
bends it with a trem bar, or by pulling on the neck.

here is where my notation gets weird.

guitar 1 (again strumming not shown)
     FIG 1      FIG 2
A---0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
A---0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
G---14-12-11-|--21-1(b9)18-|
G---14-12-11-|--21-1(b9)18-|
F#--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
F#--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|

guitar 2 plays 002200 with fig 1. and 000000 with fig 2. it sounds bad
when i play it too, but guitar 2 is way down in the mix and i promise that
is what they play.

guitar 2
with FIG 1 (repeat)     repeat
A---17-17-17-16-1(b9)|-[-1(b9)1(b9)1(b9)1(b9)17-16-17-16-]--16-16-16-16-17-16-17-16-x\-|
A---17-17-17-16-1(b9)|-[-1(b9)1(b9)1(b9)1(b9)17-16-17-16-]--16-16-16-16-17-16-17-16-x\-|
G------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|

trem pick the last slide down.

guitar 1 plays 006600
while guitar 2 plays 886600 then 776600.

guitar 2 continues as above
while guitar 1 repeats:
A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G---3-3-3-2-3-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|
G---3-3-3-2-3-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|
F#------------------------------|
F#------------------------------|

it ends with Lee dropping the trem bar on 776600 with the top 4 somewhat
muted.
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