• Song:

    A Worrying Thing

  • Artist:

    Yo La Tengo

Artist: Yo La Tengo
Album: Painful (release date: October 5, 1993)
Song: A Worrying Thing

A great little acoustic song, one of my favorites from Painful. It's a song for which 
you need two guitars, one of which plays a few similar riffs throughout the whole song, 
and the other plays a bunch of other small riffs.

Guitar 1 Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Guitar 2 Tuning: DADGBe

Guitar 1 Intro:

|e-------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------|
|D-----4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|  x2
|A---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|
|E-------------------------------|

Guitar 1:

|e---------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------|
|G---------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---|  x4
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0-----|
|E---------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------|
|B-------------------|
|G-------------------|
|D-------------------|  x4
|A---------------0---|
|D---0-0---0-0-------|

Verse 1:

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------|
|D-----4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|
|A---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|
|E-------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------|
|B-------------------|
|G-------------------|
|D-------------------|
|A---------------0---|
|D---0-0---0-0-------|

     Will you ever say,
     What I feel you're dying to say?

Guitar 1:

|e---------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------|
|G---------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---|  x2
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0-----|
|E---------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------0-------------2-------------0---|
|D---5---------------------------------------------|

     And I don't mind if I don't think about it

Guitar 1:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|
|E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------0---------------------------0---------------|
|D---0-0---0-0-------------------0-0---0-0-------------------|

Verse 2:

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------|
|D-----4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|
|A---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|
|E-------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------|
|B-------------------|
|G-------------------|
|D-------------------|
|A---------------0---|
|D---0-0---0-0-------|

     Another sleepless night,
     Reading by the only light

Guitar 1:

|e---------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------|
|G---------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---|  x2
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0-----|
|E---------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------0-------------2-------------0---|
|D---5---------------------------------------------|

     And I don't mind if I don't think about it

Guitar 1:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|
|E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------0---------------------------0---------------|
|D---0-0---0-0-------------------0-0---0-0-------------------|

Chorus 1:

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0---------0---0---|
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-0-------0-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------0-----------------------------|
|D---5---------------------------------------------------------|

     What scares me most

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------|
|A---2---------------------------0-----------------------------|
|D---------------------------------------------5---------------|

     I'll keep from you, if you want me to, I'll keep from you

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------0---------------------------0---------------|
|D---0-0---0-0-------------------0-0---0-0-------------------|

Now comes the little interlude played by Guitar 2:

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0---------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------2-------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------4-------------2-------0---2---|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0---------0---0---|
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-0-------0-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0---------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------2-------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------4-------------2-------0---2---|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0---------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------2-------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------4-------------2-------0---2---|
|A-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D---0---------------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------4-------------2-------------0---------0-----|
|D---------------------------------------------------------0---|

Guitar 1:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|
|E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2: (silent)

Verse 3:

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------|
|D-----4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|
|A---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------|
|B-------------------|
|G-------------------|
|D-------------------|
|A---------------0---|
|D---0-0---0-0-------|
|E-------------------|

     Does it make sense to you,
     Getting old, living life like you do?

Guitar 1:

|e---------------------------------|
|B---------------------------------|
|G---------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---|  x2
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0-----|
|E---------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------|
|A-----------------0-------------2-------------4---|
|D---5---------------------------------------------|

     And I don't mind if I don't think about it

Guitar 1:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0---4-4-----4---2-2-----2-----|
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---|
|E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------0---------------------------0---------------|
|D---0-0---0-0-------------------0-0---0-0-------------------|

Chorus 2:

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------|
|A-------------------------------0-----------------------------|
|D---5---------------------------------------------------------|

     Let's go far away

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------------------------------------|
|A---2---------------------------0-----------------------------|
|D---------------------------------------------5---------------|

     Let's leave today, if you want us to, we'll leave today

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|D-------0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0---------0---0---|
|A---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-0-------0---0-0-------0-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------0---------------------------0---------------|
|D---0-0---0-0-------------------0-0---0-0-------------------|

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------0---------------------------0---------------|
|D---0-0---0-0-------------------0-0---0-0-------------------|

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e-----------------------------------------------------------|
|B-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------------------------------------------------|
|D-----------------------------------------------------------|
|A---------------0---------------------------0---------------|
|D---0-0---0-0-------------------0-0---0-0-------------------|

     Will you ever say...?

Guitar 1:

|e-------------------------------------------------------------|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------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-----|
|E-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2:

|e---------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0-----------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----------------2---------------------------------------------|
|D-------------------------------4-------------2-------0---2-0---|
|A---------------------------------------------------------------|
|D---------------------------------------------------------------|

There you have it! Leave comments or corrections if need be.
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