#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From [email protected] (KING INK) ~Subject: UPDATED SCHIZOPHRENIA TAB SONIC YOUTH ~Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 18:48:14 GMT >From: [email protected] (SONIC YOUTH) okay i'm going to tab two guitars, but in an unusual way so i hope you can figure it out. as always please send me comments, corrections, and "You're God" mail. (he he) SCHITZOPHRENIA by Sonic Youth tuning low to high F#F#GGAA (these are just the chords, strumming not shown) guitar 1 | guitar 2 (Thurston) | (Lee) A---9-0-5-0-|--9--7-5-0-| A---9-0-5-0-|--9--7-5-0-| G---0-9-0-7-|--11-9-7-2-| G---0-9-0-7-|--11-9-7-2-| 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-----|------9-9-10-9-----12-12B------17------17-14-12-----14-12-| A---12-12-7-7-----|------9-9-10-9-----12-12B------17------17-14-12-----14-12-| G-----------------|--sl2----------SL6--------SL11----11-9----------9-7-------| G-----------------|--sl2----------SL6--------SL11----11-9----------9-7-------| 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-|--21-19-18-| G---14-12-11-|--21-19-18-| 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---17-17-17-16-19-|-[-19-19-19-19-17-16-17-16-]--16-16-16-16-17-16-17-16-x\-| A---17-17-17-16-19-|-[-19-19-19-19-17-16-17-16-]--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.