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.
