Artist: Unwound
Song: "Sonata for Loudspeakers"
Album: Challenge for a Civilized Society (1998)
Tuning: D A D G A D (low-to-high)
Fades in with backwards tape loop
Guitars I & II (Justin Trosper multi-tracked)
Part I:
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-----------------------4--------4-|
G|-------------2-----------------------2--------2-|
D|------------(4)---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----------------------4----------------|
+
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------2-----------------------2----------|
G|-------------2-----------------------2----------|
D|------------(2)---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----------------------2----------------|
+
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------3-----------------------3--------3-|
G|-------------2-----------------------2--------2-|
D|------------------(3)---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-----3-----------------------3----------------|
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d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------4-----------------------4--------4-|
G|-------------2-----------------------2--------2-|
D|------------(4)---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----4-----------------------4----------------|
Guitar I
Part II:
d|-9-----9--9--9-----9--9-----9--9-----9--9--9--9-|
A|-11----11-11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11-11-11|
G|-9-----9--9--9-----9--9-----9--9-----9--9--9--9-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
+
d|-12----12-12-12----12-12----12-12----12-12-12-12|
A|-10----10-10-10----10-10----10-10----10-10-10-10|
G|-9-----9--9--9-----9--9-----9--9-----9--9--9--9-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
+
d|-11----11-11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11-11-11|
A|-11----11-11-11----11-11----11-11----11-11-11-11|
G|-9-----9--9--9-----9--9-----9--9-----9--9--9--9-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
+
d|-9-----9--9--9-----9--9-----9--9-----9--9--9--9-|
A|-10----10-10-10----10-10----10-10----10-10-10-10|
G|-9-----9--9--9-----9--9-----9--9-----9--9--9--9-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
Guitar II
Part II: * Play this over entire other guitar part
and improvise variant during second pass
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-|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
+
* Builds in intensity on 3rd measure to become like this
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-|
G|-2-----2--2--2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2--2--2-|
D|-0-----0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
Guitars I & II
Part III: * with phase shifter effect
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------0----------------------------|
G|------------------(0)---------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------/9---7---9--|
D|-4-----------4----------------------------------|
+
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------0----------------------------|
G|-------------------0----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|/10----------10----------------------12\--------|
D|-10----------10---------------------(10)--------|
+
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----------------0----------------------------|
G|-0-----------------0----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-------10-10-10-9----------------(2)-(0)-(2)-|
D|-9--------9--9--9--9-----------------2---0---2--|
Guitar I
Part I (alternate):
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------4-----------------4-------------|
G|----------------2-----------------2-------------|
D|---------------(4)---------------(4)------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------4-------------------|
+
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------2-----------------2-------------|
G|----------------2-----------------2-------------|
D|---------------(2)---------------(2)------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------2-------------------|
+
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------3-----------------3-------------|
G|----------------2-----------------2-------------|
D|---------------(3)---------------(3)------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-3--------------------------3-------------------|
+
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------4-----------------4-------------|
G|----------------2-----------------2-------------|
D|---------------(4)---------------(4)------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------4-------------------|
Guitar I
Part I (outro):
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------4----------------------------|
G|-------------------2----------------------------|
D|------------------(4)---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4----------------------------------------------|
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* Halfway through it switches to the following
d|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------2----------------------------|
G|-------------------0----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4----------------------------------------------|
Song Structure:
Part I x 3
Part II x 3
Part III x 4
Guitar I-Part I(alternate), Guitar II-Part I x 3
Part II x 3
Part III x 6
Part I (outro) x 13
That's it. Please leave any comments, questions, or requests. Cheers!
-Bennyshambles78-
