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Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style Bass

(ver. 1)
Sonic Youth
"(1)
SONIC YOUTH - RADICAL ADULTS LICK GODHEAD STYLE

BASS TAB

Intro (x3):
1|-----------------|
2|*---------------*|
3|*5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5*|
4|-----------------|
   e e e e e e e e 

Verse:
(It's really hard to hear the bass here - according to the video of SY's 
 concert in Italy at ArezzoWave festival 2002 Kim seems to play this; probably
 this have some variations):

1|-----------------|-----------------|
2|*----------------|----------------*|
3|*----------------|----------------*|
4|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3/4/5-5-5-5-5-5-|
   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

Instrumental (all eight notes):
1|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
2|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
4|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|

1|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
2|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
4|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

1|-------------------------|-------------------------|
2|-------------------------|-------------------------|
3|-------------------------|-------------------------|
4|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

1|-------------------------|-------------------------|
2|-------------------------|-------------------------|
3|-------------------------|-------------------------|
4|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|

Then, when Thurston replays the intro riff:
1|----------------|
2|*--------------*|(x3)
3|*5-5-5--5-5-5--*|
4|----------------|
   e e q  e e q

Repeat Verse / Instrumental

Then (repeat a couple of times):
1|--------------------------|-------------------------|
2|*-------------------------|-------------------------|
3|*-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
4|--------------------------|-------------------------|
    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
1|-------------------------|-------------------------|
2|-------------------------|-------------------------|
3|-------------------------|-------------------------|
4|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e

Here Kim begins to improvise...

First she alternates between the following 2 figures for a while:
1|---------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------|
3|---------------------------------|
4|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

1|-----------------|
2|-----------------|
3|-----------------|
4|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Then she stays mostly on this:
1|-------------------------|
2|-------------------------|
3|-16TREMOLO PICKING-------|
4|-------------------------|

Sometimes she goes to:
1|-------------------|-------------------|
2|-------------------|-------------------|
3|-12TREMOLO PICKING-|-11TREMOLO PICKING-|
4|-------------------|-------------------|

Stay mostly on the trem picked high C# until end.
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