WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Sonic Youth - The Wonder Tabs | Ver. 1
INTRO 00:00-00:13
The intro is just pick scr*ping, open strings ringing, behind the bridge tinkling, and switch flicking.
A SECTION 00:14-00:45
Thurston:
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-0-0---| he goes to the open strings on live versions
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-0-0---|
D|-------5------5----------------------| x 12
D|-------5------5----------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
Lee doubles Thurston in the right speaker, and does a slide backwards to open low G in the left.
G|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-------5------5--6---| x 12
C#|------6------6--7---| you can let the high or low Gs bleed in
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
C#|-----------| (left speaker)
G|---13/--0---|
G|---13/--0---|
B SECTION 00:46-00:51
Thurston:
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
Lee:
G|-------8----------------|
G|-------8----------------|
D|---------------0--------| listen for timing
C#|-----------------------|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
A SECTION 00:51-01:01
Both Thurston and Lee play the same riff, but only 4 times.
Thurston:
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D|-------5------5----------------------| x 12
D|-------5------5----------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
Lee:
G|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-------5------5--6---| x 12
C#|------6------6--7---| you can let the high or low Gs bleed in
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
C#|-----------| (left speaker)
G|---13/--0---|
G|---13/--0---|
B SECTION 01:02-01:07
Thurston:
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
Lee:
G|-------8----------------|
G|-------8----------------|
D|---------------0--------| listen for timing
C#|-----------------------|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
A SECTION 01:07-01:18
Thurston and Lee play riff 4 times, but they both slide the last note up an octave while picking
Thurston:
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D|-------5------5----------------------| x 12
D|-------5------5----------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
Lee:
G|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-------5------5--6---| x 12
C#|------6------6--7---| you can let the high or low Gs bleed in
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
C#|-----------|
G|---13/--0---|
G|---13/--0---|
B SECTION 01:18-01:24
Thurston:
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
Lee:
G|-------8----------------|
G|-------8----------------|
D|---------------0--------| listen for timing
C#|-----------------------|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
C SECTION 01:24-01:45
Thurston:
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8---| x 3
D|-------10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8---|
G|---0-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10--10-10-10-10----------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8---|
D|---10--10-10-10-10----------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8---|
G|--------------------8/10--10--10--10\7--7--7-------------------|
G|--------------------8/10--10--10--10\7--7--7-------------------|
Lee's left speaker guitar plays this:
G|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|---10-------------8-----------|
C#|--11-------------9-----------|
G|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
His right speaker just plays the chords:
G|----0------0----| high Gs optional
G|----0------0----|
D|---10------8----|
C#|--11------9----|
G|----0------0----|
G|----0------0----|
D SECTION 01:46-02:03
Thurston:
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8---|
D|---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13---|
D|---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13---|
D|---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It sounds like the open D# strings are bleeding in during this section.
Lee:
w/ slight palm mute + optional G string bleed
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---| x 2
C#|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|---17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|
C#|--18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18---| etc
G|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
C SECTION 02:03-02:11
Thurston:
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-10--------------------------8---8-8-8-8-8---|
D|---8---8-8-8-8-8-8-10--------------------------8---8-8-8-8-8---|
G|-------------------------8/10-10-10-10\7-7-7-------------------|
G|-------------------------8/10-10-10-10\7-7-7-------------------|
Lee:
G|-------------------------------------------|
G|--------7br~----------12br~---------7br~---|
D|---8------------10-------------8-----------|
C#|--9------------11-------------9-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D SECTION 02:11-02:44
Thurston:
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8---|
D|---3/5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5\3--3--3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8--8---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13---|
D|---8/10-10--10-10-10-10\8--8/10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13--13---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---15/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\15-15-15--15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17/19-19-19-19/20-20-20---|
D|---15/17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17\15-15-15--15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17/19-19-19-19/20-20-20---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------|
D#|-------------------------|
D|---20-20-20-21\20/21\20---|
D|---20-20-20-21\20/21\20---| trem pick + bend this part wildly
G|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13---| etc
D|---13--13--13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13--13-13-13--13--13---|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| bend the strings a bit
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lee goes straight for the higher note this time, then starts adding even higher notes on the G string,
trem picking furiously:
G|---------| |---19---20---|
G|---------| |---19---20---| etc
D|----17---| |----/----/---|
C#|---18---| |----/----/---|
G|---------| |-------------|
G|---------| |-------------|
Then he goes back to the first note until the next section.
E SECTION 02:44-03:17
Thurston plays all of this with a fast, semi trem-picked attack:
D#|-------------------------|
D#|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------| x 8
D|--------------------------|
G|---17-17--17--15-15--19---|
G|---17-17--17--15-15--19---|
D#|------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------|
D|--------19--17--19--20--19--17-------| x 4
D|--------19--17--19--20--19--17-------|
G|---17---------------------------19---|
G|---17---------------------------19---|
D#|-------19--17--19--20--19--17-------|
D#|-------19--17--19--20--19--17-------|
D|--------19--17--19--20--19--17-------| x 4
D|--------19--17--19--20--19--17-------|
G|---17---------------------------19---|
G|---17---------------------------19---|
Lee:
G|-----21-----20\----| trem pick w/ slow slide back
G|-----21-----20\----|
D|------/------/-----| this is the main riff heard in the right speaker,
C#|-----/------/-----| there is a quieter, similar but more random riff in the left
G|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
Repeat variations of trem picking very high notes.
F SECTION 03:17-03:28
Thurston:
D#|------x-5---0---|
D#|------x-5---0---|
D|-------x-5---0---| x 4
D|---0---x-5---0---|
G|---0-------------|
G|---0-------------|
Lee:
G|---------|
G|---------|
D|----17---| he trem picks this note continuing into the next section
C#|---18---|
G|-----/---|
G|-----/---|
A SECTION 03:28-03:59
Lee and Thurston play the same riff 12 times, sliding the last note up.
Thurston:
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D#|----------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
D|-------5------5----------------------| x 12
D|-------5------5----------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
G|---0-0----0-0------------------------|
Lee:
G|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-------5------5--6---| x 12
C#|------6------6--7---| you can let the high or low Gs bleed in
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|---0-0----0-0--------|
G|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
C#|-----------| (left speaker)
G|---13/--0---|
G|---13/--0---|
B SECTION 04:00-04:16
The final chorus is played slower, and the final chord segues into "Hyperstation" via
Thurston raking 12th fret harmonics from high to low.
Thurston:
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D#|--------0-----------0-----------0-------------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
D|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
G|---5-----------5-----------3-----------3---2---|
Lee:
G|-------8----------------|
G|-------8----------------|
D|---------------0--------| listen for timing
C#|-----------------------|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
G|---5--------3-------2---|
