Sonic Youth – Catholic Block (Guitar Tab)
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First of all, do not complain about the tuning, there's nothing I can do about it, we
all know Sonic Youth use (almost) always odd tunings for their songs. Anyway, here's how I
play this song with my mates.
The used tuning is:
A|-| (Standard e down 3 and a half steps)
A|-| (Standard B down 1 full step)
D|-| (Standard G down 2 and a half steps)
D|-| (Standard D)
D|-| (Standard A down 3 and a half steps)
D|-| (Standard E down one full step)I believe the second guitar is in a slightly different tuning, either way, you can play
this amazing song just by using this one in both guitars.
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(I GOT A) CATHOLIC BLOCK - Sonic Youth
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Tabbed by: Gustavo Collado
Email: [email protected]
Tuning:DDDDAA
Intro
Guitar 2 [Do some random feedback noise]
Guitar 1 A|-7*-| A|-7*-| D|-7*-| D|-7*-| D|-7*-| D|-7*-| *=harmonics A|---------------| A|-7/6/7/6/7/6r--| D|-7/6/7/6/7/6r--|X4 D|-7/6/7/6/7/6r--| D|---------------| D|---------------| r=let ring A|--------------------------------------------| A|--4-2---------4-2002h4--4-2---------4-2022r-| D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|X2 D|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
(I've got a catholic block inside my head...)
Guitar 1 A|--------------------------------------------| A|--4-2---------4-2002h4--4-2---------4-2022r-| D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|X8 D|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 [listen to the song to get the correct rythm] A|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| D|-(4-44-4-444-4-44-4-444-777777-999999)-|X4 D|-(4-44-4-444-4-44-4-444-777777-999999)-| D|--4-44-4-444-4-44-4-444-777777-999999--| D|---------------------------------------|
Bridge
Guitar 1 A|--------------------33333333-| A|-002244220022442200-33333333-| D|-002244220022442200-00000000-| D|-002244220022442200-00000000-| D|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| (come back to me a while) A|---------------| A|---------------| D|-11-14-12-1111-|X6 D|-11-14-12-1111-| D|-11-14-12-1111-| D|-11-14-12-1111-| A|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| D|-666777999111111121212-|X2 D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| A|---------------| A|---------------| D|-11-14-12-1111-|X6 D|-11-14-12-1111-| D|-11-14-12-1111-| D|-11-14-12-1111-| A|-------------| A|-------------| D|-------------|X8 D|-------------| D|-------------| D|-4-444-4-444-| Guitar 2 A|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| D|-77777799999911111111111112121212121213-/12/13-/12/13br-| D|-77777799999911111111111112121212121213-/12/13-/12/13br-| D|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| b=bending r=let ring (come back to me a while) A|-777-999-111111-121212-161616-| A|-777-999-111111-121212-161616-| D|------------------------------|X3 D|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| D|-666777999111111121212-|X2 D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| A|-777-999-111111-121212-161616-| A|-777-999-111111-121212-161616-| D|------------------------------|X3 D|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| D|------------------------------|
[Do some noise, whatever you like, harmonics in the higher frets, feedback, wathever]
Verse 2
(I've got a catholic block, it's around my head...)
A|--------------------------------------------| A|--4-2---------4-2002h4--4-2---------4-2022r-| D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|X4 D|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 A|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| D|-(4-44-4-444-4-44-4-444-777777-999999)-|X2 D|-(4-44-4-444-4-44-4-444-777777-999999)-| D|--4-44-4-444-4-44-4-444-777777-999999--| D|---------------------------------------|
Outro
Guitar 1 A|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| D|-666777999111111121212-|X3 D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| A|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| D|-666777999111111121212141414161616/22b-| D|-666777999111111121212141414161616/22b-| D|-666777999111111121212141414161616/22b-| D|-666777999111111121212141414161616/22b-| A|-------------------| A|-------------------| D|-0-00-4-42-22-0-00-|X4 D|-0-00-4-42-22-0-00-| D|-0-00-0-00-00-0-00-| D|-------------------| Guitar 2 A|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| D|-666777999111111121212-|X2 D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| D|-666777999111111121212-| A|-111111121212141414161616171717-| A|-111111121212141414161616171717-| D|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------| A|-111111121212141414161616171717191919212121b-| A|-111111121212141414161616171717191919212121b-| D|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------|
[keep on scratching the string and bending until the very end]
Well, this is it, hope it helps. Cheers mates!