Sonic Youth – Mote (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
Lee's Tuning: GGDDFF
Thurston's tuning: GGDDEbEb
I don't take credit but am just passing foward the tab.
Lee's part...
the song starts off with a bit of studio weirdness, until T's guitar (right speaker)
chimes in. when the drums kick in, lee starts playing the verse riff...
F-----------0----------------------0---------------------0------0----0---0---| F-----------0----------------------0---------------------0------0----0---0---| D---2---2-------2---3----3--3---3-----3--3--3/7---7---7-----7------7---7---7-| D---2---2-----------3----3--3---3--------3--3/7---7---7----------------------| G---2---2-----------3----3--3---3--------3--3/7---7---7----------------------| G---2---2-----------3----3--3---3--------3--3/7---7---7----------------------|
the chorus starts with something like this...
F------------------| F------------------| D----7\5--5----5---| D----7\5--5----5---| G----7\5--5----5---| G----7\5--5----5---|
then, it goes on to this...
F---5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4----0--0--0-------------------------------|
F---5--5--5--5---4--4--4--4----0--0--0-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------5--5/7--7--7--7--7--7----|
D----------------------------------------5--5--5/7--7--7--7--7--7----|
G----------------------------------------5--5--5/7--7--7--7--7--7----|
G----------------------------------------5--5--5/7--7--7--7--7--7----|
play that twice, then play this...
F---5--5--5--5----4--4--4--4---------------------------------------------|
F---5--5--5--5----4--4--4--4---------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------12--12---10---12--10--10---12-------|
D------------------------------------12--12---10---12--10--10---12-------|
G------------------------------------12--12---10---12--10--10---12-------|
G------------------------------------12--12---10---12--10--10---12-------|
{_______play this part 4 times_______}then, go back to verse....
The bridge is rather tough to figure out, since lee's guitar is mixed very low.
but, from what i can figure out, he just plays these three chords....
F-----0----------7------9-------| F-----0----------7------9-------| D-----8----------0------0-------| D-----8----------0------0-------| G-----0----------0------0-------| G-----0----------0------0-------| coming out of the bridge, lee plays something like this... F--------------------------2---------| F--------------------------2---------| D---7--7--7--7--7--7-------0---------| D---7--7--7--7--7--7-------0---------| G---7--7--7--7--7--7-------0---------| G---7--7--7--7--7--7-------0---------|
then, T plays some weirdness, then it's back to the verse...
after the last verse, lee plays something like this:
F-------------------------------5----5----5-----5------4----4----4-----4----| F-------------------------------5----5----5-----5------4----4----4-----4----| D----7\5---5----5-------------0----0----0----0-------0----0----0----0-------| D----7\5---5----5-------------0----0----0----0-------0----0----0----0-------| G----7\5---5----5-----------------------------------------------------------| G----7\5---5----5-----------------------------------------------------------|
play that last part a couple times, then pick behind the bridge with some whammy action...
Thurston's part....
Intro:
for the intro, he plays this chord
Eb-----12--------| Eb-----12--------| D------12--------| D------12--------| G----------------| G----------------|
for the verse, T plays a lot of madness. there are a lot of whammy bends high up the neck,
as well as a lot of open D dips during the first verse. just listen to the record,
and have fun with it.....
for the chorus, T starts with a long pick slide, then doubles Lee's part like this
Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----8--8--8--8---7--7--7--7----3--3--3---------5---5/7--7--7--7--7------|
D-----8--8--8--8---7--7--7--7----3--3--3-----5---5---5/7--7--7--7--7------|
G--------------------------------------------5---5---5/7--7--7--7--7------|
G--------------------------------------------5---5---5/7--7--7--7--7------|
then go to this part... tremolo pick
Eb------------------------------------------------------------------12-----|
Eb------------------------------------------------------------------12-----|
D---8--8--8--8---7--7--7--7----12--12---10---12---10--10---12-------12-----|
D---8--8--8--8---7--7--7--7----12--12---10---12---10--10---12-------12-----|
G------------------------------12--12---10---12---10--10---12--------------|
G------------------------------12--12---10---12---10--10---12--------------|
{___play this part four times______}then, it's back to the verse...
for the bridge, T plays more whammy stuff....
coming out of the bridge, T plays this...
Eb---12--12--12--12--12--12--12----------------------| Eb---12--12--12--12--12--12--12----------------------| D----12--12--12--12--12--12--12----------------------| D----12--12--12--12--12--12--12----------------------| G------------------------------------0---------------| G------------------------------------0---------------|
then he tremolo picks this to go back to the verse:
Eb---12------| Eb---12------| D----12------| D----12------| G------------| G------------|
then, it's back to the verse.....
after the last verse, T play something like this...
Eb-------------| Eb-------------| D---7\5---5----| D---7\5---5----| G---7\5---5----| G---7\5---5----|
for the outro, just play a lot of stuff behind the bridge, and other noises