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EXPRESSWAY TO YR SKULL – Sonic Youth
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AKA Madonna, Sean and Me or The Crucifixion of Sean Penn
From the album Evol
Tabbed by: Jay Rangdale
Email: jayrangdale@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: Standard
I know SY use any combination of bizarre tunings but this is how I play it in
standard and it still sounds suitably discordant. Let the open strings ring for
extra disturbing spacey feel.
One of my favourite Sonic Youth songs.Forgive me if I murder it. Its my first
attempt at tabbing so cut me a bit of slack.
Intro:
e|-0--00-00-00-0000-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--00-00-00-0000-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--99-99-99-9999—x4----------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--99-99-99-9999-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--77-77-77-7777-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--00-00-00-0000-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-0--0----0--00------0--00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0----0--00---------------|
B|-0--0----0--00------0--00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0----0--00---------------|
G|-2--1----2—-11---x2-8--88-88-88-88-88-88-88-2--1----2--11---------------|
D|-2--2----2--22------8--88-88-88-88-88-88-88-2--2----2--22---------------|
A|-2--2----2--22------6--66-66-66-66-66-66-66-2--2----2--22---------------|
E|-0--0-0--0--00-0----0--00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0-0--0--00-0-------------|
Hold previous chord but just play open E string where shown
e|-0--0----0--0----0--0-000-0--0-000-0--0----0--0-------------------------|
B|-0--0----0--0----0--0-000-0--0-000-0--0----0--0-------------------------|
G|-2--1----2--1----2--2-222-6--6-666-2--1----2--1-------------------------|
D|-2--2----2--2----2--2-222-6--6-666-2--2----2--2-------------------------|
A|-2--2----2--2----0--0-000-4—-4-444-2--2----2--2-------------------------|
E|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-000-0--0-000-0--0-0--0--0-0-----------------------|
We’re gonna killllllllllllll The California girls
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/sonic-youth/205057.html ]
e|-0--00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0----0--0-----------------------------------|
B|-0--00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0----0--0-----------------------------------|
G|-8--88-88-88-88-88-88-88-2--1----2--1-----------------------------------|
D|-8--88-88-88-88-88-88-88-2--2----2--2-----------------------------------|
A|-6--66-66-66-66-66-66-66-2--2----2--2-----------------------------------|
E|-0—-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0-0--0--0-0---------------------------------|
We’re gonna fire the Milkmaid maidenhead
Exploding load in the
e|-0--0----0--0----0--0-000-0--0-000-0--0----0--0-------------------------|
B|-0--0----0--0----0--0-000-0--0-000-0--0----0--0-------------------------|
G|-2--1----2--1----2--2-222-6--6-666-2--1----2--1-------------------------|
D|-2--2----2--2----2--2-222-6--6-666-2--2----2--2-------------------------|
A|-2--2----2--2----0--0-000-4—-4-444-2--2----2--2-------------------------|
E|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-000-0--0-000-0--0-0--0--0-0-----------------------|
We’re gonna find the meaningggg Of feeling good and
e|-0--00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0----0--0-----------------------------------|
B|-0--00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0----0--0-----------------------------------|
G|-8--88-88-88-88-88-88-88-2--1----2--1-----------------------------------|
D|-8--88-88-88-88-88-88-88-2--2----2--2-----------------------------------|
A|-6--66-66-66-66-66-66-66-2--2----2--2-----------------------------------|
E|-0—-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-0--0-0--0--0-0---------------------------------|
We’re gonna stay there just as long as we think we should
e|-0---0---0—--0---0---0--0-0-0----------0-00--0----0--0------------------|
B|-0---0---0—--0---0---0--0-0-0----------0-00--0----0--0------------------|
G|-4-/-6-\-4—--4-/-6-\-4--2-2-9-\\\\\\\\\2-22--1----2--1-x3-Long pause
D|-4-/-6-\-4—--4-/-6-\-4--2-2-9-\\\\\\\\\2-22--2----2--2---before To your
A|-2-/-4-\-2—--2-/-4-\-2--2-2-9-\\\\\\\\\2-22--2----2--2---skull 3rd time
E|-0---0---0—--0---0---0--0-0-0----------0-00--0-0--0--0-0-around
Mystery Three-way Expresswayyyyyy To your skull
Train plane
And the last bit? Yr guess is as good as mine, although it is tied to Kim’s
descending bass line……Good luck with that!
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