Sonic Youth – Kool Thing tab

Tuning both guitars: F# F# F# F# E B

For the intro, Thurston palm mutes the low F# strings,
and Lee strikes the open F# strings, then throws a bend in:

B-------|E-------|F#--5b--F#--0---|F#--0---|F#--0---|
Main riff:
B-------------------------------|E-------------------------------|F#------7---7-7---7---7---5br---| bend and return.F#------7---7-7---7---7---5br---| optional pinch harmonic...F#--0-0---0-----0---0---0-------|F#--0-0---0-----0---0---0-------|
"I don't wanna": Thurston:
B----------------------------------|E----------------------------------|F#------6-6-6-3--------------------|F#------6-6-6-3--------------------|F#--0-------------5\6-6-6/3-3-3-0--|F#--0-------------5\6-6-6/3-3-3-0--|
Lee:
B--------------------------------|E--------------------------------|F#----------------17---18---19\--| trem pick each noteF#----------------17---18---19\--|F#-------------------------------|F#-------------------------------|
For bass break, both guitars let open strings ring => feedback..... Then:
B---------------- tweak w trem bar ------------------ tweak w trem bar ----|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|F#--0--0--0-0-0--16--16-16-16-16-16-16--0--0--0-0-0--17--17-17-17-17-17-17-|F#--0--0--0-0-0--16--16-16-16-16-16-16--0--0--0-0-0--17--17-17-17-17-17-17-|F#--0--0--0-0-0-------------------------0--0--0-0-0------------------------|F#--0--0--0-0-0-------------------------0--0--0-0-0------------------------|
repeat simile, then:
B----------------------------------------------------------.. repeat this, while lee doesE----------------------------------------------------------.. open strings => skronky noiseF#--7-7-9-0-7-9--8-8-10-0-8-8-10-- high up on the neck.---..F#--7-7-9-0-7-9--8-8-10-0-8-8-10---------------------------..F#---------------------------------------------------------.. F#-------------------------------- on the low F# strings.-..after a few bars, throw in the octaves
then repeat the previous riff (open strings => trem bar noise). back to verse/chorus etc ...
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