Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies In The Eye bass tab
BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYE
bass tab by chris lawrence
This tab is for the Hold That Tiger live version, where you can
hear Thurston's bass clearer and without so many guitars cluttered
on top.
This is the intro/part of the verse...
G------6-6--------6-6------6-6--------6---6-
D--4-------4-4--4-------4------4-4--4------- etc
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------
The other part of the verse goes:
G-------16-16-16------------------------------16-16-16-----------------------
D--14------------16-14--14-14-14-14-14-14--14----------16-14--14-14-14-14-14- etc
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
After the 2nd time that's played, go to:
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D--16-16-------16-16------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--11b(11)(11)(11)(11)(11r)-11-11-
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
It sounds like he bends the C# note there, but he may just play the 12th
fret for the bracketed notes, as opposed to the bent 11th fret.
"lost in another's dream":
G-------------------------------------------------------
D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Try playing the F# on the 2nd fret of the E string as well.
After the snare roll, play basically the same as the above riff:
G--11--11-11-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------0--0-0-0-0-0--11b(11)(11)(11)(11)(11r)-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------
D--9-9-9-7-7-6-6-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-
A----------------------------------------------------
E------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------
Then:
*
G--16-16-16-14--14-------------------------14-------------------------------
D------------------16---16-16-16--14^16-16-----16---14-11-11b-(11)(11)(11r)-
A-----------------------------------------------------slight----------------
E-----------------------------------------------------bend------------------
G----------------------
D--911-11-11br--------
A------------------10-- play note, bend up slightly, return
E----------------------
I think the last note is wrong. (ie: Thurston hit the wrong note on this version)
On the album version, ends like (beginning at the * on the above tab):
G------------------------------------------
D--14--11-11br-11-11-----------------11----
A------------------------11-11-11----------
E------------------------------------------
But of course, the bassline on the album isn't identical to the live version, so..
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