Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly guitar tab

Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly

Tuning: F#F#GGAA

This tab may sound *** when you play it yourself but add bass,

another guitar, drums and vocals and it will sound perfect.

INTRO: The intro is just a heap of string noise (mutes, rakes

and pick slides). I got the right sound by sliding the pick up

and down the strings furiously...rest your fret hand on top of

the strings to prevent the strings from ringing.

VERSE 1

Guitar 1:

A-------------------------------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------------------------------

G---------------------------------------------------0---------

G---------------------------------------------------0---------

F#--0-0--x-x-x-x--0-0--x-x-x-x--0-0--x-x-x-x--0--x------------

F#--0-0--x-x-x-x--0-0--x-x-x-x--0-0--x-x-x-x--0--x------------

Guitar 2:

A-------------------

A------------------- Bend this note very slowly. Listen to

G-----6------------- song for timing.

G-----6-------------

F#------------------

F#------------------

CHORUS

Both guitars?

A -------------------------------------|---------------

A -------------------------------------|---------------

G -------------------------------------|---------------

G -------------------------------------|---------------

F#---5-6-5---5-6-5---5-6-5---3-4-4-----|---0-----------

F#---5-6-5---5-6-5---5-6-5---3-4-4-----|---0-----------

SOLO

Both guitars? No strumming shown

A ------------------|-----------------------------------------

A ------------------|-----------------------------------------

G ---11--12---x2----|---16--17---x2---------------------------

G ---11--12---------|---16--17--------------------------------

F#------------------|-----------------------------------------

F#------------------|-----------------------------------------

VERSE AFTER CHORUS

Guitar 1

I think just plays some rythmn, try 1st fret on the F#s or maybe

just open f#s.

Guitar 2

A -----------------------------------------------------------

A -----------------------------------------------------------

G ---20--17--19----17--19b-----------------------------------

G -----------------------------------------------------------

F#-----------------------------------------------------------

F#-----------------------------------------------------------

After this I think there is some sort of slide stuff followed by 2

monster pick slides before the music is the same as the first verse.

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