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Dirty Boots Guitar Tablature
Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots

Tuning: EGDGED - (thurston) lee plays in EEBBEF# but I have'nt tabbed
                            his part yet

Intro:
-----5-------7-------2-------4--------|
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--------------------------------------| x4
-5-5---5-7-7---7-2-2---2-4-4---4------|
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Next part goes:
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-------------------99-77-------|  x4
-7/9-999-99--7/9-9-77-55-------|
-7/9-999-99--7/9-9-------------|
-0/0-000-00--0/0-0-------------|


Verse: chords only
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---4---7---2---5------------------|
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---4---7---2---5------------------|
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Chorus: chords only
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--9---7----------2-------0--------
--9---7----------2-------0--------
--9---7----------2-------0--------
--0---0----------0-------3--------

-----------------------------|-----|---------|
-----------------------------|-----|---------|
--9---7----------2----4--0---|-----|---------|
--9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/---|
--9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/---|
--0---0----------0----0--3---|--0--|-(0)/---|
                                 At end of chorus strum this chord.

Play another verse and chorus and after that play:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
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-------------------------------------------------------------------
-14-13-12-----------/17171717171717-/191919191919-/212121212121--
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
After this hit 21 on the d string a couple of times.


Dirty boots part:
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-7-9--9------x-x-x--9-9--7-7----------|   x4
-7-9--9/----x-x-x--7-7--5-5----------|
-7-9--9/----x-x-x--------------------|
-0-0--0/----x-x-x--------------------|


noisy part:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
-7-9-9-9-9b--7-9-9-14-14-12-12--7-9-9-9-9b-7-9-12--14/19-19-19-19-
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

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--6/77777666-6/77777666-3/5-55-5-- use whammy bar on last note
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next bit 1:
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---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------
---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------ x4
---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------
---0-----------0-----0--0--0------

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-11/12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11------- x4
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play next bit 1 twice but one the second time only play the
first riff twice.


next bit:
randomly stum the notes of these chords
-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----
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-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----
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-5/7-77777-555-5/7-77777-555-/10--10101010--8-8-8-101010101010-
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-7/9-99999-777-5/7-99999-777-/12--12121212-101010-121212121212-
---------------------------------------------------------------
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-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----
---------------------------------------------- after playing this
---------------------------------------------- strum last chord for
-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999---- few bars
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then play intro again gradually strumming it faster and noisier.


this closing bit is easierly heard live on the dirty boots single.
--12~--|-------------12-------|
-------|----------------------|  play this a couple of times and
-------|----------------------|  use whammy bar on the high 12
-------|-12--12-12------------|
-------|----------------------|
-------|----------------------|

--12121212/14---141414141412-12---121212-9---9997---7----5-| bend 5
------------------------------------------------------------| with
------------------------------------------------------------| whammy
------------------------------------------------------------| bar
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