Dirty Boots Tab

Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots (from the album Goo)
 
This is Thurston's guitar part. the tuning (from low to high) is EGDGED. slightly
of standard tuning. you'll come to see its a pretty awesome tuning.
 
[Intro]
(oh, how great it sounds):
D|-----5-------7-------2-------4-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------| x4
D|-5-5---5/7-7---72-2---2/4-4---4----------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
  then...
D|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------99-77-------|  x4
D|-7/9-999-99--7/9-9-77-55-------|
G|-7/9-999-99--7/9-9-------------|
E|-0/0-000-00--0/0-0-------------|
 
 
  [Verse]
D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|---4---7---2---5------------------|
D|---x---x---x---x------------------|
G|---4---7---2---5------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|--9---7----------2-------0--------|
D|--9---7----------2-------0--------|
G|--9---7----------2-------0--------|
E|--0---0----------0-------3--------|
 
D|-----------------------------|-----|-----------|
E|-----------------------------|-----|-----------|
G|--9---7----------2----4--0---|-----|-----------|
D|--9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/------|
G|--9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/------|
E|--0---0----------0----0--3---|--0--|-(0)/------|
                                 At end of chorus strum this chord.
 
  Play another verse and chorus and after that play:
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-13-12-----------/17171717171717-/191919191919-/212121212121-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  "Dirty boots" part:
D|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
G|-7-9--9------x-x-x--9-9--7-7---------------|   x4
D|-7-9--9/----x-x-x--7-7--5-5----------------|
G|-7-9--9/----x-x-x--------------------------|
E|-0-0--0/----x-x-x--------------------------|
 
 
  noise...
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-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-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|--6/77777666-6/77777666-3/5-55-5~-| use whammy bar on last note
D|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
 
  next bit 1:
D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------|
D|---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------| x4
G|---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------|
E|---0-----------0-----0--0--0------|
 
D|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-11/12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-------| x4
G|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
play next bit 1 twice but one the second time only play the
first riff twice.
 
 
  next bit: mute x
D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----|
E|-x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----|
G|-x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----|
D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----|
G|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5/7-77777-555-5/7-77777-555-/10--10101010--8-8-8-101010101010-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7/9-99999-777-5/7-99999-777-/12--12121212-101010-121212121212-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----|
E|----------------------------------------------| after playing this
G|----------------------------------------------| strum last chord for
D|-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----| few bars
G|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
 
then play intro again gradually strumming it faster and noisier.
 
D|--12~--|-------------12-------|
E|-------|----------------------|  play this a couple of times and
G|-------|----------------------|  use whammy bar on the high 12
D|-------|-12--12-12------------|
G|-------|----------------------|
E|-------|----------------------|
 
D|--12121212/14---141414141412-12---121212-9---9997---7--5~~-| bend 5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| with
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| whammy
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| bar
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
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| /  Slide up
| x  Dead note
| b  Bend
| ~  Vibrato
 
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