Sonic Youth - Theresa's Sound World Bass Tab

Intro - slow, quarter notes    x7

  
G  {7}                          
  
D*       9  9  9  9  9  9  9   *
  
A*                             *
  
E                               

Verse - a tad quicker than intro
part a                               part b

  
G  11  {7}{7}{7}{7}{7} {9}{9}{9}{9} 
 11 11 11 11                
  
D       9  9  9  9  9   9  9  9  9  
             13 13 13 13 13 
  
A                                   
                            
  
E                                   
                            

Verse part a then
part c

  
G                                   
  
D  13 13 13 13 13 11 11 11/13 13 13 
  
A                                   
  
E                                   

Verse part a then
part d
G--11-11-11-11/-14------------|

  
D                  13 13 13 13 
  
A                              
  
E                              

Verse part a then
part e
G----------------------------|
D--13-13-13-13-13-119-9-9-9-|

  
A                            
  
E                            

Interlude - eighth notes

  
G                                    
  
D  9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9                   
  
A                                    
  
E                   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  

Verse part a then part e
Before chorus

  
G                                                                    
  
D*  9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9                                 *
  
A*                                                                  *
  
E                                   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  

Chorus - quite fast relentless sixteenths

  
G                                                            
  
D                                                            
  
A                                                            
  
E  7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 

now stomp on the compulsory distortion                               2x

  
G                                                                      
  
D*                                                                    *
  
A*                                                                    *
E--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-14h16-16--|


  
G                                                                    
  
D                                                                    

  
A                                   /19 19 19                       
  
E  12 12 12 12 12 12 12 1210 10 10            7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 

G----------------------------Mute these chords, and Kim bumps the 12 on the D

  
D                                      14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 
  
A                                      14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14    
  
E  12 12 12 12 12 12/x 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12    

Turn off your distortion, go back to intro then skip interlude and go to before
Chorus. Then play the riff where you stomp on distortion.
Then - still on sixteenths

  
G                                                       
  
D                                                       
  
A                                                       
E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-1210-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|


  
G                                          
  
D                                          
  
A                                          
  
E  12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 


  
G                                                            
  
D                                                            
  
A                                                            
  
E  12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Intro - back to quarters x10 then the 11th time
G---------------------|
D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|

  
A                 2   
  
E                     

There ye go. Was that the most complete SY bass tab ever posted or what?
Any comments/suggestions/corrections? Mail me.
Benjamin

"Kinda like a cloud I was up, was up, way up in the sky and I was feeling
some feelings you wouldn't believe, sometimes I don't believe it myself and
i decided i was never coming down
Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye it was just about too small to see
but i watched it way too long, it was pulling me down...."