Cherry Chapstick, by Yo La Tengo
From "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out"
I can tell from their live shows that this isn't how Ira or Georgia plays it,
but I think it gets close to the sound of both their guitars playing at once.
There's a lot of fuzzy dissonance, so don't be afraid to hit open strings if
it sounds right.
Intro
Play this riff 6x, |
varying the rhythm |
a bit | Then this riff 2x
| e 0 0 0 00 00 0 0 000 0 00 00 0 0 000 0 00 00 0 0 0 |
| B 2 2 2 22 22 2 0 222 2 22 22 2 5 777 7 77 77 7 7 7 |
| G 0 0 0 00 00 0 2 000 0 00 00 0 0 000 0 00 00 0 0 9 |
| D 4 4 4 44 44 4 4 444 4 44 44 4 7 999 9 99 99 9 9 9 |
| A 0 0 0 00 00 0 0 000 0 00 00 0 0 000 0 00 00 0 0 0 |
| E |
(If you have a second guitar, play the same thing higher up:
| G 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 |
| D 11 11 111111 1111 11 9 | etc.) |
Then, the main guitar riff / melody (slide the single notes, vibrato
widely, and hit some open strings if you're playing by yourself)
| e 00 000 00 00 |
| B 00 000 00 00 |
| G 00 000 00 00 |
| D 7 9 4 7 9 4 7 9 12 11 9 7 7 9 4 4 2 00 000 44 44 |
| A 22 222 00 00 |
| E |
Not really sure
about this part...
I just thrash away
Then a few verses, then the solo. You're on your own there, but you can
Play either this, or the "2x" part of the intro under it. From there, just
put the parts in order.
Drop the low E string to D.
Raise the D string to E.
Raise the G string to A.
Drop the B string to A.)