Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots Chords & Tabs

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...
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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: listen to album for strumming.
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---4---7---2---5------------------|
---x---x---x---x------------------|
---4---7---2---5------------------|
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Chorus
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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-----|
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"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--------------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/dirty_boots_tab_ver_3.html ]
noise...
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------------------------------------------------------------------|
-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: mute x
-2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----|
-x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----|
-x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----|
-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-|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
-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.

--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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such a great song.