Awesome song, Kool Thing using standard tuning EADGBE for "regular" guys n gals like me.
You'll need a CAPO PLACED AT SECOND FRET in order to get the regular F sharp low chug and make it all work.
All notes are specified as if capo wasn't there- just clamp it on and play frets noted.
It's fully tabbed and checked multiple times against the album version so you can set to to scroll and play along.
Silver lame pants optional but, for me, essential.
F# ||--------------------------||
B ||--------------------------||
E ||--------------------------|| < capo at 2nd fret to
A ||--------------------------|| give this open tuning.
C# ||--------------------------||
F# ||--------------------------||
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||--------------------------|---4bu-5bd-4--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--||
Palm mute x4. Bring chug back... build aggression...
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||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||
||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--||
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||
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||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
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||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
||-2------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
^(let ring)
KOOL THING SITTIN' WITH THE KITTY, NOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE SURE LOOKIN' PRETTY.
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||
LIKE A LOVER NOT GOOD DANCER, STEP ON BOARD TAKE A LITTLE CHANCE-R.
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
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||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
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||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
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||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
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||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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KOOL THING LET ME PLAY WITH YA RADIO, MOVE ME TURN ME ON BABY-O.
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||
I'LL BE YOUR SLAVE, GIVE YOU A SHAVE.
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
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||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
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||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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||--------------------------|------------< this strip X4
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||---9\2--2---2-2-2---------|---5-7-8---8-8-8-8--------|
^ Played 4 times, then loops under the lyrics below.
(yeah, tell 'em about it, hit 'em where it hurts)
HEY KOOL THING... COME HERE,
SIT DOWN BESIDE ME!
THERE'S SOMETHING I GOTTA ASK YOU,
I JUST WANNA KNOW- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOR ME?
I MEAN, ARE YOU GONNA LIBERATE US GIRLS FROM MALE WHITE CORPORATE OPPRESSION?
(tell it like it is)
HUH?
(yeah)
DON'T BE SHY,
(word up)
FEAR OF A FEMALE PLANET,
(fear of a female planet, fear baby)
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS,
(let everybody know!)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/kool_thing_tab_ver_2.html ]
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||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------||
KOOL KOOL THING, KOOL KOOL THING,
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||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------||
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||--------------------------|--14\---------------------|
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||--4-----------------------|--------------------------|
||--2-----------------------|--------------------------|
^ (let ring)
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||---11-11-14-11-13-11-12-12-13p11-11-11-14p11---------|---11-11-14-11-13-11-12-12-13p 11-11-11-14p11---------||
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||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------||
WHEN YOU'RE A STAR I KNOW THAT YOU WILL FIX EVERYTHING,
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||--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------|--4-4-4-----12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
||--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------|--2-2-2--2--10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------13\--||
^ let ring.
KOOL THING SITTIN' WITH THE KITTY, NOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE SURE LOOKIN' PRETTY.
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||
LIFE COULD BE JUST A LITTLE FASTER, NOW I KNOW YOU ARE THE MASTER.
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
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||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
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||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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KOOL THING WALKIN LIKE A PANTHER, COME ON GIVE ME AN ANSWER.
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
||--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------||
KOOL THING WALKIN LIKE A PANTHER, WHAT'D HE SAY?
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||--------------------------|-------------9bu10bd9-----|--------------------------|-----------------9b10b9---||
||--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------|--------11---11-11----11---11-11---------------------||
//--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------|--2-2---9--X-9--9--X--9----9--9---2------------------//
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
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||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK SO!
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14|--------------------------|12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-14||
||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------|----10-10-10--------------|--------------------------||
||-------------12-----------|--------------------------|-------------12-----------|--------------------------||
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||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
||--14----------------------|--------------------------||
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^ (harmonic over 14th fret)
