Song: Pink Steam
Artist: Sonic Youth
Album: Rather Ripped
Tabbed by: Mark Wood (scopesAThotmail.co.uk)
Guitar I - Thurston
Guitar II - Lee
Both guitars are tuned E Standard for this tab. However the guitars
are tuned to DD#A#D#GG on the album and when played live.
Most of Lee's (Guitar II) parts have distortion and lots of reverb and most of
Thurston's (Guitar I) have mild distortion. I'm not 100% sure on who plays what
parts but I've done my best to figure it out, it sounds pretty close but email
me or leave a comment if you have any suggestions or anything you think doesn't
sound right.
Edited some parts and the end solo because they didn't sound perfect ;D
Key
-----
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
r - release bend
~ - vibrato
t - tremolo
/ - slide up (from/to)
\ - slide down (from\to)
x2 - play twice
Gtr I [0:03-0:45] (Slightly palm muted)
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-8----------------------15-15---------------------------|
|-----8-----------8--x2----------15----------------15--x2--| x3
|-------8-------8-------------------15----------15---------|
|---------6-5-6------------------------13-12-13------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr I [0:47-1:02]
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-7-8-8-8----------x2-------5-7-0-7-7---------------5-7-0-7-7-------|
|-7-7-----------7-7-8-8-------7-7-----5-----7-7-8-8---7-7-----------7-7-8-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr II [0:47-1:02]
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-/10---/10---10h11p10---10h11-10h11-10b-----|
Gtr II [1:02-1:18]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-7-8-10-12-13-12~~~-12-10-8-10-5/7---8-7-8/10/12--10\8\7-7----|
|-5-6-----------------------------------------------------------0----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr I [1:18-1:33]
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x4
|-7-7-7---7-5-3-3----------|
|-----------------3-3h5----|
|--------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [1:33-1:40]
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-3----| x2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Gtr I [1:40-1:55]
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------| x4
|-7-7-7---7-5-3-3-----------|
|-----------------3--3h5----|
|---------------------------|
Gtr II [1:40-1:55]
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7-8-7-8/10--10\8-7------|
|-5---5h6-5h6-5h6-5---------------------7----|
|--------------------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [1:56-2:25]
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-3--x2-|-----5---5-3-----3---3-5--x2-| x2
|-----------------------|-5-5---5-----5-5---5---------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [2:25-2:40]
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7/10-10\3-3-3-3-3/5-5----| x4
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [2:40-2:47]
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----5---5-3------3---3-5----|-----3---5-3------3---3-5----|
|-5-5---5-----5-5----5--------|-5-5---5-----5-5----5--------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [2:48-3:10]
x8 x8 x8 x8 x16 x16 x8 x8 x16 (# of times to play each note)
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-7--10--12--14--15--15--14--15--15----| Guitar II only plays notes on G string
|---------------------3-----------3----| Guitar I only plays the 3rd fret on D string
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/pink_steam_tab.html ]
Gtrs I, II [3:10-3:49] (For this section, same as above)
x8 x8 x16 x16 x8 x8 x16
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------5-7---------8-10-7-5-5-3-3-2-3-5-|--12--14--15--15--14--15--15---|
|-7-8-3-------7b8r7------------------------|---------------3-----------3---|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gtr I [3:50-4:03]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------8-----------|
|-----5-7-8-8-8----------x2-------5-7-0-7-7----------------5-7---7-7-------|
|-7-7-----------7-7-8-8-------7-7-----------7-7-8-8----7-7-----------7-7-8-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr II [3:50-4:03]
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5----5h6-5h6-5----5h6-5h6-5h6-5----5h6-5b6r5----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [4:03-4:11]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----6---8-6--------6---8-6---6----| (May not be 100% correct,
|-------------8--------------8------| x2 but it's roughly right)
|---8---8----------8---8------------|
|-6--------------6------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Gtr I [4:11-4:18]
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-7-8-8-8----------------5-7-8-8------------|
|-7-7-----------7-7-8-8----7-7--------------------|
|--------------------------------------5-5-6-6----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [4:18-4:25]
|-----------------------------------|
|-----6---8-6--------6---8-6---6----|
|-------------8--------------8------| x2
|---8---8----------8---8------------|
|-6-------------6-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [4:25-4:40]
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----9--9-10-9-10-9----| x2
|-0---------------------|
|-5---------------------|
|-----------------------|
Gtrs I, II [4:40-4:47]
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------------------7------| x4
|-0----------8-------10---|
|-5-------10---10---------|
|-------8-----------------|
Gtrs I, II [4:47-4:54]
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----9--9-10-9-10-9----| x1
|-0---------------------|
|-5---------------------|
|-----------------------|
Gtrs I, II [4:54-5:01]
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|------------------7------| x4
|-0----------8-------10---|
|-5-------10---10---------|
|-------8-----------------|
Gtr I [5:01-5:08]
|------|
|------|
|------|
|-0----|
|-5----|
|------|
Gtrs I, II [5:08-5:22]
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x4
|-7-7-7---7-5-3-3----------|
|-----------------3-3h5----|
|--------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [5:22-5:30]
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-3----| x2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Gtrs I, II [5:30-5:44]
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x4
|-7-7-7---7-5-3-3----------|
|-----------------3-3h5----|
|--------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [5:44-5:51]
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-3----| x2
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Gtrs I, II [5:51-6:20]
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----5---5-3------3---3-5----|-----3---5-3------3---3-5----| x4
|-5-5---5-----5-5----5--------|-5-5---5-----5-5----5--------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II [6:20-6:34]
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7/10-10\3-3-3-3-3/5-5----| x4
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Gtr I [6:34-6:46]
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7/10-10\3-3-3-3-3/5-5----| x4
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Gtr II [6:34-6:46] Short solo by Lee at end
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--12-12-14-15-15-15/17-17/19-19-20-19-17-15-14-15-14\12-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr II [6:47]
|--------------------------------------------|------|
|--------------------------------------------|-11t--|
|-14h15p14-12-14-12-10-8-10-8\7-7h8p7-5-7-5--|------|
|--------------------------------------------|------|
|--------------------------------------------|------|
|--------------------------------------------|------|
