Schizophrenia Chords & Tabs
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From elric@selway.umt.edu (KING INK)
~Subject: UPDATED SCHIZOPHRENIA TAB SONIC YOUTH
~Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 18:48:14 GMT
>From: elric@selway.umt.edu (SONIC YOUTH)
okay i'm going to tab two guitars, but in an unusual way so i hope you can
figure it out. as always please send me comments, corrections, and "You're
God" mail. (he he)
SCHITZOPHRENIA by Sonic Youth
tuning
low to high
F#F#GGAA
(these are just the chords, strumming not shown)
guitar 1 | guitar 2
(Thurston) | (Lee)
A---9-0-5-0-|--9--7-5-0-|
A---9-0-5-0-|--9--7-5-0-|
G---0-9-0-7-|--11-9-7-2-|
G---0-9-0-7-|--11-9-7-2-|
F#--------0-|---------0-|
F#--------0-|---------0-|
the Bridge:
(strumming not shown) (with dist.)
A---0/0-|
A---0/0-|
G---6/7-|
G---6/7-|
F#--0/0-|
F#--0/0-|
all harmonic(a)s
guitar 1
(Thurston)
A---------------12-12---------------7-7----------------------|
A---------------12-12---------------7-7----------------------|
G---------12-12-------12-12-----7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
G---------12-12-------12-12-----7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
F#--12-12-------------------7-7------------------------------|
F#--12-12-------------------7-7------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/schizophrenia_tab.html ]
guitar 2
(Lee)
(still harmonics)
A---12-12-7-7-----|------9-9-10-9-----12-12B------17------17-14-12-----14-12-
A---12-12-7-7-----|------9-9-10-9-----12-12B------17------17-14-12-----14-12-
G-----------------|--sl2----------SL6--------SL11----11-9----------9-7-------
G-----------------|--sl2----------SL6--------SL11----11-9----------9-7-------
F#----------------|----------------------------------------------------------
F#----------------|----------------------------------------------------------
I ran out of room but at the end of the solo Lee plays XX7777 harmonic and
bends it with a trem bar, or by pulling on the neck.
here is where my notation gets weird.
guitar 1 (again strumming not shown)
FIG 1 FIG 2
A---0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
A---0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
G---14-12-11-|--21-19-18-|
G---14-12-11-|--21-19-18-|
F#--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
F#--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--|
guitar 2 plays 002200 with fig 1. and 000000 with fig 2. it sounds bad
when i play it too, but guitar 2 is way down in the mix and i promise that
is what they play.
guitar 2
with FIG 1 (repeat) repeat
A---17-17-17-16-19-|-[-19-19-19-19-17-16-17-16-]--16-16-16-16-17-16-17-16-x\-|
A---17-17-17-16-19-|-[-19-19-19-19-17-16-17-16-]--16-16-16-16-17-16-17-16-x\-|
G------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
trem pick the last slide down.
guitar 1 plays 006600
while guitar 2 plays 886600 then 776600.
guitar 2 continues as above
while guitar 1 repeats:
A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G---3-3-3-2-3-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|
G---3-3-3-2-3-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-|
F#------------------------------|
F#------------------------------|
it ends with Lee dropping the trem bar on 776600 with the top 4 somewhat
muted.