Screaming Skull Chords & Tabs
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SCREAMING SKULL
> >VERSE: theres just that one chord, C5, then rake in rhythm as kim says
> >the werds. by C5 i mean the root note on the E string (8th fret) plus
> >the fifth on the A string (10th fret) and possibly the octave on the D
> >string (10th fret) if yr not too lazy. by rake i mean release the action
> >a little so that the strings are muted, then strum up and down. with the
> >right distortion this will sound like the album.
>
> > C5 rake rake rake
> > society
>
> > C5 rake rake rake
> > screaming skull etc.
>
>
> >CHORUS: same idea, but with A#5 and G#5, alternately.
>
> > A#5 rake rake rake
> > i'll go there
>
> > G#5 rake rake rake
> > but i don't care
>
> > A#5 rake rake rake
> > i'll go there
>
> > G#5 rake rake rake
> > it's just to stare etc.
>
>
> > C5 rake rake rake rake A#5 A#5 A#5 (do that once)
> > pat smear
>
>
> >SOLO: im so off on this. it really may be two guitars playing off each
> >other by a fifth. dunno. the bass plays the verse/chorus structure through.
>
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/screaming_skull_tab.html ]
> > -----------------------|----------------------|
> > -----------------------|----------------------| (do this
> > ----------8-10-8-10/12-|----------8-10-8------| twice.)
> > -10-10-10--------------|-10-10-10--------10-8-|
> > -----------------------|----------------------|
> > -----------------------|----------------------|
>
> > -------------------------|-------------------------|
> > ----------11-13-11-13/15-|----------11-13-11-------| (do this
> > -12-12-12--8-10--8-10/12-|-12-12-12--8-10--8-12-10-| twice.)
> > -10-10-10----------------|-10-10-10----------10--8-|
> > -------------------------|-------------------------|
> > -------------------------|-------------------------|
>
> > -------------------------|-------------------------|
> > -------------------------|--------r----r----r------| (do this
> > -10----10-10-12----12----|--8-----a----a----a------| twice.)
> > --8-----8--8-10----10----|--6-----k----k----k------|
> > -------------------------|--------e----e----e------|
> > -------------------------|-------------------------|
>
>
> >thats all. anyone who can come up with a tuning that would facilitate this
> >fifthed part of the solo, eg. by putting the fifth in the same fret rather
> >than in the second or third (yeah, those high strings are a pain in the
> >ass), please post.
>
> >have phun
>
>
> >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> >:: WITH AN OUNCE OF PAIN :: Scott T. Brown ::
> >:: I WIELD A TON OF RAGE :: Columbia University, NYC ::
> >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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