"SUNDAY"
by Sonic Youth
from the album A Thousand Leaves
Thurston's tuning in this song is BBGDGC, though you could simply just leave the top
strings the same since the song revolves around the bottom strings (tuning A down one full
and bottom E down two whole steps, giving it a very deep and low sound).
intro:
B------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------|
D------5------------5------------8------------8--------| ~ = whammy bar
G----5---5-6~~----5---5-6~~----8---8-9~~----8---8-9~~--|
C--5------------5------------8------------8------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D------5------------5--------------10----------------10----------|
G----5---5-6~~----5---5-6~~-----10----10-11~~-----10----10-11~~--|
C--5------------5------------10----------------10----------------|
distortion
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D--3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X--|
G--3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X--|
C--3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X-6-6-6-X--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/sunday_tab_ver_3.html ]
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11--|
G--3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11--|
C--3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-3-3-3-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11-X-11-11-11--|
repeat all, then...
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D--8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5--|
G--8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5--|
C--8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5--|
verse...
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D--5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X--|
G--5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X--|
C--5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X--|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D--8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X--|
G--8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X--|
C--8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-8-8-8-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X--|
Repeat.
For the jam, stick to the 5th fret chord, sometimes sliding up
to the 17th fret for the octave, and more or less go between the two...
Afterwards...
B-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D--5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-8-8-10-10--|
G--5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-8-8-10-10--|
C--5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-X-5-8-8-10-10--|
end on verse.
--
not sure on Lee's part.
