Teenage Riot Chords & Tabs
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
Tabbed By: matt burgess
EMail: gvb878@gte.net
Album: daydream nation
(conan o brien rules!)
Thurston's tuning: GABDEG
Lee's tuning: GGDDGG
Thurston's parts...
Intro:
G---7--7--7--5--5---0----0----5---5---
E---5--5--5--5--5-------------5---5---
D---0--0--0--0--0--0---0-------------- these are the chords played for that
B------------------------------------- "spirit, desire.." bit....
A-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
and when the song kicks in, T plays this...
G-----7--7--7---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----5--5--5---5----------7------------------------------------------------------------
D---0----------------5---7-----7(p)5(p)0-------0-----0---7--7--7--7--7--5--5------0-----
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------
A------------------5---5----------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------0------0-------------------------------------
G---7--7--7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---5--5--5---5-------------------------------------7-----------------------------------
D---------------------------5----------------5------5-----------------------------------
B--------------------5---7-----7-----5---7----------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse riff:
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------15--15--15--14
D--12---12---12---12---12-----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12---12--12----------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------10----------------
A--10---10---10---10---12-----10--10--10--10--12--12--12--12--10---10--0-----------------
G--0----0----0----0----0------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---------------------
Chorus chords:
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------13---------13--------15-----------------------------------------------------
A---12---14---0-----14---0----12---12----10\7----5----------------------------------------
G---0----0----------0---------0----0-----0--0----0----------------------------------------
the break starts with a rapid strumming of this chord
G--------
E--------
D-----5--
B--------
A-----5--
G-----0--
after that bit, go back to playing the main riff
and back to the verse and chorus parts....
end on big G chord (same chord used for beginning of break)
Lee's part...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/teenage_riot_tab_ver_4.html ]
all of lee's parts are really low in the mix, so i'm not completely certain if this is
correct. but, it's close enough. this is one song where it doesn't matter if it's played
sloppy. in fact, it sounds better that way.
for the intro, lee plays something like this:
G---------0---0-----
G---------0---0-----
D-----7---7---7----- i think he also plays a bunch of little riffs deep in the mix
D-----7---7---7-----
G-----0-------------
G-----0-------------
for the main riff of the song, lee backs up T with this...
harm.
G------7--7--7--5--------------12---------7--7--7--5------------------------------------
G------7--7--7--5--------------12---------7--7--7--5------------------------------------
D---0---------------2/9--------12------0-------------------------------------------------
D---0---------------2/9--------12------0-----------------2--4---5---4---2--4--5/9--9(t)--
G---------------------------0---------------------------------------------------0--0-----
G---------------------------0------------------------------------------------------------
(t)=pick rapidly with much speed
it's really tough to hear what lee is playing for the verses. most of the time, he's just
playing open strings and some harmonics. here's a little thing that sounds cool.
harm
G-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
G-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
D-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
D-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
G-----0-----12----0-------------------------------------------
G-----0-----------0-------------------------------------------
lee's chorus riff
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--7--9---9---------10---9------10---7------5\2--2--2--2--2--2----0---0-------------------
D--0--0---0---------0----0------0----0------0-0--0--0--0--0--0----0---0-------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
don't be afraid to throw in some of those high g strings in with the chorus riff
for the break, lee starts off with : G--0---
G--0---
D--0---
D--0---
G--0---
G--0---
then, go back to the main riff....
in the last verse, lee throws in some little riffs
at the first run thru of the verse riff, lee plays this:
high G---12---9---7---4---2---0------------
then, at the end of the verse, right before the last chorus, lee plays
high G-----14---12---9--9---7--------------
and that's all......
