The Diamond Sea bass tab by Sonic Youth

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5--5-5-5-5-5-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5h7-5------------------------5h7-5----------5---7/9--7-5------------------|
A|-------7--------7-----7-------------7-5--5-5---5---------------------------| x2
E|---------0--0-0---0-0---0-0-0----------------------------------------------|


Verse: (0:39)

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5--5-5-5-5-5-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5h7-5------------------------5h7-5----------5---7/9--7-5------------------|
A|-------7--------7-----7-------------7-5--5-5---5---------------------------| x2
E|---------0--0-0---0-0---0-0-0----------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse + Chorus 3 times


Solo: (2:25)

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7/9-9-9-\7----7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7/9-9-9----------------|
E|-0--0-0---0-----0-------------0--0-0---0-------0---------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|\7----7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7/9-9-9-\7----7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
E|-0--0-0---0-----0-------------0--0-0---0-------0------0-0-0-0-0------------|

(2:42)

G|----------------------------4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------2--2-2--2-2-2------------------------------------------------|
E|-3--3--3-3-3---------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------4--4--4-4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4--------------------|
D|-2--2--2-2-2--5--5-5--5-5-5------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:58)

G|-7--7--7-7-7--------------------7--7--7-7-7--------------------------------|
D|--------------7--7-7-------------------------7--7-7------------------------|
A|---------------------7--7--7-7----------------------7--7--7-7--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|

(3:15)

G|-7--7--7-7-7--------------------7--7--7-7-7--------------------------------|
D|--------------7--7-7-------------------------7--7-7------------------------|
A|---------------------7--7--7-7----------------------7--7--7-7--------------| x16
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(4:36)

G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Lots of noise around here. Bass seems to stay on that D note.

G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Begin to slow the picking down, stop at 6:53.



Pre-verse: (6:58)

Play a lot slower than the first verses.
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse: (7:12)

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---5--5-5-5-5-5-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5h7-5------------------------5h7-5----------5---7/9--7-5------------------|
A|-------7--------7-----7-------------7-5--5-5---5---------------------------| x2
E|---------0--0-0---0-0---0-0-0----------------------------------------------|


Imrpov: (7:55)

Play very gently and slowly.

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|


From here, the song rises into noise, primarily from Thurston and Lee's guitars, but I
like to use a lot of distortion and effects to contribute to the noise. You can stay on the open E
but from here, the key doesn't matter a lot.


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