Androgynous Mind Tab

Song: Androgynous Mind
Band: Sonic Youth
Source: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/
        tabbed by chris lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)
Tuning: Thurston: EGDGED
        Lee: GGCGCD

Thurston: Main Riff (played throughout whole song)

D-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-7--X-X--0-7-6--X-X--0-0-0-9--X-X--0-9-8--X-X--7-7-7-7-----|
D-7--X-X--0-7-6--X-X--0-0-0-9--X-X--0-9-8--X-X--7-7-7-7-----|
G-7--X-X--0-7-6--X-X--0-0-0-9--X-X--0-9-8--X-X--7-7-7-7-----|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

Lee:

A lot of notes have delay and trem bar effects on them, so experiment.

 0:03            0:05   0:07      0:11
D--0-(that's wrong)-------0---------19\17-17-17--19\17-17-17--19----|
C-------------------------(bend violently with trem bar)------------|
G------------------12-----------------------------------------------|
C-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                      0:29
D---19~17~19-19-----------------------------------------------------|
C---(trill with trem bar fast)--------------------------------------|
G----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-etc.-------------|
C-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|

"Androgynous Mind":
   0:42   0:46             0:48
D-----------------------------------------|  This repeats a few times
C-----------------------------------------|  until "Hey hey its okay"
G---------12-14-15\14-------14--12--15----|
C---10\-----------------------------------|
G---//------------------------------------|
G---//------------------------------------|
    ** fast trem picked slide backwards

 1:12                            1:39   (trills)
D-------------------------------------|
C-------------------------------------|
G--14--14-14--14--14-----------14-----|
C------------------------10\----------|
G------------------------//-----------|
G------------------------//-----------|

D----19~17~19~17~19--etc.-------------19~17~19--etc.-|
C----------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------0-0-0-0-0-etc.------------|
C----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
  Bend furiously with trem bar

At 1:53 Lee turns on a phaser, then at 2:07 plays:

D---19---17---19--(bend up!!!)-----|
C---//--------//-------------------|
G---//--------//-------------------|
C----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|

Trem pick the 19's and play the 17 briefly, then bend the second 19 up.
Lee plays this a few times, then dissolves into total noise. Use lots
of feedback, delay, phaser, and wild trem bar effects.

Then, when it gets quiet:

 2:37               ****  2:47      2:51          2:57
D-------------------     ------------------------------------------------|
C-------------------     ------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------     ------------------------------------------------|
C-----------7---10--     ---7\10-----7\5\7\10----------*7*(harmonic)-----|
G--4---7------------     ------------------------7--5--------------------|
G--4---7------------     ------------------------------------------------|

Notes aren't picked, just fretted and sustained.
Where the **** Lee "plays" some hand slides.

  3:04       3:10                       3:18              3:23
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--7\5/9\-----9\8\7\6\5---5/7--5/7-9-----9--7-7\5----5\4---2--\3--\4--\5-|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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