Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots (from the album Goo) This is Thurston's guitar part. the tuning (from low to high) is EGDGED. slightly of standard tuning. you'll come to see its a pretty awesome tuning. Intro (oh, how great it sounds): D-----5-------7-------2-------4-----------| E-----------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------| x4 D-5-5---5/7-7---72-2---2/4-4---4----------| G-----------------------------------------| E-----------------------------------------| then... -------------------------------| -------------------------------| -------------------99-77-------| x4 -7/9-999-99--7/9-9-77-55-------| -7/9-999-99--7/9-9-------------| -0/0-000-00--0/0-0-------------| Verse: listen to album for strumming. ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ---4---7---2---5------------------| ---x---x---x---x------------------| ---4---7---2---5------------------| ----------------------------------| Chorus ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| --9---7----------2-------0--------| --9---7----------2-------0--------| --9---7----------2-------0--------| --0---0----------0-------3--------| -----------------------------|-----|-----------| -----------------------------|-----|-----------| --9---7----------2----4--0---|-----|-----------| --9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/------| --9---7----------2----4--0---|--9--|-(9)/------| --0---0----------0----0--3---|--0--|-(0)/------| At end of chorus strum this chord. Play another verse and chorus and after that play: --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| -14-13-12-----------/17171717171717-/191919191919-/212121212121-----| --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| "Dirty boots" part: -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -7-9--9------x-x-x--9-9--7-7---------------| x4 -7-9--9/----x-x-x--7-7--5-5----------------| -7-9--9/----x-x-x--------------------------| -0-0--0/----x-x-x--------------------------| noise... ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| -7-9-9-9-9b--7-9-9-14-14-12-12--7-9-9-9-9b-7-9-12--14/19-19-19-19-| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| --6/77777666-6/77777666-3/5-55-5~-| use whammy bar on last note ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| next bit 1: ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------| ---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------| x4 ---9---x-x-x--12----12-12-12------| ---0-----------0-----0--0--0------| ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| -11/12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-------| x4 ----------------------------------| ----------------------------------| play next bit 1 twice but one the second time only play the first riff twice. next bit: mute x -2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----| -x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----| -x-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxx----| -2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----| ----------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------| -5/7-77777-555-5/7-77777-555-/10--10101010--8-8-8-101010101010-| ---------------------------------------------------------------| -7/9-99999-777-5/7-99999-777-/12--12121212-101010-121212121212-| ---------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------| -2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----| ----------------------------------------------| after playing this ----------------------------------------------| strum last chord for -2-22-222-2/5-55-555-5/7-77-777-7/9-99-999----| few bars ----------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------| then play intro again gradually strumming it faster and noisier. --12~--|-------------12-------| -------|----------------------| play this a couple of times and -------|----------------------| use whammy bar on the high 12 -------|-12--12-12------------| -------|----------------------| -------|----------------------| --12121212/14---141414141412-12---121212-9---9997---7--5~~-| bend 5-| --------------------------------------------------------------------| with --------------------------------------------------------------------| whammy --------------------------------------------------------------------| bar --------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| such a great song.