Drunken Butterfly Bass

Song: Drunken Butterfly
Artist: Sonic Youth
Source: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/
        tabbed by chris lawrence
Tuning: F#F#GA
 
thrash open strings w/ fuzz for intro.
 
verse:
 
A------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
F#--7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7-8-|
F#--7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7-8-|
 
chorus:
 
A------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------|
F#--18-18---18-19-18---18-19-18---16-16-16-|
F#--18-18---18-19-18---18-19-18---16-16-16-|
 
end on:
 
A--------|
G--------|
F#--\19--|
F#--\19--|
 
back to thrash part, then verse/chorus again.
 
another thrash part, then the instrumental.
 
hold C for the instrumental, either:
 
A-------    -----|
G-------    -----|
F#--18--    --6--|
F#--18-- or --6--|
 
slide around a lot, w/ lots of fuzz.
 
"whisper" part:
 
A------|
G---0--|
F#--1--
F#--1--
 
play that, slide up slowly at the end of each repetition.
 
after that part, slide up way past the 15th fret randomly
until the next verse.
 
after the verse riff, move to:
 
A------------------------------------|
G-----------------------0------------|
F#--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-1------------|
F#--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-1------------|
 
then to chorus and one last thrash part.
 
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