It took me a while, but luckily I happened to read an old interview in a guitar magazine
Thurston talked about some of the tunings the band uses, mentioning the one in
Once I had the correct tuning things were easier while trying to tab the song.
First of all, to anyone asking me "to tab this in standard tuning", that is not
Sonic Youth (almost) always uses odd tunings, there's nothing I can do about that. On the other
I can help you achieve the desired tunings.
For this song, the tuning is as follows:
D|--| (Standard high E, down one whole step)G|--| (Standard B, down 2 whole steps. You can use standard B, if you want)B|--| (Standard G, up 2 whole steps. You can let in standard G, if you want)E|--| (Standard D, up one whole step)C|--| (Standard A, up 1 and a half steps)C|--| (At first I though this C was one octave lower than the other one but apparently it sounds better if they both are unisone, so it's up to you, you can either go up or down frome the satandar low E)
Now you have the tuning, here's the tab.
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DISAPPEARER - Sonic Youth
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Tabbed by: Gustavo Collado
Email: ltavo_87@hotmail.com
Tuning:CCEBGD
INTRO
Guitar 1 (listen to the song to get the correct strumming pattern)D|-(1-1-1-11-333-1-1-1-11-333-11)-4-4-44-4-4-44------------|G|--1-1-1-11-333-1-1-1-11-333-11--4-4-44-4-4-44/16-16-1616-|B|--1-1-1-11-333-1-1-1-11-333-11--0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--| X2E|--1-1-1-11-333-1-1-1-11-333-11--0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--|C|--0-0-0-00-000-0-0-0-00-000-00------0------0--0-----0-0--|C|--0-0-0-00-000-0-0-0-00-000-00---------------------------|
Guitar 2D|----------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------| X2E|-8r-8-10/11-10-8r-8-10/11-10-8r-7r-/19r-|C|----------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------|
VERSE 1
Both Guitars (I guess)D|-----------|G|----00-0-0-|B|----88-8-8-|X6E|-88-88-8-8-|C|-00-00-0-0-|C|-----------|
(And here it comes again, right out of the rain...)D|---------------------|G|----00-0-0----00-0-0-|B|----88-8-8----66-6-6-|X4E|-88-88-8-8-66-66-6-6-|C|-00-00-0-0-00-00-0-0-|C|---------------------|
(...it turns to me and it turns to gold...)D|-0-00-0-0--0-0-|G|-333333-000000-|B|-444444-333333-|X2E|-444444-333333-|C|-000000-000000-|C|-000000-000000-|
CHORUS 1
(ItÂ’s been away too long...)Guitar 1D|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|G|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|B|-1-1-41-1/3-3-6363-|X4E|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|C|-0-0-00-0-0-0-0000-|C|-0-0-00-0-0-0-0000-|
D|-4-4-44-4-4-44------------|G|-4-4-44-4-4-44/16-16-1616-|B|-0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--|E|-0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--|C|-----0------0--0-----0-0--|C|--------------------------|
Guitar 2D|--------------------------------------------------------|G|-----8-----------10----10--------8-----------10---10-12-|B|--------------------------------------------------------|X2E|-8-8---8-8/10-10----10----10-8-8---8-8/10-10----10------|C|--------------------------------------------------------|C|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----|G|-16r-|B|-0r--|E|-0r--|C|-----|C|-----|
VERSE 2
(Looking out I thought I saw it blink...)Both GuitarsD|-----------|G|----00-0-0-|B|----88-8-8-|X4E|-88-88-8-8-|C|-00-00-0-0-|C|-----------|
D|---------------------|G|----00-0-0----00-0-0-|B|----88-8-8----66-6-6-|X2E|-88-88-8-8-66-66-6-6-|C|-00-00-0-0-00-00-0-0-|C|---------------------|
(...pick it up and turn it on...)D|-0-00-0-0--0-0-|G|-333333-000000-|B|-444444-333333-|X2E|-444444-333333-|C|-000000-000000-|C|-000000-000000-|
CHORUS 2
(ItÂ’s been mad, and gone...)Guitar 1D|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|G|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|B|-1-1-41-1/3-3-6363-|X4E|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|C|-0-0-00-0-0-0-0000-|C|-0-0-00-0-0-0-0000-|
D|-4-4-44-4-4-44------------|G|-4-4-44-4-4-44/16-16-1616-|B|-0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--|E|-0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--|C|-----0------0--0-----0-0--|C|--------------------------|
Guitar 2D|--------------------------------------------------------|G|-----8-----------10----10--------8-----------10---10-12-|B|--------------------------------------------------------|X2E|-8-8---8-8/10-10----10----10-8-8---8-8/10-10----10------|C|--------------------------------------------------------|C|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------|G|-16r-/16b-16r-/24b-|B|-0r------------0---|E|-0r------------0---|C|-------------------|C|-------------------|
Note (At some point I think they used 3 guitars in during the interlude, so in order to
it easier to understand and play I'm going to divide this section into parts)
INTERLUDE PART I
Guitar 1D|----------13----------13------------------12-------|G|-----13-----13--13--13--------13------12----12--12-|B|---13--13-----13--15----13--13--13--12--12----12---| X2E|-13-----------------------13------12---------------|C|---------------------------------------------------|C|---------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2D|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|B|---------------------------| X2E|-1r-3/4/3-1r-3/4/3-1r-/17b-|C|---------------------------|C|---------------------------|
INTERLUDE PART II
Guitar 1D|----------13----------13------------------12-------|G|-----13-----13--13--13--------13------12----12--12-|B|---13--13-----13--15----13--13--13--12--12----12---| X2E|-13-----------------------13------12---------------|C|---------------------------------------------------|C|---------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2D|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|B|---------------------------|E|-1r-3/4/3-1r-3/4/3-1r-/17b-|C|---------------------------|C|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|G|---------------------------|B|---------------------------|E|-1r-3/4/3-1r-3/4/3-1r-/15r-|C|---------------------------|C|---------------------------|
Guitar 3 (for the bendings, slowly bend the string the most you can)D|-10r----------------10r-----------------|G|-----13-12-10-12-13-----13-12-10-12-14b-|B|----------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------|
D|-10r----------------10r-----------------|G|-----13-12-10-12-13-----13-12-10-12-16b-|B|----------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE PART 3
Both Guitars (Fast strumming)D|----------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------|X2E|----------------------------------------|C|-55555555557777777744444444444444444444-|C|-55555555557777777744444444444444444444-|
INTERLUDE PART 4
Guitar 1D|-----------------------------|G|-----------------------------|B|----------------9-11-12-11-9-|X4E|-12-14-15-14-12-0-0--0--0--0-|C|-0--0--0--0--0---------------|C|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2 (if you have a volume pedal, well ... lower the volume a little bit for this part)D|----------------------------------------|G|----------------------------------------|B|----------------------------------------|X4E|----------------------------------------|C|-55555555557777777744444444444444444444-|C|-55555555557777777744444444444444444444-|
INTERLUDE PART 5
Guitar 1D|-----------|G|----00-0-0-|B|----88-8-8-|X6E|-88-88-8-8-|C|-00-00-0-0-|C|-----------|
Guitar 2D|------------------------------|G|------------------------------|B|-----------8------------8-----|X6E|---------8---8--------8---8---|C|-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-------0-|C|------------------------------|
VERSE III
Both Guitars(Looking out IÂ’m back in time to stay...)D|---------------------|G|----00-0-0----00-0-0-|B|----88-8-8----66-6-6-|X2E|-88-88-8-8-66-66-6-6-|C|-00-00-0-0-00-00-0-0-|C|---------------------|
(...it comes alive through and clearer...)D|-0-00-0-0--0-0-|G|-333333-000000-|B|-444444-333333-|X2E|-444444-333333-|C|-000000-000000-|C|-000000-000000-|
CHORUS III
(YouÂ’ve been away too long...)Guitar 1D|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|G|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|B|-1-1-41-1/3-3-6363-|X4E|-1-1-11-1/3-3-3333-|C|-0-0-00-0-0-0-0000-|C|-0-0-00-0-0-0-0000-|
D|-4-4-44-4-4-44------------|G|-4-4-44-4-4-44/16-16-1616-|B|-0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--|E|-0-0-00-0-0-00-0--0--0-0--|C|-----0------0--0-----0-0--|C|--------------------------|
Guitar 2D|----------------------------------------------------------|G|-----8-----------10----10--------8-----------10---10-12-16|B|----------------------------------------------------------|X2E|-8-8---8-8/10-10----10----10-8-8---8-8/10-10----10--------|C|----------------------------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------------------------|
OUTRO
Guitar 1D|-0r-|G|-0r-|B|-8r-|E|-8r-|C|-0r-|C|-0r-|
Guitar 2D|-0r--|G|-16r-|B|-0r--|E|-0r--|C|-0r--|C|-----|
So, overall this is the song. There are some arrangements here and there I did not
to tab, anyway, hope it helps you play this incredible song by Sonic Youth.
