Chord/Tab song: Disconnection Notice

DISCONNECTION NOTICE by Sonic Youth

tab by Spencer Ward

Thurston: CGDGCD

Note: some of thurston's part is doubled by acoustic guitar...

intro:

D---------------------------------
C---------------------------------
G--------------------------2------
D--------2-------------2-3---3-2--
G--0-2-3---3-2---0-2-3------------
C---------------------------------

verse chords:

D--3---0--
C--0---0--
G--3---2--
D--0---2--
G--0---2--
C---------

chorus chords:

this is no direction prepare for the city

D---0-----------------------0----0-0-0-0--
C---0-----------------------0----2-2-2-0--
G---5-----------------------3----3-3-3-3--
D---5-----------------------3-------------
G---5-----------------------3-------------
C---0-------------------------------------

there's the slight change during the 2nd chord, otherwise just
arpeggiate each chord...

repeat intro/verse/chorus

then there's a gtr solo over the chorus chords, then a drum pause.

interlude:

D------------12-12-12-9-----------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
C---------0---0--0--0-0-----------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--0--
G-------------0--0--0-0----9\10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-- PLAY
D-----2------12-12-12-9-------------------------------------------- TWICE
G--------------------------9\10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----
C--0----0----------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------
C--------------------------------------------------------
G--10--12-12-12-10---12--10-12-10-12-10-10--12-13-12-13--
D--10--10-10-10-10---10--10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--
G--10--10-10-10-10---10--10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--
C--------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D----------9-12---9-----------9-12-9-----
G-----9-12----------12---9-12--------12--
C--12------------------------------------

play both of those riffs twice...........

then:

D-------------------------------------
C------------------------------------- improvise around that./
G-------------------------------------
D--------9-12--9----------9-12--9----- strum open strings on top...
G---9-12---------12--9-12---------12--
C-------------------------------------

then:

D------------------------------------------------------------
C--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--------------------------------
G--5-5-7--5-5-7--5-5-7--5-5-7-----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
D--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-5-5--
G--5-5-7--5-5-7--5-5-7--5-5-7-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-5--
C--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--0-----------------------------

Play twice + repeat the 2nd half again, then:

D-----------------------
C------6-6-6-6-6--------
G--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5--
D--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
G--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
C--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--

play a few times then:

D-------------
C-------------
G-----7-7----- repeat .....
D-----0-0-8b--
G--0----------
C--0----------

back to intro riff > verse...... end on:

D--0--
[C--3--]G--0--
[D--3--]G--0--
[C-----]

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Lee: GGDGGA

intro:

A---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
G--------------------------2------
D--------2-------------2-3---3-2--
G--0-2-3---3-2---0-2-3------------
G---------------------------------

verse:

A---------------- trem pick first note
G----------------
G--\17~~~~~/-0--- hold open G w/ trem bar
D----------------
G---------------- sometimes play 17th fret on A
G----------------

chorus chords:

A--5----3---
G--5----3---
G--5----3---
D--5----3---
G--5----3---
G--5----3---

first solo:

A-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
G---12^14\15-14-12-10-10^12-7~~~---12^14\15-14-12-10-10^12-\19~~~~--

second solo: (there's 2 gtrs here playing similar solos, this is just 1)

A---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
G--\10-9-7-5~~--5-7-9-9\10/9-7/5-3~~~~~-----3~-5^3-5~-7~--
D---------------------------------------3^5---------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--5\7~-7-5~~--5^7-7-\12~-10-12~--10-12\14~~-15~~--17~~--17\19-19~-19~-19~\--
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------

pause for drums......

haven't tabbed lee's instrumental part yet, lots of quiet phasy stuff in the
left speaker, thurston's gtr more or less dominates down the middle. will
come sooner or later (if you wanna tab it, go ahead!).

final verse is same as before, a little looser + w/ some harmonic/trem bar shit.,

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KIM: DADABB

verse:

B-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-\15-14-12--5--15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-17--14/12--

chorus:

B------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
D--10-10-10-10-10-10-19-20-15-12--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-19-20-15-12--

repeat that, then expand on the fill a bit after the vocals stop:

B-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
D---19-20-15-19^20^19-17-10\8---19-20-15-12-12--

repeat all that til the instrumental break, where kim just makes
blistering noise w/ her microsynth (for the whole thing!).

@ 4:09 or so according to the video she stays on this note

B------------------
B------------------
A------------------
D------------------
A-17---------------
D-17---------------

@ 4:17

B------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------
A--------------------12--12-12-12-----
D-3-3-5--3-3-5 then 12--12-12-12-12-10

@4:47
[B--]
[B--]
[A--]
[D--]
[A-5]
[D-5]