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Teenage Riot by Sonic Youth
Teenage Riot
Thurston's tuning: GABDEG
Lee's tuning: GGDDGG
Thurston's parts...
Intro:
G---7--7--7--5--5---0----0----5---5---
E---5--5--5--5--5-------------5---5---
D---0--0--0--0--0--0---0-------------- these are the chords played for that
B------------------------------------- "spirit, desire.." bit....
A-------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------
and when the song kicks in, T plays this...
G-----7--7--7---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----5--5--5---5----------7------------------------------------------------------------
D---0----------------5---7-----7(p)5(p)0-------0-----0---7--7--7--7--7--5--5------0-----
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------
A------------------5---5----------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------0------0-------------------------------------
G---7--7--7---5-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---5--5--5---5-------------------------------------7-----------------------------------
D---------------------------5----------------5------5-----------------------------------
B--------------------5---7-----7-----5---7----------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse riff:
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------15--15--15--14
D--12---12---12---12---12-----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12---12--12----------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------10----------------
A--10---10---10---10---12-----10--10--10--10--12--12--12--12--10---10--0-----------------
G--0----0----0----0----0------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----0---------------------
Chorus chords:
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------13---------13--------15-----------------------------------------------------
A---12---14---0-----14---0----12---12----10\7----5----------------------------------------
G---0----0----------0---------0----0-----0--0----0----------------------------------------
the break starts with a rapid strumming of this chord
G--------
E--------
D-----5--
B--------
A-----5--
G-----0--
after that bit, go back to playing the main riff
and back to the verse and chorus parts....
end on big G chord (same chord used for beginning of break)
Lee's part...
all of lee's parts are really low in the mix, so i'm not completely certain if this is
correct. but, it's close enough. this is one song where it doesn't matter if it's played
sloppy. in fact, it sounds better that way.
for the intro, lee plays something like this:
G---------0---0-----
G---------0---0-----
D-----7---7---7----- i think he also plays a bunch of little riffs deep in the mix
D-----7---7---7-----
G-----0-------------
G-----0-------------
for the main riff of the song, lee backs up T with this...
harm.
G------7--7--7--5--------------12---------7--7--7--5------------------------------------
G------7--7--7--5--------------12---------7--7--7--5------------------------------------
D---0---------------2/9--------12------0-------------------------------------------------
D---0---------------2/9--------12------0-----------------2--4---5---4---2--4--5/9--9(t)--
G---------------------------0---------------------------------------------------0--0-----
G---------------------------0------------------------------------------------------------
(t)=pick rapidly with much speed
it's really tough to hear what lee is playing for the verses. most of the time, he's just
playing open strings and some harmonics. here's a little thing that sounds cool.
harm
G-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
G-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
D-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
D-----0-----12----0-----0--------7---7---7---7----7-----7-----
G-----0-----12----0-------------------------------------------
G-----0-----------0-------------------------------------------
lee's chorus riff
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--7--9---9---------10---9------10---7------5\2--2--2--2--2--2----0---0-------------------
D--0--0---0---------0----0------0----0------0-0--0--0--0--0--0----0---0-------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
don't be afraid to throw in some of those high g strings in with the chorus riff
for the break, lee starts off with : G--0---
G--0---
D--0---
D--0---
G--0---
G--0---
then, go back to the main riff....
in the last verse, lee throws in some little riffs
at the first run thru of the verse riff, lee plays this:
high G---12---9---7---4---2---0------------
then, at the end of the verse, right before the last chorus, lee plays
high G-----14---12---9--9---7--------------
[Kim]
You're it
No, you're it
Hey, you're really it
You're it
No I mean it, you're it
Say it
Don't spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (don't displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall
Miss me
Don't dismiss me
Spirit desire
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
[Thurston]
Everybody's talking 'bout the stormy weather
And what's a man do to but work out whether it's true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two
Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you
Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through
Everybody's coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know it's someone I knew
Teenage riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you
Now I see it
I think I'll leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
And it's not clear why you fade away
Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer that's rockin'
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, that'll do me for now
It better work out
I hope it works out my way
'Cause it's getting kind of quiet in my city's head
Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now
You better look it
We're gonna shake it
Up to him
He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand
We know it's down
We know it's bound too loose
Everybody's sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to choose
So who's to take the blame for the stormy weather
You're never gonna stop all the teenage leather and booze
It's time to go round
A one man showdown
Teach us how to fail
We're off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail
----------------
version 2
Tuning: Standard
INTRO
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-------5--55-7-777--55--00--55-7-77--55--0000--55-7------------------|
D|-0---0-2---0--00-0-000--00--00--00-0-00--00--0000--00-0------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-775-5555--00-0-00--00-0--000000-00000000--0000000000--0000000--------|
D|--0-000-0000--22-4-44--24-5--555555-55555555--9999999999--9999999--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSES/CHORUS
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--00000000-00000000-0000000000-0000000000-0000000-\12-12-12-99-----------|
D|--77777777-55555555-7777777777-5555555555-7777777-------------12-12------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-00000000-0000---0-000000000--0000000000-0----0-0-0-0-----------------|
D|--7-99999999-9999--10-999999999--7777777777-2(3)-2-2-2~2(3)--------------|
A|------------------------------------b----------b-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"here he comes now...etc"
OUTRO
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-775-5555--00-0-00--00-0--000000-00000000--0000000000--0000000--------|
D|--0-000-0000--22-4-44--24-5--555555-55555555--9999999999--9999999--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--00000000-00000000-0000000000-0000000000-0000000-\12-12-12-99-----------|
D|--77777777-55555555-7777777777-5555555555-7777777-------------12-12------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Kim]
You're it
No, you're it
Hey, you're really it
You're it
No I mean it, you're it
Say it
Don't spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (don't displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall
Miss me
Don't dismiss me
Spirit desire
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
[Thurston]
Everybody's talking 'bout the stormy weather
And what's a man do to but work out whether it's true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two
Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you
Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through
Everybody's coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know it's someone I knew
Teenage riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you
Now I see it
I think I'll leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
And it's not clear why you fade away
Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer that's rockin'
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, that'll do me for now
It better work out
I hope it works out my way
'Cause it's getting kind of quiet in my city's head
Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now
You better look it
We're gonna shake it
Up to him
He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand
We know it's down
We know it's bound too loose
Everybody's sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to choose
So who's to take the blame for the stormy weather
You're never gonna stop all the teenage leather and booze
It's time to go round
A one man showdown
Teach us how to fail
We're off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
----------------
version 3
(standard tuning)
Intro
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--7--7-7-7-5-5------0---0--0-5-5--|
D|--7--7-7-7-7-7---------------7-7--|
A|------------------0---0-----------|
E|----------------------------------| repeat
Bridge 1
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------7--7--7--5-------------------------------------|
D|------7--7--7--7-----7-7-7-7-7-5-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-5-0-|
A|--5------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-0-|
E|--7--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|------7—7---5---------------------------44444-|
D|------7—7---7------------5--4----4--555555555-|
A|--5---------------5--7---------7----0000------|
E|--7-------------------------------------------|
Verse
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-------4----4--------2--------2----2-------4-|
D|-------0----0--------0--------0----0-------0-|
A|-------2----2--------2--------2----2-------2-|
E|--3-3----3----3-3-------3-3-----3------3-----| repeat
I'm not sure about how many times do you play those 3's but listen to the song and
eventually figure out the rhytm. Then play:
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--2---2-2---2-2---12-12-12---9--9-9------|
D|--2---2-2---2-2---12-12-12---7--7-7------|
A|--0---0-0---0-0---12-12-12---7--7-7------|
E|--3---3-3---3-3--------------------------|
Chorus (chords, listen to the song, strumming is very simple to figure out)
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------0----|
D|----------------------------------5----|
A|--12---14---15---14---15---12-----0----|
E|--15---15---15---14---15---15-----5----|
Bridge 2 (repeat a few times,then go back to verse)
Strum this chord first:
E|------|
B|------|
G|--0---|
D|--5---|
A|--0---|
E|--5---|
then:
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------7--7--7--5-------------------------------------|
D|------7--7--7--7-----7-7-7-7-7-5-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-5-0-|
A|--5------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-0-|
E|--7--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------7—7---5---------------------------1616161616-|
D|------7—7---7------------5--4----4--55551717171717-|
A|--5---------------5--7---------7----0000-----------|
E|--7------------------------------------------------|
End with
E|------|
B|------|
G|--0---|
D|--5---|
A|--0---|
E|--5---|
[Kim]
You're it
No, you're it
Hey, you're really it
You're it
No I mean it, you're it
Say it
Don't spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (don't displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall
Miss me
Don't dismiss me
Spirit desire
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
[Thurston]
Everybody's talking 'bout the stormy weather
And what's a man do to but work out whether it's true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two
Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you
Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through
Everybody's coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know it's someone I knew
Teenage riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you
Now I see it
I think I'll leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
And it's not clear why you fade away
Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer that's rockin'
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, that'll do me for now
It better work out
I hope it works out my way
'Cause it's getting kind of quiet in my city's head
Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now
You better look it
We're gonna shake it
Up to him
He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand
We know it's down
We know it's bound too loose
Everybody's sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to choose
So who's to take the blame for the stormy weather
You're never gonna stop all the teenage leather and booze
It's time to go round
A one man showdown
Teach us how to fail
We're off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail
----------------
version 4
So this is NOT the way that Sonic Youth plays it. For that, you need the 2 guitars in
the following tunings:
Thurston's tuning: GABDEG
Lee's tuning: GGDDGG
Slides = S
Pull-off = P
Hammer-on = H
Intro
Repeat as needed (Sonic Youth does it for several minutes)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------0----1----3------3-----1-----------------------------------------------|
----0-----0---2----2------2-----2-----------------------------------------------|
--0---0----0----0-----0------0--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The last time before you go to the main riff, end it like this and let the D chord ring out.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------0------1----3----------------------------------------------------------|
----0----0-----2----2----------------------------------------------------------|
--0---0----0-----0--0----------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Main Riff
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----3-3-3-1---------------------------------------------------0-0----0------------|
----2-2-2-2--2-----------0----------0----------0----0----4----4-4----4------------|
-0----------------0h2s4-----4s2p0---------0-0----0----5----5-------5--------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
---------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------| Play this twice
-5-5-7-5-5-7-5-5--5-7-5-5-7-5----------------------------|
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------|
-555-------5-5--------------------------------------------|
-555-------5-5--12-12-12-12--9-9-9-9----------------------|
-777--7-7--7-7--12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7----------------------|
-777--7-7--7-7--12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7----------------------|
-555--5-5--5-5--------------------------------------------|
Bridge
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
-2--4-4------------------------5--4-4---------------------------|
-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x----|
-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
To fill out the sound, try adding in the notes on the G string (first the B, then the A
and E later) every few strums when you're just chugging along on the bass notes.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-5--2-2---------------------------------9----9-----------------------------|
-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------0----0-----------------------------|
-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
--------------------------------------0----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
And that is pretty much all the parts to the song. The only difference is a little
breakdown before the refrain of the main riff where you just strum a D chord like a mad man.
Other than you just gotta figure out the parts and when to play them (the song is very
repetitive so it is not hard to pick up).
[Kim]
You're it
No, you're it
Hey, you're really it
You're it
No I mean it, you're it
Say it
Don't spray it
Spirit desire (face me)
Spirit desire (don't displace me)
Spirit desire
We will fall
Miss me
Don't dismiss me
Spirit desire
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
Spirit desire [x3]
We will fall
Spirit desire
We will fall
[Thurston]
Everybody's talking 'bout the stormy weather
And what's a man do to but work out whether it's true?
Looking for a man with a focus and a temper
Who can open up a map and see between one and two
Time to get it
Before you let it
Get to you
Here he comes now
Stick to your guns
And let him through
Everybody's coming from the winter vacation
Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you
You come running in on platform shoes
With Marshall stacks
To at least just give us a clue
Ah, here it comes
I know it's someone I knew
Teenage riot in a public station
Gonna fight and tear it up in a hypernation for you
Now I see it
I think I'll leave it out of the way
Now I come near you
And it's not clear why you fade away
Looking for a ride to your secret location
Where the kids are setting up a free-speed nation, for you
Got a foghorn and a drum and a hammer that's rockin'
And a cord and a pedal and a lock, that'll do me for now
It better work out
I hope it works out my way
'Cause it's getting kind of quiet in my city's head
Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now
You better look it
We're gonna shake it
Up to him
He acts the hero
We paint a zero
On his hand
We know it's down
We know it's bound too loose
Everybody's sound is round it
Everybody wants to be proud to choose
So who's to take the blame for the stormy weather
You're never gonna stop all the teenage leather and booze
It's time to go round
A one man showdown
Teach us how to fail
We're off the streets now
And back on the road
On the riot trail
---------------