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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 95 15:39:07 EDT
From: Winston Campbell
Subject: DOCTOR’S ORDERS by Sonic Youth
DOCTORS ORDERS
(by Kim, Lee, Steve, and Thurston)
This song off of -Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star- can be played
using a normal everyday guitar tuning. Basically the verse riff is:
E ——————|—————————|
B ——————|—————————|
G ——————|—————————|
D -9—5—-7—3—|——–2————2—–|
A -7—3—-5—1—|—0-1–0–5—-0-1–0–5–|
E ——————|-3———3–3———3–|
The chorus are simply these power chords:
C5 D#5 D5 C5 D#5 D5 A#5
E ———————————|———————————|
B ———————————|———————————|
G -5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7———|
D -5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|
A -3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-|
E ———————————|————————-6-6-6-6-|
The song basically continues on an A power chord with improvisational
(jazzy) things put on it and that is it.
