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SONIC YOUTH
SHADOW OF A DOUBT
Bass tab by Chris Lawrence
Well...the bass in this song really only plays one recurring note plus some
harmonics:
G----------------------
D--0--*7*-*7*-*7*-*7*-etc (harmonics)
A----------------------
E----------------------
I'm sure she does something different during the middle part with all
the shouting voices, etc. but all I could come up with is a change
from a C# to a B (E---9---7---), so use that if you'd like.
Chris
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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danielle Lead Player |
#1 by danielle woodley at Apr 29, 1975 at 2:08 PM EST |
| wow. not bad sean, i think you might be right | |
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Cory Lead Player |
#2 by Cory Campbell at May 16, 1976 at 10:41 PM EST |
| hmm i think its about how kim met a guy (no the train, obviously) and a one night stand that she regrets looking back on it. ryan adams lists this song in his top 10 saddest songs of all time, thats how i found out about this song. it has a very sad feel to it but its not as sad as some songs i know. | |
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cash Wanna Be |
#3 by cash putnam at Jun 23, 1983 at 7:00 PM EST |
| The Hitchcock movie is based on the book Strangers on a train by Patricia Highsmith, where two strangers meet on a train, one talking about his cheating wife and the other talking about his dad. one of the men says he'll kill the others wife if he kills his dad, and they go through with it. anyways, does it sound to anyone else like instead of "take me to it, take me to her, maybe, maybe its just a dream" its "didn't do it, didn't do it, made me, made me, its just a dream"? this part isnt in the booklet in the cd | |
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Bob Wanna Be |
#4 by Bob at Jan 4, 1984 at 6:50 PM EST |
| i just saw strangers on a train tonight and my sister and i came to the realization!!! throughout the whole movie she was telling us what happened.... a man meets a stranger on a train, bumps into him, the stranger tells him of a dream, where he kills someone for somebody and in turn the other guy kills his dad. then he kills the guys wife. it's really intense. like this song. | |
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Furious4String Average |
#5 by Furious4String at Apr 11, 1984 at 3:32 AM EST |
| Could you please explain something to me, guys? I downloaded Shadow Of A Doubt from EVOL, but it's instrumental, there aren't any lyrics. Maybe it's not this song? tia | |
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Justin Average |
#6 by Justin Dosser at Oct 23, 1985 at 3:10 AM EST |
| This is like the most depressing song ever. But great. | |
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Uberbass Wanna Be |
#7 by Uberbass at Sep 18, 1988 at 12:22 AM EST |
| Your interpretations make more sense than mine, considering the specific phrases connected to a movie. Yet I always thought of this song as kim bumping into a man on a train, falling in love, and without words she communicated "You'll kill him and I'll kill her" (as in each others spouses), then loosing eye contact and realizing it was all just her imagination. Regardless of interpretation, this is a very good song. | |
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Furious4String Average |
#8 by Furious4String at Apr 9, 2002 at 1:08 PM EST |
| i always thought that this song was about getting married, about living your life with another person ("You take me and i'll take you") but first "leaving" your other life, or your life before the wedding ("you kill him and i'll kill her") The "Kiss me in the shadow of a doubt" refers to the uncertainty of everything and the love and strenght you get from your man/wife | |
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no more mohawk Average |
#9 by no more mohawk :( at Jun 9, 2006 at 4:21 AM EST |
| I'd agree that there's an element of infidelity of here, but I sense more ambivilence. It seems like a dream now, a thousand years ago, she says, seemingly distancing herself from it, as if speaking to her love (Thurston?), but at the same time she sounds perhaps more erotic here than on almost any other Sonic Youth recording. "Kiss me," he whisper playfully, repeatedly, while shouts of "No," also echo in the background. In some sense, it's the basic plot of Eyes Wide Shut reified. | |
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Tyler Average |
#10 by Tyler Green at Nov 19, 2006 at 3:00 PM EST |
| the song refers to hitchcock's movies shadow of a doubt and strangers on a train. | |
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Rory Wanna Be |
#11 by Rory at Oct 18, 2007 at 4:24 PM EST |
| she could've been inspired by the movie but morphed it into her own little love story | |
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