Total Trash Bass Tab

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TOTAL TRASH

bass tab by chris lawrence

intro:

G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10- etc
E--------------------------------

w/ fuzz:

G--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
D------10-10------------------ x 4	(VERSE)
A--0-0-------------------------
E------------------------------

then:

G-----------------------------------------------
D--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------    (CHORUS)
A--------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10- 
E-----------------------------------------------
                           play octave higher sometimes
end:

G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------17---
A--10-(slide up while picking beginning at 10th fret)---------
E-------------------------------------------------------------

Repeat above w/ vocals. 

Instrumental:

G--------------------------------------------
D--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17- etc
A--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------
D--17--15--17-15---12--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------
D--17--15--17-15---10--12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------
D--15--17--15-17---10--12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------
D--15--17--15-17---12--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------
D--12--10--12-10---17--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------
D--12--10--12-10---17--10----10-10-
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------

Back to chorus.

then:

G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10- etc
E--------------------------------

eventually move to:

G-----------------------------
D--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12- etc
A-----------------------------
E-----------------------------

and then:

G--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-
D-----------------------------
A-----------------------------
E-----------------------------

theeeen:

G------------------------------
D--0----0----0----0----0----0-- etc
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

then:

G-----------------------------------
D--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12- etc
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------

and back out to G. at this point, about 5 minutes in, just
begin improvising and making distorted noise. 

eventually arrive at:

G-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
A--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--
E-----------------------------

then the main guitar riff starts coming back in...
the bass moves back to G.... and its back to the verse/chorus...
slide up for the end...

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture 123 Wanna Be	#1 by 123 123 at Jul 18, 1971 at 10:13 AM EST
	Wow. Sonic Youth is my favorite band, and I love this song, but as to the meaning, may I ask: WTF??

No Picture Neal Average	#2 by Neal Chuenprateep at Jun 8, 1979 at 11:39 AM EST
	i agree with swordeater, i think its about taking the drug, and feeling how most people in town are doing the same which is making the market less 'pure' and in a way spoiling it for him. if not just spoiling the town.

No Picture tommy Average	#3 by tommy h at Apr 24, 1982 at 12:28 AM EST
	this song is fucked up all due to the part in the middle where it freaks out. it's one of my favorites though. i think swordeater has a pretty good idea about what the song means lyrically as well.

No Picture Denniej Average	#4 by Denniej de Visser at Sep 17, 1982 at 6:14 PM EST
	I didn't understand this song and what we should understand to now what Thurston is talking about is this verse : "It start at the top Now it's spiralling down Works best when it's lost Diggin' under the ground "... But the guitar riff and the rythme is so good that i totally don't care about the meaning... Long life to Sonic Tooth !!!

No Picture Dale Rhythm Player	#5 by Dale Diaz at Dec 19, 1982 at 2:22 AM EST
	I think the fifth verse (There he goes again/Magic monkey friend/Can I love the time/That he seems to spend/With all the kids in town) is a reference to "the Ko-ko Show" segment in Ken Shapiro's 1974's film "The Groove Tube" which depicts a clown with a puppet called the Magic Monkey reading erotic literature on his children's show. Probably my favorite Sonic Youth song.

No Picture Daniel Wanna Be	#6 by Daniel Phillips at Feb 3, 1989 at 10:47 PM EST
	one of my favorite sonic youth songs it ######' rocks but dose any one know what Thurston meas when he says "that i'm not no cow"

No Picture Nacy Average	#7 by Nacy Sanchez at Jul 28, 1999 at 1:19 AM EST
	I think this is song is about drugs in some way. The verse It start at the top Now it's spiralling down Works best when it's lost Diggin' under the ground is about shooting up with a syringe. The drugs work best when they spiral out of the syringe and get lost under the ground(read skin). Bassically, Thurston is just saying how drugs are total trash. Either way, this songs fucking rocks.

No Picture fukt Average	#8 by fukt at Aug 21, 2005 at 4:44 PM EST
	trash is slang for heroin I think. The cow thing is referring to how in Hinduism cows are sacred and the epitome of enlightenment. "Not no cow"=the drug doesn't lead to enlightenment.