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~From: elric@selway.umt.edu (SONIC YOUTH)
Tom Violence by Sonic Youth
tuning low to high
F#F#GGAA
these are the chords, i'm not going to show the strumming
guitar 1 guitar 2 everything in [] is played durring one chord
(thurston) (Lee) in relation to guitar 1.
A---4-0-2-0--16-|-----------------------------------------|
A---4-0-2-0--16-|-----------------------------------------|
G---6-6-4-11-18-|-----------------------------------------|
G---6-6-4-11-18-|-----------------------------------------|
F#--0-0-0-0--0--|-[-10-0-]-[-3-5-]-[-10-8-]-[-3-5-3-5-7-]-|
F#--0-0-0-0--0--|-[-10-0-]-[-3-5-]-[-10-8-]-[-3-5-3-5-7-]-|
guitar 2 is doubled by the bass. i think when the vocal starts guitar two
re-arranges a couple of its parts, but the fingerings are still the same.
the Bridge the End
repeat
A---0-0-|---------|--2-0--|--4-|
A---0-0-|---------|--2-0--|--4-|
G---4-2-|--7-9-6--|--4-2--|--6-|
G---4-2-|--7-9-6--|--4-2--|--6-|
F#--0-0-|--0-0-0--|--0-0--|--0-|
F#--0-0-|--0-0-0--|--0-0--|--0-|
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Ryan Average |
#1 by Ryan Jones at Jul 23, 1971 at 4:30 AM EST |
| Did anyone else notice that the Initials of Tom Violence are T.V.? Perhaps he's trying to say how the media instills violent thoughts into young people. | |
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Bassdude Average |
#2 by Bassdude at Feb 10, 1974 at 7:56 AM EST |
| Every rock song can be about heroin. That's the default guess when you have no idea what a song's about, and it usually carries 60% chance of being right. | |
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Jake Wanna Be |
#3 by Jake Stewart at May 5, 1978 at 6:43 PM EST |
| funny - I always thought it was "cock sucked for honesty . . ." I like the real lyric better. these guys still fuckin' kick ass. | |
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Average |
#4 by vix at Jan 27, 1995 at 6:35 PM EST |
| tom valentine? tom verlaine was in television | |
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Joey Wanna Be |
#5 by Joey at Aug 26, 1998 at 1:30 PM EST |
| I heard its meant to be about Tom Valentine from Television | |