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                   THE SHAPE IS IN A TRANCE - Thurston Moore

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Tabbed by: Chapman Li (aka SonicYouthRules)

Tuning: Standard

What a fantastic album by Thurston - as you can tell 
from my nicname, I'm probably
a little biased anyways ;-) Just missing one riff, 
which follows riff1 in the
intro but i think i can nail it sometime soon, as i 
have the chords progression
figured. Enjoy, and plz rate!

Riff 1 (00:00)

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----13--12----------13-12-----------10-----------10-
G|-----------12-------------12------------10----10-----
D|--10---10------10--10-------10---8-8---8--8~-8--8---8
A|-----------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------

E|--------------------| 
B|-11-----------------| 
G|--------------------| 
D|--------------------| 
A|--------------------| 
E|--------------------| 


Riff 2 (00:29)

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------h----------h-------------
G|---h-------------h---------3-5-7~-7~--3-5-7~-7~------
D|--5-7--8~-8~~---5-7--8~-8~---------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------


Riff 3 (00:37)            [VERSES also]

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|------3-5------------55555---------------------------
D|--5-5~----3-3-3~-3-3-33333---------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------


CHORUS - Riff 4 (01:11)

E|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------| etc-------
A|---8888888--555555--888888--5555555------------------
E|---6666666--333333--666666--3333333------------------


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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