YO LA TENGO - SUGARCUBE CHORDS

This is an extraordinarily simplified, standard tuning version of what should be a full, complex tab. I've spent a while writing this out. In pencil. On paper. I'm not putting that version up right now (it's in standard as well). But I will put this one up, and if there's enough feedback for this one, I might take the time to put the more complete one up. To start, play E, but from the 12th fret position with no bar (don't hit all the strings). Step back down to the 11th fret with your first finger. e|-------| [played] |-------| B|-------| [lots,] |-------| G|--13---| |--11---| D|--14---| [then] |--14---| A|--14---| |--14---| E|-------| |-------| This's called an E/B into a Bsus4, I guess. Listen to the song for the timing. E/B Bsus4 x2 [Next, E (played normal, open 022100), then slide into an A, no bar (go ahead and hit all the strings, though).] E A

^EWhatever you want from me,^A ^Ewhatever you want I'll do.^A

^ETry to squeeze a drop of blood,^A ^Efrom a sugarcube.^A

[Play the break like so.] A B C#sus4 Ebsus4 E [slide, sucka] A

^ETry to be more assured,^A ^Etry to be more right there.^A

^ETry to be less uptight,^A ^Etry to be more aware.^A

^EWhatever you want from me,^A ^Eis what I want to do for you.^A

^ESweeter than a drop of blood,^A ^Efrom a sugarcube.^A

A B C#sus4 Ebsus4 C#sus4 Ebsus4 E A

^AAnd though I like to^B act the p^C#sus4art of being tough,^Ebsus4 ^C#sus4I crumble ^Ebsus4like a sugarcube^Esus4,

^F#sus4for you!

[Do the intro thing again! Yeah! Now we're cookin'!] E/B Bsus4 x2

^AWhatever you want from me^B, ^C#sus4whatever you want I'll do^Ebsus4,

^Eand I will try!^A E A

^AWhatever you want from me,^B ^C#sus4whatever you want I'll do!^Ebsus4

^ETry to squeeze a drop of blood,^A ^Esqueeze a drop of blood,^A

^Efrom a sugarcube^A.

End on E. That's all. A more difficult, but complex-sounding thing to do for the verses would be to go from E to A to B back to A then back to E. You have to be faster, but it might be worth it. See, Ira plays this in open E usually (hence the quicker note changes in the studio version of this song, and the nutty solo), but he also did a Take-Away Show in which he played it in standard on an acoustic. Hit up Google with the following search and I'm sure a smart kid like you will easily be able to find it: "Yo La Tengo Take Away Show". Ah, minor addendum: You can, if you so choose, play F#min in place of C#sus4, and Ab in place of Ebsus4. Might make it a bit easier. Anywhoo, I've taken what should have been a really simple tab and made it confusing, I'm sure, so I'll stop typing here. No I won't. Yo La Tengo is one of the loveliest bands ever to rock on this earth. Now I will.