Yo La Tengo

Tom Courtenay(Tabs)

Yo La Tengo

Key: A

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Tuning: EADGBe 
first few lines of first verse, the chord progression is   A  C#m  F#m  E 


e|---5------------------------------4-------------------------------------------| 
B|---5------------------------------5-------------------------------------------| 
G|---6------------------------------6-------------------------------------------| 
D|---7------------------------------6-------------------------------------------| 
A|---7------------------------------4-------------------------------------------| 
E|---5------------------------------x-------------------------------------------| 
    Julie Christie,  the rumors are true            as the 


e|---2----------------------------0--------------------------------------------| 
B|---2----------------------------0--------------------------------------------| 
G|---2----------------------------1--------------------------------------------| 
D|---4----------------------------2--------------------------------------------| 
A|---4----------------------------2--------------------------------------------| 
E|---2----------------------------0--------------------------------------------| 
    pages turn,      my eyes are glued 

etc. 

then, you add a measure of D to the end 

e|---------5-----------------------------------4--------------------------------| 
B|---------5-----------------------------------4--------------------------------| 
G|---------6-----------------------------------5--------------------------------| 
D|---------7-----------------------------------6--------------------------------| 
A|---------7-----------------------------------6--------------------------------| 
E|---------5-----------------------------------4--------------------------------| 
  i spent So much time,  dreaming 'bout elenor braun    in my room with the curtains 


e|---2------------------------------0-----------------------------5----------------| 
B|---2------------------------------0-----------------------------7----------------| 
G|---2------------------------------1-----------------------------7----------------| 
D|---4------------------------------2-----------------------------7----------------| 
A|---4------------------------------2-----------------------------5----------------| 
E|---2------------------------------0-----------------------------x----------------| 
    drawn, see her in the eyes of   paul,   say it,  I can say no more 


So this continues until the solo/break, when you throw in another measure of D, this  
time after the C#m  This chord progression then continues for the rest of the song, i.e. 

e|----5---------------------------------------4------------------------------------| 
B|----5---------------------------------------5------------------------------------| 
G|----6---------------------------------------6------------------------------------| 
D|----7---------------------------------------6------------------------------------| 
A|----7---------------------------------------4------------------------------------| 
E|----5---------------------------------------x------------------------------------| 
  as  time goes by I know its gonna happen, I    know its going away 


e|-------5---------------------2-----------------------------0------------------5--| 
B|-------7---------------------2-----------------------------0------------------7--| 
G|-------7---------------------2-----------------------------1------------------7--| 
D|-------7---------------------4-----------------------------2------------------7--| 
A|-------5---------------------4-----------------------------2------------------5--| 
E|-------x---------------------2-----------------------------0------------------x--| 
  gonna take its toll,  gonna take its toll, and Ill take my time,   cause I'm thinkin  
about the way... 



etc. through the ba-bop ba-baaaas until the end. 

listen to the record for timing, etc. 



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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| b   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 

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