Guitar tab: Yo La Tengo — Cherry Chapstick

I’ve been banging away on “Cherry Chapstick” for years, but I never got it quite right. I still don’t, but now at least I’ve got it written down. The full thing is up at http://tabs.danray.org/Yo La Tengo – Cherry Chapstick.txt, and that’s the version I’ll update if I work anything else out. If you’ve read this far, you’re probably aware that there’s a dearth of YLT tabs online. There’s not much to my tab, so if you have any corrections, by all means, let me know.

(Also, when will Ira, Georgia, and James make a record like this again? Their live shows contain almost Sonic Youth-level fuzz guitar freakouts, so I know they’ve still got in ‘em…)

I can tell from their live shows that this isn't how Ira or Georgia plays it,
but I think it gets close to the sound of both their guitars playing at once.
There's a lot of fuzzy dissonance, so don't be afraid to hit open strings if
it sounds right.

Intro

  Play this riff 6x,  |
  varying the rhythm  |
  a bit               |  Then this riff 2x
e--0--0-0-00-00-0-0------000-0-00-00-0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-0--
B--2--2-2-22-22-2-0------222-2-22-22-2-5-777-7-77-77-7-7-7--
G--0--0-0-00-00-0-2------000-0-00-00-0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-9--
D--4--4-4-44-44-4-4------444-4-44-44-4-7-999-9-99-99-9-9-9--
A--0--0-0-00-00-0-0------000-0-00-00-0-0-000-0-00-00-0-0-0--
E-----------------------------------------------------------

(If you have a second guitar, play the same thing higher up:

G--9----9--9-9-9--9--9--9--0-
D--11---11-111111-1111--11-9- etc.)

Then, the main guitar riff / melody (slide the single notes, vibrato
widely, and hit some open strings if you're playing by yourself)

e--------------------------------------------------------00-000-00-00-
B--------------------------------------------------------00-000-00-00-
G--------------------------------------------------------00-000-00-00-
D--7---9-4----7---9-4----7---9-12-11-9-7-7---9-4-----4-2-00-000-44-44-
A--------------------------------------------------------22-222-00-00-
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         Not really sure
                                                         about this part...
                                                         I just thrash away

Then a few verses, then the solo. You're on your own there, but you can
play either this, or the "2x" part of the intro under it. From there, just
put the parts in order.