Banshee Beat Tab

This is definitely one of Animal Collective's best songs, and
unfortunately it cant be recreated by just a guitar, but
here is the skeleton of the song and you can try
adding in whatever instruments or sounds you like!
 
 
Intro:
I choose to play sixteenth notes on the D string
and strum the other parts of the chord in a
unpredictable fashion, and after each line of singing strum
the whole chord powerfully, but thats just my
way of playing it. Here's the chord you stay on the whole time.
 
 
e|-------|
B|----9--|
G|----x--|
D|----6--|
A|----7--|
E|----7--|
 
If you play a harmonic on the 7th fret of the A string it sounds nice too.
Towards the end of the intro I like to start strumming the whole chord to the rhythm of
rim of the snare.
 
Rest of the song:
It follows a pattern the whole time through, save the beiginning of this part.
 
Give each chord two measures.
 
e|-------  then to   e|-------  then to  e|-------  then to  e|-------|
B|----9--            B|----10-           B|----9--           B|----5--|
G|----X--            G|----X--           G|----X--           G|----X--|
D|----6--            D|----7--           D|----6--           D|----2--|
A|----X--            A|----X--           A|----X--           A|----4--|
E|----7--            E|----9--           E|----7--           E|----5--|
 
After that, this pattern of chords will go on through the rest of the song.
Again, give two measures for each chord
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----9-------10-----12-----10-----9-----5---------------------------------|
G|----X-------X------X------X------X-----X---------------------------------|
D|----6-------7------9------7------6-----2---------------------------------|
A|----X-------X------11-----X------X-----4---------------------------------|
E|----7-------9------0------9------7-----5---------------------------------|
 
Just keep those chords going. Start to fade away on the chord that you started on.
Hope you figure out!
 
 
NOTE: Alternative way to play the rhythm (part that starts at 2 minute mark with drums).
Use index finger to play B-string and thumb for brushing over E, A & D.
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- etc.
B|----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9------10-----10-----10-----10----
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------6-----------6-----------6-----------6--------------7-------------7-
A|-------------X-----------X-----------X-----------X--------------X-------------X-
E|-------------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------------9-------------9-
X