From: Christopher Mosher
Nirvana
"About a Girl"
Bleach (SP34a)
Copyright 1989 Sub Pop
Transcribed by Chris Mosher
-------------------------------------------------
This is a close approximation of the way I play Nirvana's
"About a Girl", which is a close approximation of how
Nirvana plays it on their Bleach album.
The chords are generally 5's (i.e., no 3rd),
not minor or major, except for the open G in the verse
(but even that omits the 3rd usually played on the
5th string and has only the 3rd on the 2nd string).
The chords played during the chorus are "power chords"
in the true sense on the phrase. In the second measure
(during "...vantage while."), note that the F#5 is
strummed twice and then the strings are muffled with the
palm of the picking hand on the second count, during
which time there is feedback. This is cool.
There are two different forms of the E5 chord played one
after the other in the chorus (during "I can't see you").
First is the "open" E5 (022xxx). He then slides up to the
alternate E5' at the 7th fret (x799xx). This is really cool.
I play the A5 at the 5th fret (577xxx). This is what it
sounds like to me on the album, although I know Kurt seems
to play an open A (x022xx) often, so it may be that way
instead. Also, I think it's easier to play (577xxx).
This stuff can all be heard clearly after the lead, when
there's no singing over top of it.
The first note in the lead is an open E (6th string) held
for a full count. There are two slides-up. The first slide,
from 7 to 9, is "slow"; play the 7, but don't slide up to
9 until the next beat. The second slide, from 9 up to 12,
is "fast"; play the 9 and slide up to the 12 right away
during that beat. On the next beat, play the 12 on the
3rd string (letting both notes ring). Play 12 on 4th string
and 12 on 3rd string again, letting them ring, and then
slide both notes down on the last up-beat in the measure.
Just before the lead starts, he turns up the distortion, and
seemingly leaves it up during the remainder of the song.
I lifted the lyrics from some other messages posted
to A.G.T. They're the best I can do; I never could
understand what Kurt was saying!
ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
Thank you and have fun.
TAB
---
part A (verse):
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| E5 G | E5 G |
E|-----------0-----3--3--3-|-----0--0--0-----3--3--3-|
B|-----------0-----0--0--0-|-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-|
G|-----------x--0--0--0--0-|--x--x--x--x--0--0--0--0-|
D|--2--h--2--2--0--0--0--0-|--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0-|
A|--2--h--2--h--x-----x----|--2--h--2--h--x-----x----|
E|--0--h--0--h--3--h--3----|--0--h--0--h--3--h--3----|
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| E5 G | E5 G |
E|-----0--0--0-----3--3--3-|-----0--0--0-----3--3--3-|
B|-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-|-----0--0--0-----0--0--0-|
G|--x--x--x--x--0--0--0--0-|--x--x--x--x--0--0--0--0-|
D|--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0-|--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0-|
A|--2--h--2--h--x-----x----|--2--h--2--h--x-----x----|
E|--0--h--0--h--3--h--3----|--0--h--0--h--3--h--3----|
part B (chorus):
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| C#5 G#5 | F#5 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--6--h--6--6-------------|-------------------------|
D|--6--h--6--6--6--h--6--6-|--4--4-----4--h--4--4--x-|
A|--4--h--4--4--6--h--6--6-|--4--4-----4--h--4--4--x-|
E|--------------4--h--4--4-|--2--2-----2--h--2--2--x-|
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| C#5 G#5 | F#5 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--6--h--6--6-------------|-------------------------|
D|--6--h--6--6--6--h--6--6-|--4--4-----4--h--4--4--x-|
A|--4--h--4--4--6--h--6--6-|--4--4-----4--h--4--4--x-|
E|--------------4--h--4--4-|--2--2-----2--h--2--2--x-|
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| E5 E5' | A5 C5 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------x/-9--9--9--x-|-----------5--h--5--5--x-|
D|--2--h--2--x/-9--9--9--x-|--7--7--7--5--h--5--5--x-|
A|--2--h--2--x/-7--7--7--x-|--7--7--7--3--h--3--3--x-|
E|--0--h--0----------------|--5--5--5----------------|
part C (lead):
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| E5 G | E5 G |
E|-------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------12--h-12--h\-|
D|--------------5--7--7--7-|/(9)-9--9--9/(12)-h-12--h--h\-|
A|--------5--7-------------|------------------------------|
E|--0--h-------------------|------------------------------|
(turn up distortion just before lead)
part D (coda):
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| E5 E5' | A5 C5 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------x/-9--9--9--x-|-----------5--h--5--5--5-|
D|--2--h--2--x/-9--9--9--x-|--7--7--7--5--h--5--5--5-|
A|--2--h--2--x/-7--7--7--x-|--7--7--7--3--h--3--3--3-|
E|--0--h--0----------------|--5--5--5----------------|
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + |
crd| C5 | |
E|-------------------------|-------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------|
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--x-|
D|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--x-|
A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--x-|
E|-------------------------|-------------|
(slows down a bit here)
part E (coda):
beat| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
crd| E5
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2--h--h--h--h--h--h--h-| (hold for about four measures total)
A|--2--h--h--h--h--h--h--h-|
E|--0--h--h--h--h--h--h--h-|
TAB Legend:
h = hold fretted note (or let open note ring), do not pick
m/(n)= pick note at fret m, slide up to fret n (do not pick twice)
n\ = pick note at fret n, slide down (to wherever)
x = pick string, but muffle with finger so note doesn't sound
CRD chart
---------
E A D G B E
E5: 0 2 2 x 0 0
G: 3 x 0 0 0 3
C#5: x 4 6 6 x x
G#5: 4 6 6 x x x
F#5: 2 4 4 x x x
E5': x 7 9 9 x x
A5: 5 7 7 x x x
C5: x 3 5 5 x x
LYR
---
verse 1:
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| I need an | ea---sy friend I |
| do with a | hand to lend I |
| do think you | fit this shoe I |
| do what you | have a clue |
verse 2:
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| I'm stand-ing | in your light I |
| do hope you | have the time I |
| do pick up | num--ber two I |
| do keep a | date with you |
chorus:
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| I'll take a---ad--|-van--tage while |
| You hang me | out to dry But |
| I can't see you | ev'--ry night |
| Free | (I |
| do) | |
coda:
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| I'll take a---ad--|-van--tage while |
| You hang me | out to dry But |
| I can't see you | ev'--ry night No |
| I can't see you | ev'--ry nigh------------|
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + |
| ----------(t) | |
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| Free | I |
| do | I |
| do | I |
| do | I |
| do | |
ARRANGEMENT
-----------
LYR TAB part
--- --------
intro - A A
verse verse 1 A A
chorus chorus B A
verse verse 2 A A
chorus chorus B A
lead - C C C C
chorus - B A
verse verse 1 A A
chorus/coda coda B D A A E
From: psalzman@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Peter Salzman)
Subject: CRD: About A Girl
If someone emails me the lyrics, I'll turn this into a really nice TAB
(instead of a spartan CRD). I don't want to offend anyone, but I can't
imagine this taking someone more than 2 min to strumm out, unless they
don't have the album I guess. Oh well. Have no clue to the lyrics,
sorry. There doesn't seem to be any chorus.
Song: About A Girl
Artist: Nirvana written by Kurt Cobain
CRD'er: Peter Jay Salzman psalzman@stars.sfsu.edu
cut time <----
E-G back and forth 8 times |
drum roll on 4; enter on 5 |
|
E-G back and forth 8 times |
lyrics start on 1 |
| back to here
C# G# F# 2 times |
|
E A C 1 time ------------
This loop is done 4 times, then the E-G thing back and forth 8 times
while he sings (what I think is) Adieu. The drum queues apply only to
the first time the loop is played. Guitar solo is done during the 3rd
loop, on the 2nd E-G thing, for the rest of the loop. I'll transcribe
the guitar solo on the tab if someone sends me the lyrics, but the solo
is based on the Em scale for the E-G thing and then goes into power chords,
following the song chords (ie- C# G# F# C# G# F# E A C).
Before anyone argues with me whether it's E or Em, I'm 90% sure it's
E. The reason for the minor tonality is a pretty ingenious (or lucky?)
trick Cobain played with chords. G happens to be the minor 3rd of E.
Therefore, even though he plays an E, the tonality of the passsage is
minor. I wonder if he was aware of this...
-------
From: wolser@rpi.edu
CRD-About A Girl
>From Nirvana's Bleach
(also featured on Nirvana's 1993 MTV Unplugged performance)
Intro: Em G Em G Em G Em G
Em G Em G
I need an easy friend
Em G Em G
I do with a hand to lend
Em G Em G
I do think you fit this shoe
Em G Em G
I do what you have a clue
C# G# F#
I'll take advantage while
C# G# F#
You hang me out to dry
Em A C Em G Em G
But I can't see you every night free
Em G Em G
I do
Em G Em G
I'm standing in your light
Em G Em G
I do hope you have the time
Em G Em G
I do pick up number two
Em G Em G
I do keep a date with you
C# G# F#
I'll take advantage while
C# G# F#
You hang me out to dry
Em A C Em G Em G
But I can't see you every night free
Em G Em G
I do
Solo: Repeat 3x (s=slide up)
E ------------------------|-
B ------------------------|-
G ----------------7--7s9--|-
D -----5-7-7s9--9---------|-
A -7-7--------------------|-
E ------------------------|-
(Repeat verse 1)
C# G# F#
I'll take advantage while
C# G# F#
You hang me out to dry
Em A C
But I can't see you every night
Em A C
I can't see you every night
Em G Em G
Free
Em G Em G
I do
Em G Em G
I do
Em G Em G Em
I do
Notes:
All apologies for incorrect lyrics -- this is just how I hear
them. No one knows for sure what they are, anyway.
On Bleach, they play this song in standard tuning (EADGBE),
but on Unplugged they played it a half-step down (Eb Ab Db Gb
Bb Eb).
Some say the Em is actually an E or an E5. Try 'em all and see what
sounds best to you.
Robert Wolsey
wolser@rpi.edu
From: ppalmer@ironwood.cray.com (Peter Palmer)
Nirvana:
All Apologies - In Utero
TAB by billy.corgan@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
- with some stuff from Pete Palmer added
TUNING: Low/High Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Eb ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-
Bb ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-
Gb ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-
Db ----------------------|----------12-12-9-10--|----------------------|-
Ab ---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|-
Db -0--------------------|-0--------------------|-0--------------------|-
Eb ---------------------|-
Bb ---------------------|-
Gb ----------11-11-9----|-
Db ------------------12-|-
Ab ---9-10-9------------|-
Db -0-------------------|-
That's the main riff.. Then the Chorus (According to Billy):
Eb ----------------------------------------|-
Bb ----------------------------------------|-
Gb ----------------------------------------|-
Db -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--7-|-
Ab -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--7-|-
Db -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--7-|-
*****Then the Chorus (According to Pete)
Eb ----------------------------------------|-
Bb ----------------------------------------|-
Gb --------------------------------------2-|-
Db -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--2-|-
Ab -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--0-|-
Db -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--0-|-
In the sun ... Married, burried ....
********************
Verse 1:
What else should I be
All apologies
What else should I say
Everyone is gay
What else could I write
I don't have the right
What else should I be
All apologies
In the sun
In the sun I feed as one
In the sun
In the sun
married
buried
Verse 2:
I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything is my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqur scafoam shame
Sunburn with freezeburn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
Ending:
Oh no is all we are (?)
All in all we all are
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Pete Palmer (ppalmer@cray.com)
---------------------------------------------------------------
They may say those were the days, but in a way, y'know,
For us these are the days - Yeah, for us these are the days ...
Jane's Addiction `90
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
From: ag725@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Rick Scaia)
In a previous article, jonriley@indirect.com (Jon Riley) says:
> Hmm... Well, I've been playing it a bit differently. The way I
play it
>seems to fit perfectly with the version on the album, but I think
the
>unplugged version is a bit different...
>
>Here's mine:
>
>1/2 step down, dropped D tuning
>
>Eb|----------------------------------------------------------
>Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
>Gb|----------------------------------------------------------
>Db|-------------------------------------------12--12--10--9--
>Ab|-----9--10--9--12--12--10--9-----9--10--9-----------------
>Db|--0---------------------------0---------------------------
>
>
>Eb|----------------------------------------------------------
>Bb|----------------------------------------------------------
>Gb|-------------------------------------------11--11--9------
>Db|------------------------------------------------------12--
>Ab|-----9--10--9--12--12--10--9-----9--10--9-----------------
>Db|--0---------------------------0---------------------------
Hmmm... take everything on the 4th and 5th strings and move
it up 2 frets, and you'e got the way _I_ play it. Doesnt'
mean anything, buy hey, it's my two cents. Try it... I really
think the open low Db and an 11th fret A on the next string sound
right together.
All Apologies by Nirvana
--------------------------
(Normal tuning)
*
#
*
#
*
What else should I be
*
All apologies
*
What else should I say
*
Everyone is gay
*
What else could I write
*
I don't have the right
*
What else could I be
%
All apologies
F#
In the sun
In the sun I feel as one
In the sun
In the sun
G#sus4
I'm married
buried
*
I wish I was like you
#
Easily amused
*
Find my nest of salt
*
Everything is my fault
* $
I'll take all the blame
*
Aqua seafoam shame
* $
Sunburn with freezerburn
%(almost)
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
(Chorus)
*
#
All in all is all we are * # * # * # etc.
| | | | | | | |
* |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------/6---6---4---3----|
|------3---4---3--/6---6---4---3---|------3---4---3--------------------|
|--4-------------------------------|--4--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
# |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------/6---6---4---2----|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------3---4---3--/6---6---4---3---|------3---4---3--------------------|
|--4-------------------------------|--4--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
% |----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------/6---6----------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------3---4---3--/6---6---4---3---|------3---4---3--------------------|
|--4-------------------------------|--4--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----| Play this the last time
|-----|-----|-----|-----|
$ Cello bit: |--9--|--6--|--9--|--11-| *2 |--9--|--6--|--3--|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----| |-----|-----|-----|--4--|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|
>>> >>> >>> >>> Volume Swells. Turn volume knob off
hammer on note and turn volume on,
repeat with every note. Use distortion.
BYE!
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From: Andrew Magness
Aneurysm - NIRVANA
-------------------
This file contains two TABs for Aneurysm: one from Incesticide, and one
from the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" maxi CD single. All tabs were written
by me, if there are any mistakes, don't hesitate to write to me at:
amagnes@eis.calstate.edu
I'm also looking for other nirvana fans who are interested in exchanging
nirvana stuff.
Aneurysm - Incesticide
Tuning: Normal (E, A, D, G, B, E)
Riff 1 (with chorus, played 2x)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------5--------4-------2-0-|
|-4---4--------5--------4-------2-0-|
|-4---4---s3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---|
|-2---2-0---------------------------|
The run is played from the 3rd fret of the G string to the 19th(?).
Riff 1 (w/ distortion, played 8x)
Verse
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------
|---------Bass plays here-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
|----------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
|----------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
Chorus (w/ distortion, played 4x)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-6-7---7-7-8-9---9-8-7---7--|
|-4-4-6-7---7-7-8-9---9-8-7---7--|
|-2-2-4-5---5-5-6-7---7-6-5---5-0|
It then goes on to the run, and then the outro, which os the same as the
chorus.
Lyrics to Aneurysm - Incesticide
Come on over, Do the twist
Overdo it, Have a fit
Love you so much, Makes me sick
Come on over, Do the twist
Beat me out of me (Beat up, Beat up) x4
Come on over, Do the twist
Overdo it, Have a fit
Come on over, Shoot the shit
Come on over, Do the twist
Beat me out of me (Beat up, Beat up) x4
She gave the perfect strain to my heart (xbunch of times)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Aneurysm - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Tuning: Normal (E, A, D, G, B, E)
This version is played much more slowly.
Riff 1 (Clean sound, played 2x)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------0--------0-------2-0-|
|-4---4--------0--------0-------2-0-|
|-4---4---s3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---|
|-2---2-0---------------------------|
The run is played from the 3rd fret of the G string to the 19th(?).
Riff 1 (w/ distortion, played 8x)
Verse
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------
|---------Bass plays here-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
|----------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
|----------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
Chorus (w/ distortion, played 4x)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-6-7---7-7-8-9---9-8-7---7--|
|-4-4-6-7---7-7-8-9---9-8-7---7--|
|-2-2-4-5---5-5-6-7---7-6-5---5-0|
It then goes on to the run, and then the outro, which os the same as the
chorus.
Lyrics to Aneurysm - Incesticide
Come on over, Do the twist
Overdo it, Have a fit
Come on over, Shoot the shit
Come on over, Do the twist
Beat me out of me (Beat up, Beat up) x4
Come on over, Do the twist
Overdo it, Have a fit
Come on over, Shoot the shit
Come on over, Do the twist
@email address:@real name:you think i'd tell
you?@advice:the government is monitoring your every move... be careful!
@influences:nirvana, tool, melvins, L7, sex pistols, punk in general
@color:blue@favorite word:spam@least favorite word:grunge@quote: a life
lived in fear is a life half lived.@@@@@@(don't quote me on that)@@@@@@
Subject: TAB: Nirvana "Been a Son" and request
Date: 14 May 94 00:54:17 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
Hi Everyone,
I've been seeing some really good Nirvana tab lately (thanks a million
to the guy who posted Downer and Mexican Seafood!), so I figured I'd add
a little. I haven't seen this one posted, I'm not sure if it's just so
easy that nobody doesn't know it, or what. Anyway, here's Been a Son.
Oh yeah...if anyone knows Spank Thru, or the solo for D-7, could you PLEASE
post it!?
Been A Son
Written by Kurt Cobain
Tabbed by Gene Azevedo
There are two major versions of this song...the fast electric version
heard on the Lithium single and Incesticide, and a slower "lamer" as Kurt
put it, version which I've heard but can't remember what it was on.
I'll post the tab for the faster one since it's better, but you can play
the more mellow one on an acoustic guitar playing only the higher pitched
strings for the verses, and playing the chorus with the normal tuned
power chords rather than the dropped d as I will show.
Verses:
^-upstroke if you play this one...all others down
E---0--0-----------0---(0)--0--------|
B---3--3-----------3---(3)--3--------|
G---2--2-----------2---(2)--2--------| repeat many times
D---0--0-----------0---(0)--0--------|
A---0--0---3-2-0---0---(0)--0---3-2-0|
D---0--0-----------0---(0)--0--------|
Chorus:
E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G------------------------- Repeat
D---5-5--3--X-2--2--------
A---5-5--3--X-2--2--3-2-0-
D---5-5--3--X-2--2--------
Solo-
There are many ways to play this solo...sometimes Kurt just played the
verse guitar part as the solo...but my version of the solo (quite
pathetic unless you're playing with some other people to help make more
noise!
G--6-6--4-3-1/6--6-6--4-3-1--
repeat a couple times then
G--/4-4--2--2-1--1-1-1-0-1-0--1/4--4--2--2-1--1-1-1-0-1-0
etc.
Enjoy!
-Gene Azevedo (gcazevedo@ucdavis.edu)
@ALBUM: BLEACH
@SONG: Blew
If you wouldn't mind I would like it blew
If you wouldn't mind I would like it loose
If you wouldn't care I would like to leave
If you wouldn't mind I would like to breathe
Is there another reason for your stay
Could you believe him when you discussed his stain?
Here is another word that rhymes with shame
If you wouldn't mind I would like it blew
If you wouldn't mind I would like it loose
If you wouldn't care I would like to bleed
If you wouldn't mind I would like to breathe.
Is there another reason for your stay
Could you believe him when you discussed his stain?
Here is another word that rhymes with shame
You could do anything (x8)
@SONG: Floyd the Barber
Hello Cobain come on in
Floyd now says my hairy chin
Sit down in the chair don't be afraid
Steaming hot towel on my face
I'm ashamed
(x3)
Barber ties me to the chair
I can't see I'm really scared
Floyd burns alright he'll sell -?
They depress against my nails
I was ashamed
(x3)
Lies and suffers in the room
Oh reality / Looking at me I presume
They take turns and cut me up
I die smothered and he's not
I was ashamed
(x3)
@SONG: About a Girl
I need an easy friend
I do whip her into land - ?
I don't think you fit this shoe
I do, won't you have a clue
I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
Free
I'm standing in your line
I do hope you have the time
I do pick a number too
I do keep a date with you
I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
Free
I need an easy friend
I do whip her in to land
I do think you fit this shoe
I do won't you have a clue
I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
No I can't see you every night
Free
I do (x4)
@SONG: School
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
(x4)
No recess
(x3)
Won't you believe it
It's just my luck
(x4)
No recess
(x3)
You're in high school again
(x8)
No recess
(x7)
@SONG: Love Buzz
Would you believe me when I tell you
You are the queen of my heart
Please don't deceive me when I hurt you
Just ain't the way it seems
Can you feel my love buzz (x4)
(repeated)
@SONG: Paper Cuts
When I'm feeling tired
She puts you through the door
I crawl towards the cursed alley
Sometimes I can't find my way
This curtain's (Kurt is?) spellbound (still round)
So get all that you can
A cool man is toughening/too plain
A good hosing down
When the hate in my field (ma)eternal all four
Cannot look me in the eyes
But I asked the years ham radio blew
And the car, twist, mouth, fear! Yaaah!
I think so
I think so
I think so
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana...
Back when 'twas a party
I scratched with my nails
I see now that she's just like me
Why do they not try to escape?
They bring out the holy ones
They pointed my way
They come with the flashing lights
And take my family away
An-gr-y later I am known to
Slap some friends of ridicule
My whole existence is for your fears
And that is why I'm here with you!
Don't taaaake
Me awaaaaay
You're round
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana
Nirvana...
@SONG: Negative Creep
This is out of our range (x3)
no
This is getting to be (x3)
gross
I'm a negative creep (x3)
and I'm stoned
I'm a negative creep (x3)
and I'm
I'm
Daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more (x6)
This is out of our range (x3)
no
This is getting to be (x3)
gross
I'm a negative creep (x3)
and I'm stoned
I'm a negative creep (x3)
and I'm
I'm
Daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more (x4)
Daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more (x8)
@SONG: Scoff
In my eyes
I'm not lazy
In my face
It's not over
In your room
I'm not older
In your eyes
I'm not worth it
Gimme back my alcohol (x8)
(First:)
Give me all your... (x 6)
(First and second repetitions:)
Give me all your... (x 5)
Give me your
Love! (?)
Fuck!
@SONG: Swap Meet
They need a lifestyle that is comfortable
They travel far to keep their stomachs full
They make a living off of arts and crafts
The conversations just would (n)ever laugh (?)
They make a deal when they come to town
The Sunday swap meet is a battle ground
She loves it more than he will ever know
He loves it more than he will ever show
Keeps his cigarettes close to his heart
Keeps her photographs close to her heart
Keeps the bus-i-ness close to the heart
(x3)
@SONG: Mr. Moustache
Fill me in on your new vision
Wake me up with indecision
Help me trust your mind and wisdom
Yes I eat cow I am not proud.
Show me how you question, question
Lead the way to my temptations
Take my hand and keep it clean
As I eat cow I am not proud.
Is it an easychair?
Oversized rock
I don't like you anyway
Silver metal box
I'm new
I'm new
(all again, then:)
I'm who?
I'm you--aaaahh! Aaaah!
@SONG: Sifting
Afraid to grade
Wouldn't it be fun?
Cross, self-loss
Wouldn't it be fun?
Wet your bed
Wouldn't it be fun?
Some fear none
Wouldn't it be fun?
Your eyes
Treat yourself
(x3)
Treat yourself
Don't have nothing for you (x6)
Don't have nothing but (for?) you
Smell the smell
Wouldn't it be fun?
Search for a church
Wouldn't it be fun?
Wet your bed
Wouldn't it be fun?
Cold is gold
Wouldn't it be fun?
Your eyes
Treat yourself
(x3)
Treat yourself (x2)
Don't have nothing for you(x7)
Don't have nothing for you (x9)
@SONG: Big Cheese
Big cheese make me
Mine says, "Go to the office"
Big cheese Make me
Mine says, "One that stays"
Black is black, straight back
Need more enemies
Show you all what a man is
Big lies make my
Mine says "Go to the office"
Big cheese Make me
Message? What is it?
Black is black straight back
Need more enemies
She is glue how are you?
@SONG: Downer
Put your sincerity
I've got a royalty
Defending your country
Wish away
I've had a lobotomy
Save your family
Surrealistic fantasy
Bad boy
Fight!
All we know is
Restitution
Living out your
Date of future
There's a hope
Please show me faster
Don't forget
To pass a riot
Somebody served a dinner
Much like I am
I know I can't
Make enough although
If you go along
I sing your song
Sickening pessimists
Picketing masses
Separated communists
Apocalyptic bastards
Rinkydink God
For putting me on this Earth
Being very frivolous
Death in mind
Nurse!
All we know is
Restitution
Living out your
Date of future
There's a hope
Please send it faster
Don't forget
To pass a riot
Somebody served a dinner
Much like I am
I know I can't
Make enough although
If you go along
I sing your song.
From: cohend@birisc.cs.biu.ac.il
N I R V A N A ------ B L E W (from the album ''bleach'')
-----------------------------------------------------------
Transcribed by D. Cohen (cohend@birisc.cs.biu.ac.il)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Okay, this is my second transcription, so dont be mad, i havent
got any comments on my first one (Nirvana-Dive), so tough yours:)
I can transcribe so many Nirvana songs, but i dunno what, so,
if you have any special request, it'll be my pleasure :))
''Dropped D'' tuning
---------------------
Intro / Verse / Outro
1|----------------------------------|
2|----------------------------------|
3|----------------------------------|
4|----------------------------------|
5|-0--3--5--6--6--5--3--0--5--------|
6|-0--3--5--6--6--5--3--0--5--------|
) 1/2
Verse Riff /
1|----------------------------------|----------------6----|
2|----6--8--9--9--9--8--6--8--8--6--|--8p--6h--8--8-------|
3|-7--------------------------------|---------------------|
4|----------------------------------|---------------------|
5|----------------------------------|---------------------|
6|----------------------------------|---------------------|
Oh if you...
Chorus
1|---------------------------------------------------------|
2|---------------------------------------------------------|
3|---------------------------------------------------------|
4|---------------------------------------------------------|
5|-3--5-|--5--5--3-|--3--3--5-|--5--5--3--6-|-/7-...-------|
6|-3--5-|--5--5--3-|--3--3--5-|--5--5--3--6-|-/7-...-------|
Is There another... ...Shame!!!
From: ujclarke@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (John Clarke)
Subject: TAB: Breed
Date: 22 May 1994 08:29:29 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
BREED by Kurt Cobain
Intro:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-*-----------------------------*-|-*-------------------------------|
B|-*--4--4--4--4--7-----------2--*-|-*--4--4--4--4--7----------------|
A|----4--4--4--4--7-Bend------2----|----4--4--4--4--7-Bend-----------|
E|----2--2--0--2--5-----------0----|----2--2--0--2--5-----------0----|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------*-|
B|----4--4--4--4--7----------------|----4--4--4--4--7--------------*-|
A|----4--4--4--4--7-Bend-----------|----4--4--4--4--7-Bend-----------|
E|----2--2--0--2--5-----------0----|----2--2--0--2--5-----------0----|
Riff 1:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-*-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-*--4--4-------------------------|----4--4-------------------------|
A|----4--4-------------------------|----4--4-------------------------|
E|----2--2--0--2--5-Bend------0----|----2--2--0--2--5-Bend------0----|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------*-|
B|----4--4-------------------------|----4--4-----------------------*-|
A|----4--4-------------------------|----4--4-------------------------|
E|----2--2--0--2--5-Bend------0----|----2--2--0--2--5-Bend------0----|
Verse:
e|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
B|---11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--|--%--|--%--|--11-11-11---------------|
A|---9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---|-----|-----|--9--9--9--9-Bend--9-7---|
E|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|---|---|---|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---|---|---|-------------------------|
G|-*---------------------------|---|---|---|-----------------------*-|
B|-*-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--|-%-|-%-|-%-|--11-11-11-------------*-|
A|---9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---|---|---|---|--9--9--9--9-Bend--9-7---|
E|-----------------------------|---|---|---|-------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
B|----4-4-4-4---4-4-4-0--------|
A|----4-4-4-4---4-4-4-1--------|
E|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2----------|
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care,
care if I'm old
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind,
if I don't have a mind
Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away,
way, way from your home
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid,
of a ghost
Chorus:
D A C5 B5
e|----2--2--2----------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----3--3--3--X--2------2--X------|---------------------------------|
G|----2--2--2--X--2------2--X------|---5--5--5--X--4------4--X-------|
B|----0--0--0--X--2------2--X------|---5--5--5--X--4------4--X-------|
A|---------------------------------|---3--3--3--X--2------2--X-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Even if you have
Even if you need
I don't mean to stare
We don't have to breed
We could plant a house
We could build a tree
I don't even care
We could have all three
She said (with Riff 1)
--ujclarke@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
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From: s892011@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Mr.Scary)
Message-Id: <9301131153.27873@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
To: jamesb@nevada.edu
Subject: NIRVANA: Come as you are - correction
Hi James ! I've noticed a mistake in Nirvana/ComeAsYouAre.tab Below is
the correct version (the last 2 B's were originaly Bb)
---
Come As You Are
=============== This is a very simple song, and this
should get you started. I'm not sure
------------------------------- about the chords during the chorus, but
------------------------------- this riff is palyed during most of
------------------------------- the verses.
-------------------------------
---------0---0---------2-----2-
-0-0-1-2---2---2-2-1-0---0-0---
---
Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
----------------------------
s892011@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au
From: Jason M Heim
Okay, I suck at tabbing things out on the pc, but here goes. D-7 is
absolutely my favorite song that Nirvana played (I know it's not theirs,
but it rules the way they play[ed] it).
D-7 as played by Nirvana on the "Hormoaning" EP:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(apparently this song is originally by Greg Sage)
Lyrics:
verse 1:
Straight as an arrow, defect, defect.
Not straight, not so straight, reject, reject.
Towards anti-social, solo, solo.
verse 2:
Standing on the stairs, cold cold morning.
Ghostly image of fear, mayday, mayday.
Gonna leave this region, they'll take me with them.
Dimension Seven
tuning: standard (although drop D would work very well)
slow part (no distortion):
E---0--------0--1--------1-- this sequence is played twice before the drums
A------2-----------3-------- come in, then twice more with the drums, then
D---------2-----------0----- all throughout the first two lines of each
G--------------------------- verse.
B---------------------------
E---------------------------
E---5-----5-----6-----6-----5-----5-----6--6-------- this is played during
A------7--7--7-----8--8--8-----7--7--7--8--8-------- the third line of each
D---------7-----------8-----------7-----8--8-------- verse, after which it
G--------------------------------------------------- returns to the riff
B--------------------------------------------------- above.
E---------------------------------------------------
Then there is that pause where the last chord (E) rings out for about
four to eight beats,and then Kurt turns the distortion on and doubles
the tempo.
He uses the following power chord progression:
(REALLY FAST--X MEANS MUTED CHORD)
E,E,X,X,E,E,E,E,F,F,F,G,G,G,F,F x2
then he repeats verse 1 (screaming of course)
use the above chords for the first two lines, and then this for the
third line:
A,A,X,X,A,A,A,A,A#,A#,A#,C,C,C,A#,A# x2
repeat the first power chord progression twice with no lyrics.
scream verse 2 (same chords as verse 1)
guitar solo (improvise your own, it's pretty easy)
scream verse 1 again
repeat first chord progression 8 times more,
screaming "dimension seven" in each.
Sorry if this is confusing, unconventional, or even wrong. If anyone
has any pointers or corrections, let me know.
Eric Moreau wrote:
>Subject: REQ:D-7, Nirvana
>
>Anyone have tab to this incredible song?
>
> Stoney
>
your welcome in advance,
-Jase- .
.;' Who wants
.d"'
.dP
gMP to go to
gMP .odb
dMM OM
IMM. ;M" heaven?
"MMb IP
""b..P
I'""Mb.
d' "MMb.
dM "MMb Not me,
dM" MMP
MO gMP
"OP' gMP I'm afraid
.dP"
.oP"
,." of heights.
From: Keith17NJ@aol.com
"D-7" as performed by Nirvana
(originally written by Greg Sage,
performed by the Wipers)
This is a great cover tune. For those who don't know about it, it's on some
demos and on the Hormoaning import ep. I think it's on one of the import
singles too (probably Lithium UK import).
standard tuning
~ = let ring
hb = half bend
Intro
E5 F5 (G5) F5
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
--------2-------------0------
-----2-----2-------3-----3---
--0-------------1------------
(it's probably easier to play the intro in Drop D, but, whatever floats your
boat...)
then that almost-chorus-like part of the intro (strumming):
A5 (x022xx) G5 (355xxx)
the intro ends with a strummed E5.
Verse
E5 F5 G5
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
--2--2-----2---2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5--
--2--2-----2---2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5--
--0--0--0--0---0--0---1--1--1---3---3--3--3--
Chorus
A5 A#5 C5
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
--2--2--2---2--2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5--
--2--2--2---2--2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5--
--0--0--0---0--0--0---1--1--1---3---3--3--3--
-----------------------------------------------
Solo (at least the beginning)
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
--9~--------9-9-------9hb--9--7-------------
------------------------------------7--9-----
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
the rest of the solo shouldn't be too hard to figure out, but i'm too lazy to
do that myself right now : )
keith
Nirvana ------------> ''DIVE''
transcripted by D. Cohen
cohend@birisc.cs.biu.ac.il
|==================================|
How come no one transcripted this song yet?
is it too easy to play and i'm making fun of myself? i guess :)
people please, i know you'll hate me for this thing, but consider
it my first transcription *smile*, i'd appriciate comments, so i'll
know for next time :)
/ = Slide
)
/ = Bend
/
Intro Riff (bass)
Repeat twice.
1|--------------------------------------|
2|--------------------------------------|
3|--------------------------------------|
4|--------------------------------------|
5|----------------------7--7--7---------|
6|-2--0--2--0--2--0--0------------------|
Intro Guitar
Repeat a couple of times.
1|-----------------------------|
2|-----------------------------|
3|------------------------/9---|
4|------------------------/9---|
5|-4-----4--4-----4-------/7---|
6|-2--0--2--2--0--2--0--0------|
Verse
1|-----------------|
2|-----------------|
3|----------/9-----|
4|-4--4-----/9-----|
5|-4--4-----/7-----|
6|-2--2--0---------|
Pick me...
Pre Chorus + Chorus
1|--------------------------------------------------|
2|--------------------------------------------------|
3|-------------------------------------------/9-----|
4|-9--9-11-11--5--5--------4--4-----4--------/9-----|
5|-9--9-11-11--5--5--------4--4-----4--------/7-----|
6|-7--7--9--9--3--3--0--0--2--2--0--2--0--0---------|
Dive Dive... ...me___________________.
Solo
1/2
)
1|---------------/-----------|
2|--------------/------------|
3|-3--1--3--1--3---1---------|
4|---------------------2-----|
5|---------------------------|
6|---------------------------|
Now, a few words...
I've seen these stupid shirts made by someone who wants to make money,
the shirts say "Kurt Cobain - Suicide is alright", i dont knw if its right
or wrong, everyone has his opinion, but making money out if it IS wrong,
I'm sure we all remember Kurt for being a great carismatic artist, and he
was a source of inspiriation for some of us. i dont know if you've seen it
or not, but Dave Grohl went up two days ago (Sep 10th) to take the MTV
award for BEST ALTERNATIVE VIDEO , and said how much he misses Kurt and
thinks about him everyday, suicide is NOT ALRIGHT, it hurts, but then...
Coming up next: Nirvana "blew" and Alice in Chains "I Stay Away"
(so send me comments about dive)
From: rte@Hopper.itc.Virginia.EDU (Ritchie Eppink)
"Downer" -- Nirvana
Starts off with bass doing:
E-----0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-----
(It sound chopped up, as does most of the song, because the entire thing
was dubbed over top of itself with a short delay.)
Then the gitter comes in:
E------------5-------------------5-----------
B--2---------5---------2---------5-----------
G--2---------5---------2---------5-----------
D--2---------5---------2---------5-----------
A--2---------3---------2---------3-----------
E--0-------------------0---------------------
The verse is bass only, doing the same the intro stuff.
On "Fight!", the gitter comes in again:
D---10\-|---------------------------------------|
A---10\-|--5--6-7-6--5-6-7-6--5--6-7-6--5-6-7-6-| the last measure is played
E----8\-|---------------------------------------| twice
Then the gitter does this (in sync w/the bass):
G------------5-5-5------------5-5-5---
D--2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5---
A--2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3---
E--0-0-0-0-0--------0-0-0-0-0---------
Then it goes into the chorus ("Somebody served a dinner..."):
G------------8----9--------------8----9----
D--7----8----8----9----7----8----8----9----
A--7----8----6----7----7----8----6----7----
E--5----6--------------5----6--------------
...and the rest follows these segments, and ends abruptly on an E power chord.
From: s892011@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Mr.Scary)
Drain You - Nirvana
---------
Chords used:
A B C# G F# E D
--0---2---4---3---2---0---2--
--2---4---6---3---2---0---3--
--2---4---6---4---3---1---2--
--2---4---6---5---4---2---0--
--0---2---4---5---4---2------
--------------3---2---0------
Verse:
A C# F# B A C# F# B
One baby to another said I'm happy to've met you...
A C# F# B A C# F#
I don't care what you think unless it is about me
(more lyrics that I've forgotten and can no longer decipher)
Chorus:
E D B D B
Too good for you. Pass it back and forth...
Here's my passionate kiss...
From my mouth to yours,
A G F#
I like you...
The rest is pretty much the same
---
Transcribed by...
Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
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From: Jeff.Ament@tvk.tsoft.net (Jeff Ament)
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 04:49:00 -0800
Subject: Tab: nirvana - dumb
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Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
Dumb - In Utero
TUNING: Down a Half-Step, Low/High Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Here's the verse riff.
E5 G5
Eb -------------------|--
Bb -------------------|--
Gb -------------------|--
Db -----2--------5----|--
Ab -----2--------5----|--
Eb -0-----0--3-3---0--|--
The chorus is just the same chords, except open.
E G
Eb ---0---3--|-
Bb ---0---3--|-
Gb ---1---0--|-
Db ---2---0--|-
Ab ---2---2--|-
Eb ---0---3--|-
On the second chorus this bridge appears, the last time strum C once.
B C
Eb ---2-2-2-2-2\3-3-3-3-3--|-
Bb ---4-4-4-4-4\5-5-5-5-5--|-
Gb ---4-4-4-4-4\5-5-5-5-5--|-
Db ---4-4-4-4-4\5-5-5-5-5--|-
Ab ---2-2-2-2-2\3-3-3-3-3--|-
Eb ------------------------|-
That's it, no solo or anything :)
---
That's it, no solo or anything :)
---
From: psalzman@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Peter Salzman)
~Title: Even In His Youth
Artist: Nirvana; lyrics and music by Kurt Cobain.
Recording: 2nd track on the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" CD single. Also known
as "Smells Like a Teenage Single". Previously unreleased.
Tab: 1.0 by Peter Jay Salzman psalzman@stars.sfsu.edu
Beat: Allegro, about 144 bpm.
Sound: Not Cobain's standard sound, which is why this tune is interesting.
Very distorted with the mids turned up super duper (ie 10) and
lows turned up also. A very muddy distortion with lots of
harmonics giving it an almost pipe organ sound. A very Marshall
sound, but in the OPPOSITE sense of Hendrix who had the treble
turned high.
Intro: Feedback on 12 fret, 1st string (high E).
The following riff is the vamp and verse. For those who want to do it
just like the recording, vamp the 2 measures 2 times, then drums enter
on the third time. Vocals enter on the fifth repeat.
C G G# G C G G# G
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---5--------------->>s>>--->>s>>---|---5--------------->>s>>--->>s>>--.|
|---5-----------5---5---6---6---3---|---5-----------5---5---6---6---3--.|
|---3-----------5---5---6---6---5---|---3-----------5---5---6---6---5---|
+---------------3---3---4---4---5---|---------------3---3---4---4---5---+
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
On the 5th repeat of the above riff, continue the riff and start vocals
as shown:
1 2 3 4
C G G# G
------------------------------------------
Ev en in his
youth. Ev en in his
youth. Ev en in his
youth he was noth ing.
Kept his bo dy
clean. Kept his bo dy
clean. Kept his bo dy
clean going no where.
Da dy was a
shamed. Da dy was a
shamed. Da dy was a
shamed he was some thing.
Strippedhimof his
name. Strippedhimof his
name. Familynamewassomething.
Chorus: all power chords. repeat 1st measure 4 times. after playing
the 2nd measure (the B) go back to start of the song. go through the
whole thing twice.
E C G D B
+-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------+
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------5---------------7------.|----------------------------------------|
|---2-------5-------5-------7------.|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|
|---2-------3-------5-------5-------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|
+---0---------------3---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------+
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
chorus (1st time around): chorus (2nd time around):
1st line is truly incomprehensible. 1st line incomprehensible
I've got nothing left to prove I've got nothing left to prove
If I die far away If I die far away
Hope I don't come back again. Hope I don't come back the same.
After the chorus is done the 2nd time, go back and play the verse part.
The song fades from here while Kurt just sang "even his youth even in
his youth even in his youth even in his youth". If you can't fade
gracefully (I'm not good at it myself), chop it off at the C.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is my 1st tab. I'm just trying to put back into the net a little bit of
what I take. I have 4 urgent requests from everyone: 1) If there are any
corrections in the song or lyrics PLEASE write to me and I'll correct it and
rerelease the tab. 2) If anyone can even guess at the 1st line in the chorus,
please let me know. 3) I'm not objective enough to know if I did a good job.
If there's anything I can do to make this more usable, let me know. (ie should
I just write out the verse instead of partitioning by chord? Should I write
out the whole tab instead of taking short cuts like "repeat 4 times"). No
suggestion is too trivial to be seriously considered. 4) What Kurt did was
fucked and he's a fucker for doing it, but he brought a lot of good music in
the world and deserves to be loved for it. I can be reached at:
psalzman@stars.sfsu.edu psalzman@vax1.sfsu.edu 415 661-4402 2129 17th ave
SF CA 94116-1855 peace
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From: ag725@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Rick Scaia)
Floyd the Barber
by Kurt Cobain
As interpreted by Rick Scaia (ag725@freenet.carleton.ca)
The primary riff for this tune is just an F power chord (for two quarter
notes) then a quick slide down to a heavily muted E power chord (two
eighths and a quarter note). If you've heard the song, it's pretty
easy. The chorus and solo aren't much more difficult.
Intro: F E F E
Verse:
F E F E
Hello toilet trained, come on in
F E F E
Floyd observes my hairy chin
F E F E
"Sit down in the chair, don't be afraid."
F E F E
Steaming hot towel on my face
Chorus:
C# A C G#
I was
C# A C G#
sha-a-a-a-a-a-a-ved, I'm
C# A C G#
asha-a-a-a-a-a-a-med, I was
C# A C G#
sha-a-a-a-a-a-a-ved, I'm
C# A C G#
asha-a-a-a-a-a-a-med
Main riff twice
Verse 2:
[Something indecipherable] in the room
Opie, Aunt Bea, I presume
They take turns and cut me up
I die smothered, Andy's not
Chorus
Solo:
E -----------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------
A ---------0-1-3-3-1-0--------------0-1-3-3-1-0--------
E -1-1-0-1-------------3-1--1-1-0-1-------------3-1----
Main riff twice
Verse 3
Chorus
Main riff once, then bass only on main riff, then drums only.
[If you're just playing alone, just play it three time, and mute
it more each time until the third time is extremely percussive sounding.]
From: ag725@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Rick Scaia)
For "Frances Farmer": Again, just a guess... all power chrods on
this one. For the chorus, I think it's C#-E-D-Bb. Like this:
C# E D Bb
I miss the comfort in being sad
Then the end of the chorus is (starting on the Bb above): Bb-A-Bb-A-G-F#
From ther you can either go back into the verse (muted G#-E-G-E-G wide
open Bb) or into the bridge (Bb-D-Bb-D-E a couple times then into
the same ending as the chorus). Once again, if you understand
what I'm saying, give it a try, and let me know how it sounds.
And if you want I'll try to post more clearly what I mean.
From: C.Watt@cranfield.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 09:22:43 EDT
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Subject: Heart Shaped Box tab - Nirvana
'iya America, 'iya world, I'm Lucy Watt (aged 16) from
Clophill, Bedfordshire, England.
I am the drummer for a band that is at the moment called Shrug.
Andrew Lock, Martyn Foster, Scott Greenshields and I
(who make up Hug) usually play our own music, but we also
like to do some covers of Nirvana, Hendrix, Pearl Jam,
Radiohead, Blind Melon, the Jesus Lizard etc.
In return for the transcripts we have used from you
we would like to give you Heart-Shaped Box, which my Dad worked out.
*********************************************************
Heart-Shaped Box By Nirvana
e--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--------9-----------5-----------2--2--------------------
A-----9-----9-----5-----5-----2--------2-----------------
E--7-----------3-----------0--------------0--------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------0/1--1--1--1---------------
--------9-----------5-----------------------2-----2------
-----9-----9-----5-----5-----------------------2---------
--7-----------3-----------0------------------------------
For the chords we are not so sure of the exact notes so we play:
e-(7)-(3)--0--- This is played up until the
B-(7)-(3)--0--- end of the chorus repeatedly,
G-(8)-(4)--1--- until the "Your priceless
D--9---5---2--- advice" where instead of
A--9---5---2--- going E-7-3-0-7-3-0 it goes
E--7---3---0--- E-7-3-0-3-0-3. I hope you
follow that as it is pretty simple.
We would be pleased to receive any improvements.
See ya 'gain,
Luce and the rest of Hug.
HEART-SHAPED BOX Lyrics (from In Utero):
She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for a week
I was drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black
Hey
Wait
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hate
Haight
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey
Wait
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath
Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back
c.watt@silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk
From: KLeonard@aol.com
"Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana
(This transcription is from my own attempts, and a little is from a Guitar
World mag that I happened to be skimming thru.)
First Drop D tuning (where you tune the lowest string down one whole step to
D), then tune everything down 1/2 step. So, from low to high, the tuning is
Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Then the intro and verse go like this:
Ab5 E5 Db5
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------2-----------------------------------------
----2---2--------3------------0----0-----------
--0------------3---3--------0----0---0---------
-------------3----------0-----------------------
Ab5 E5 Bb5
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------2-----------------------------------------
----2---2--------3--------4-4--4---------------
--0------------3---3----------0---3-3-----2-----
-------------3----------0-----------------------
The verse ends with that Bb5 pattern with distortion. Then the chorus is
just those chords in the verse but with bent notes mixed in.
Ab5 E5 Bb5
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
--2--2----4*---------4*------4-4---4--------4*
--2--2---------3--3---------------0---3-3-----
--0--0---------3--3----------------------------
---------------3--3----------------------------
*bend 1/2
Then the bridge repeats this below pattern twice, then does that famous Bb5
pattern from the chorus:
E5 Db5
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--
At the end of the song, the Bb5 pattern is played as normal, but let the
notes ring, and that's what creates that weird guitar sound.
I'm nearly positive about most of the above stuff, but I'm not exactly sure
about that Bb5 pattern, but that's what that magazine said so I'm goin' with
that for now . If anyone knows the solo, pleez post it!
keith
From: leper.messiah@njackn.com
Here's the REAL way to play Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana on In Utero.
The tuning is a little weird, you gotta tune the low E string so that the 8th
fret is A:
E A D G B e
5| 0 | | | | (the E is tuned 1 1/2 steps down)
| 0 | | | |
| 0 | | | |
8 0 | | | |
| 0 | | | |
| 0 | | | |
| 0 | | | |
\ /
|
matching pitches
Heart-Shaped Box
Intro (Verses Riff) (Second guitar hits matching chords a little after the
first guitar) (clean tone)
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----6--------2----|--------------------|-----6--------2---|--3-3---3--3-4-|
|---6---6----2---2--|---------4(4)---4---|---6---6----2---2-|------2--2---2-|
|-7--------3--------|-0(0)--7------7---7-|-7--------3-------|-(0)--------(0)|
\_____________/
|
chorus distorted before chorus
(distorted) (both guitars transcribed on same staff, second guitar higher)
(U-B)
uni-bend U-B U-B 6x
|------|-----|--|------------|---|-------------------------------------|
|-----0|----0|--|-----------0|---|-------------------------------------|
|.----3'----3'--|-----------3'--.|.-----------------------------------.|
|.--------------|-3-3-3-3-------.|.-----------------------------------.|
|---------------|---------2-2(2)-|--9---9---9--9--9--9--6--6-6-6--6-6--|
|-7-7---3-3-----|----------------|-10--10--10-10-10-10--7--7-7-7--7-7--|
Hey! Wait! Your..
(uni-bend: [unison bend] note is bent up to match higher note's pitch)
solo: (no second guitar behind it)
|-bend and return---------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|.----9/\-----5/\------2/-\--0-------.|-----------|--------------|
|.7-7------3-3------0-0--------4-2---.|-----------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-6-(6)-----|*6-(6)--------|
|-------------------------------------|-7-(7)-----|*7-(7)--------|
* chord is hit w/fingers
outro U-B
|--------------------------------|-----|----------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------0|-----|----------------------|---------|
|.------------------------------3'\---.|----------------------|---------|
|.------------------------------------.|-3-3-3-3--3-3-(3)-----|---------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--6--6-6-6--6-|----------2-2-(2)-----|---------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7--7-7-7--7-|----------------------|-X/------|
pick slide
If anyone has the bass part for this, please post it!
_________________________
|Leper.Messiah@Rushnet.com|
|Leper.Messiah@njackn.com |
\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////
Bass tab:
Nirvana - "In Bloom"
Intro:
G-----------------|--------------||
D*-8\-------------|-------------*||
A*---1--1-1-------|-------------*||
E------------/3---|-1--0-1-0-4---||
Verse:
G---------------|--------------|--------------|------------------||
D*--------------|--------------|-1-1-1-1-1--1-|-----------------*||
A*-1-1-1-1-1--1-|--------------|--------------|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-*||
E---------------|-2-2-2-2-2--2-|--------------|------------------||
Chorus:
G------------------------|---------------------------||
D*-----------------------|----5---------------------*||
A*-3--1-3-1-3------------|-3---1-3-1-2--------------*||
E-------------3--0-1-2-3-|-------------3--0-3-0-3-0--||
Then, the bridge:
G----------8----8\-|-----------8----8\--||
D*--------------8\-|----------------8\-*||
A*-----------------|-------------------*||
E--8-8-8-8-9-------|-1/8-8-8-8-9--------||
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In Bloom This is the mane riff played
======== throughout the intro. The
chorus is a bit different,
---------------------------------------- but I think it uses the same
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@ALBUM: in.untero
Album: In Utero
Band/Artist: Nirvana
Transcriptter: LSlasher [SLT]
Greets to: Ox
Tracks/Songs:
1. Serve The Servants (3:34)
2. Scentless Apprentice (3:47)
3. Heart-Shaped Box (4:39)
4. Rape Me (2:49)
5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (4:07)
6. Dumb (2:29)
7. Very Ape (1:55)
8. Milk It (3:52)
9. Pennyroyal Tea (3:36)
10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (4:49)
11. Tourette's (1:33)
12. All Apologies (3:50)
13. Gallons Of Rubbing Alchol Flow Throught The Trip (7:33)
Band's Artists:
Kurt Cobian: Guitar, Vocals
Krist Novosellc: Bass
Dave Grohl: Drums
@SONG: SERVE THE SERVANTS
Teenage angst has paid off well
Now I'm bored and old
Self-Appointed judges judge
More than they have sold
If she floats than she is not
A witch like we had thought
A down payment on another
One at salem's lot
Serve the servants - Oh no
That legendary divorce is such a bore
As my bones grew they did hurt
They hurt really bad
I tried hard to have a father
But instead I had a dad
I just want you to know that I
Don't hate you anymore
there is nothing I could say
that I haven't thought before
Serve the servants - oh no
That legendary divorce is such a bore
@SONG: SCENTLESS APPRENTICE
Like most babies smell like butter
his smell smelled like no other
he was born scentless and senseless
he was born a scentless apprentice
Go away - get away, get away, get a-way
every wet nurse refused to feed him
electrolytes smell like semen
I promise not to sell your perfumed secrets
there are countless formulas for pressing flowers
I lie in the soll and fertilize mushrooms
Leaking out gas fumes are made into perfume
You can't fire me because I quit
Throw me in the fire and I won't throw a fit
@SONG: Heart-Shaped Box
She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your Heart-Shaped box for a week
I was drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn back
Hey
Wait
I've got a new conplaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hate
Haight
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your prieless advice
Hey
Wait
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself angel's hair and baby's breath
Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back
@SONG: RAPE ME
[Original form:]
-------------------------------+
Rape me, my friend |
Rape me again |
|
I'm not the only one |
Do it and do it Again |
|
Waste me |
Taste me, my friend |
|
My favorite inside source |
I'll kiss your open sores |
Appreciate your concern |
You'll always stink and burn |
|
-------------------------------+
[My Form:]
Rape me
Rape me my friend,
Rape me,
Rape me again.
Chorus:
I'm not the only one [x4]
Help me,
Do it, and do it again.
Waste me,
Rape me, my friend.
Chorus
My favorite inside source,
I'll kiss your open sores,
Appreciate your concern
You'll always, stink, and born.
Chorus
Rape me
Rape me
...
@SONG: FRANCES FARMER WILL HAVE HER REVENGE ON SEATTLE
It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid
It's so relaxing to hear you're asking wherever you get your way
I's so soothing to know that you'll sue me, this is starting to sound the same
I miss the comfort in being sad
In her false withness, we hope you're still with us, to see if they gloar or
drown
Our favorite paitent, A display of patience, disease-covered Puget Sound
She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars, and leave a blanket of ash
on the ground I muss teh comfort in being sad
@SONG: DUMB
I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But I'm having fun
I think I'm dumb
or maybe just happy
Think I'm just happy
my heart is broke
But I have some glue
help me inhale
And mend it with you
We'll float around]
And hang out on clouds
Then we'll come down
And I have a hangover...Have a hangover
Skin the sun
Falkl asleep
Wish away
The soul is cheap
Lesson learned
Wish me luck
Soothe the burn
Wake me up
I'm not like them
But I can pretend
The sun is gone
But I have a light
The day is done
But I'm having fun
@SONG: VERY APE
I am buried up to my neck in
Contradictionary lies
I take pride as the kind of illiterature
I'm very ape and very nice
If you ever need anything please don't hesitate
to ask someone else first
I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive.
I've seen it all I was here first
Out of the ground
Into the sky
Out of the sky
Into he firt
@SONG: MILK IT
I am my own parasite
I don't need a host to live
We feed off of each other
We can share our endorphns
Doll steak, test meat
I won my own pet virus
I get to pet and name her
Her milk is my shit
My shit is her milk
Doll steak, test meat
Look on the bright side is suicide
Lost eyesight I'm on your side
Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing
Lack of iron and/or sleeping
Protector of the kennel
Ecto-plasma
Ecto-Skeletal
Obituary birthday
Your scent is still here in my place of recovery
@SONG: PENNYROYAL TEA
I'm on my time with everyone
I have very bad posture
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Distill the life that's inside of me
Sit and drink Pennyroyal tea
I'm anemic royalty
Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh enternally
I'm so tired I can't sleep
I'm a liar and a thief
Sit and drink pennyroyal Tea
I'm anemic royalty
I'm on warm milk and laxatives
Cherry-flavored antacids
@SONG: RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER
Use just once and destroy
Invasion of our piracy
Afterbirth of a nation
Starve without your skeleton key
I love you for what I am not
I do not want what I have got
A blanket acne'ed with ciggarette burns
Speak at once while taking turns
Second-rate third defree burns
What is wrong with me
What is what I need
What do I think I think
This had nothing to do with what you think
If you ever think at all
Bi-polar opposites attract
All of a sudden my water broke
hate, hate your enemies
Save, save your friends
Find, find your place
Speak, speak the truth
@SONG: TOURETTE'S
Cufk, Yish, Sips
@SONG: ALL APOLOGIES
What else should I be
All apologies
What else should I say
Everyone is gay
What else could I write
I don't have the right
What else should I be
All apologies
In the sun
In the sun I feed as one
In the sun
In the sun
I'm married
buried
I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything is my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqur scafoam shame
Sunburn with freezeburn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
All in all we all are
@SONG: GALLONS OF RUBBING ALCOHOL FLOW THROUGH THE STRIP
-whatever
* Devided American Dollar Purchase Incentice Track
---------------------------------- E N D -------------------------------------
LSlasher
@ALBUM: incesticide.
Incesticide - Nirvana
@SONG: Dive
Oh
Pick me, Pick me yea
Live alone, lone single
Atleast, atleast yea
Everyone is hollow
Pick me, pick me yea
Everyone is waiting
Pick me pick me yea
You can be the baby
hey
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
Kiss this, kiss that yea
Live alone, lone single
Atleast, atleast yea
You could be my hero
Pick me, pick me yea
Everyone is waiting
Hit me, hit me yea
I'm real good at hitting
hey
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
@SONG: Sliver
Mom and dad went to a show
droped me off a Grandpa Joe's
I kicked and screamed, said please, oh no
(chorus)
Grandma take me home
I wanna be alone
Had to eat my dinner there
had mashed potato's and stuff like that
couldnt chew my meat too good
(chorus)
said why don't you stop your crying
go outside and ride your bike
thats what i did, i killed my toes
(chorus)
after dinner, i had ice cream
fell asleep, and watched tv
woke up in my mother's arms
(chorus)
@SONG: Stain
Well he never bleeds and he never fucks
And he never leaves cuz he's got bad luck.
Well he never reads and he never draws
And he never sleeps cuz he's got bad blood yeah
I'm a stain, I'm a stain, I'm a stain, I'm a stain
@SONG: Been A Son
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in the crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
@SONG: Turnaround
Take a step outside yourself
And turn around
Take a look at who you are
It's pretty scary
So silly
Revolting
You're not much
You can't do anything
Take a step outside the city
And turn around
Take a look at what you are
It is revolting
You're really nowhere
So wasteful
So foolish
Poppycock
Who said don't look back?
Don't believe 'em
Go for that crazy sounding restaurant
'Cos they're gonna try and get behind you
Don't you let them do it
You know what I'm talking about?
You hear me talking?
You hear me talking?
It's pretty scary it's so revolting
Take a step outside the country
And turn around
Take a look at what you are
It is amazing
Take a good look
You're no big deal
You're so petty
It's lots
Take a step outside the planet
Turn around and around
Take a look at where you are
It's pretty scary
@SONG: Molly's Lips
She said
She'd take me anywhere
She'd take me anywhere
As long as she stays with me
She said
She'd take me anywhere
She'd take me anywhere
As long as I stayed clean
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
@SONG: Son of a Gun
Up up up and down
Turn turn turnaround
Round round roundabout
And over again
Gun gun son of a gun
You are the only one
Makes any difference what I say
The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away
@SONG: New Wave Polly
Polly wants a cracker
Think I should get off of her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
I've got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like more food
She asks me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
I've got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
{Polly said}
Polly says her back hurts
And she's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
I've got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
@SONG: Beeswax
Lying here sitting in front of a fire
Not only Megan said I could thrive on a shot
Grinning my manhood and judge the mantle
I cut it up for you
say hey hey
And I wake up
I got my do this way (3X)
She laughs about it
squeeking inflection when the wind blows just right
Dragging your thumbs of my shirt
How many jumps is in it
Right hey
When I'm getting back
I got my do this way
{incomprehensible babble}
Hear my fucking hate
I got my do this way
If your world is getting ugly
Fiberglass situation is as can as cotton candy
Sunning out to save a ranch you ovulate
Freedom and count out being wrong
I feel you will gladly take it anal
Filly sli reminds me of someone
I understand your fear for the Love Boat
Don't need to kneel
Save all the cho ho
And I get along
I got my feel this pay
I got a little tale
I got my do this way
{incomprehensible babble}
When you're getting in
I got my do this way
@SONG: Downer
Put your sincerity
I've got a royalty
Defending your country
Wish away
I've had a lobotomy
Save your family
Surrealistic fantasy
Bad boy
Fight!
All we know is
Restitution
Living out your
Date of future
There's a hope
Please show me faster
Don't forget
To pass a riot
Somebody served a dinner
Much like I am
I know I can't
Make enough although
If you go along
I sing your song
Sickening pessimists
Picketing masses
Separated communists
Apocalyptic bastards
Rinkydink God
For putting me on this Earth
Being very frivolous
Death in mind
Nurse!
All we know is
Restitution
Living out your
Date of future
There's a hope
Please send it faster
Don't forget
To pass a riot
Somebody served a dinner
Much like I am
I know I can't
Make enough although
If you go along
I sing your song.
@SONG: Mexican Seafood
Oh, it's your face, it isn't even
true the jaws and claims
you entertain and chew the fungus mold
is my intraction
oh, it's only a, it is infection.
Only her tonight, until I pay
Only her tonight, I fell asleep
Oh, coming from, the diarrhea
Oh, her tired form
I come in peace and live a dirty book
on the cloudy class, fender burn, and become a childhood mess
Only her tonight, until I plea
Only her tonight, until I sing
Oh, take me back, lets just concise some
flies, bugs and fleas and even meal can't
stain the vaseline
It's headed burger's out
in case it learns and takes it's childhood such
@SONG: Hairspray Queen
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
You're in a
you rang
yours rang
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
Your in a
At night, wishful gardens
At night, where the heart is
At night, disco gardens
At night, we'll be ga.......
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
Your in a
Wishful gardens, at night
Where the heart is, at night
Wishful gardens, at night
Wishful gardens
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
Your in a
Your rang
Your's rang
at night wishful gardens
at night, where the heart is
at night you were so modest
at night, crisco lockers
at night, the mount for homely
it's like, fistful garbage
at night, the whiz go ga....
@SONG: Aero Zeppelin
What's the season of love if you can't have everything
what's the reason of love if you can lose everything
what's the meaning of love, it's a crime if anything
what's the meaning of love, it's grand, it's grand
How can a culture can forget it's plan of yesterday
and you swear it's not a trend
does it matter anyways
barely heat the top of friend like it moves everyday
you could shit upon the stairs
you'll be friends
you'll be friends
you'll be friends
you'll be friends
All the kids have laid it out
and it's back is probably
still it's subtle in the tape
keep a form on equally
now you know it's just the fact
where the world is nowadays
and the day is what we learn
does it matter anyways
@SONG: Big Long Now
It's not cold enough
please put his side up
she is moon gray
can we show our faces now
I'm not in a string
she's not turning gray
simple as it seems
can we show our faces now
endless climb
I am blind
what can I hear
call a lie
speaking a phrase
instantly grown
I am blind
waiting in line
{again, substituting 'why am I sure' as the last line}
@SONG: Aneurism
Come on over
Do the twist (aha)
Overdo it
Have a fit (aha)
Come on over
Shoot the shit (aha)
Love you so much
Makes me sick (aha)
Beat me out of me (beat up beat up)
She gave the perfect strain to my heart.
Transcribed by Jeff McRae
Nevermind on IRC
jamcrae@rodan.acs.syr.edu
Transcribed by Jeff McRae jamcrae@rodan.acs.syr.edu
@ALBUM: incesticide.
Incesticide - Nirvana
@SONG: Dive
Oh
Pick me, Pick me yea
Live alone, lone single
Atleast, atleast yea
Everyone is hollow
Pick me, pick me yea
Everyone is waiting
Pick me pick me yea
You can be the baby
hey
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
Kiss this, kiss that yea
Live alone, lone single
Atleast, atleast yea
You could be my hero
Pick me, pick me yea
Everyone is waiting
Hit me, hit me yea
I'm real good at hitting
hey
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
@SONG: Sliver
Mom and dad went to a show
droped me off a Grandpa Joe's
I kicked and screamed, said please, oh no
(chorus)
Grandma take me home
I wanna be alone
Had to eat my dinner there
had mashed potato's and stuff like that
couldnt chew my meat too good
(chorus)
said why don't you stop your crying
go outside and ride your bike
thats what i did, i killed my toes
(chorus)
after dinner, i had ice cream
fell asleep, and watched tv
woke up in my mother's arms
(chorus)
@SONG: Stain
Well he never bleeds and he never fucks
And he never leaves cuz he's got bad luck.
Well he never reads and he never draws
And he never sleeps cuz he's got bad blood yeah
I'm a stain, I'm a stain, I'm a stain, I'm a stain
@SONG: Been A Son
She should have stayed away from friends
She should have had more time to spend
She should have died when she was born
She should have worn the crown of thorns
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have stood out in the crowd
She should have made her mother proud
She should have fallen on her stance
She should have had another chance
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
She should have been a son
@SONG: Turnaround
Take a step outside yourself
And turn around
Take a look at who you are
It's pretty scary
So silly
Revolting
You're not much
You can't do anything
Take a step outside the city
And turn around
Take a look at what you are
It is revolting
You're really nowhere
So wasteful
So foolish
Poppycock
Who said don't look back?
Don't believe 'em
Go for that crazy sounding restaurant
'Cos they're gonna try and get behind you
Don't you let them do it
You know what I'm talking about?
You hear me talking?
You hear me talking?
It's pretty scary it's so revolting
Take a step outside the country
And turn around
Take a look at what you are
It is amazing
Take a good look
You're no big deal
You're so petty
It's lots
Take a step outside the planet
Turn around and around
Take a look at where you are
It's pretty scary
@SONG: Molly's Lips
She said
She'd take me anywhere
She'd take me anywhere
As long as she stays with me
She said
She'd take me anywhere
She'd take me anywhere
As long as I stayed clean
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
Kiss kiss
Molly's lips
@SONG: Son of a Gun
Up up up and down
Turn turn turnaround
Round round roundabout
And over again
Gun gun son of a gun
You are the only one
Makes any difference what I say
The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away
@SONG: New Wave Polly
Polly wants a cracker
Think I should get off of her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
I've got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like more food
She asks me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
I've got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
{Polly said}
Polly says her back hurts
And she's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
I've got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
@SONG: Beeswax
Lying here sitting in front of a fire
Not only Megan said I could thrive on a shot
Grinning my manhood and judge the mantle
I cut it up for you
say hey hey
And I wake up
I got my do this way (3X)
She laughs about it
squeeking inflection when the wind blows just right
Dragging your thumbs of my shirt
How many jumps is in it
Right hey
When I'm getting back
I got my do this way
{incomprehensible babble}
Hear my fucking hate
I got my do this way
If your world is getting ugly
Fiberglass situation is as can as cotton candy
Sunning out to save a ranch you ovulate
Freedom and count out being wrong
I feel you will gladly take it anal
Filly sli reminds me of someone
I understand your fear for the Love Boat
Don't need to kneel
Save all the cho ho
And I get along
I got my feel this pay
I got a little tale
I got my do this way
{incomprehensible babble}
When you're getting in
I got my do this way
@SONG: Downer
Put your sincerity
I've got a royalty
Defending your country
Wish away
I've had a lobotomy
Save your family
Surrealistic fantasy
Bad boy
Fight!
All we know is
Restitution
Living out your
Date of future
There's a hope
Please show me faster
Don't forget
To pass a riot
Somebody served a dinner
Much like I am
I know I can't
Make enough although
If you go along
I sing your song
Sickening pessimists
Picketing masses
Separated communists
Apocalyptic bastards
Rinkydink God
For putting me on this Earth
Being very frivolous
Death in mind
Nurse!
All we know is
Restitution
Living out your
Date of future
There's a hope
Please send it faster
Don't forget
To pass a riot
Somebody served a dinner
Much like I am
I know I can't
Make enough although
If you go along
I sing your song.
@SONG: Mexican Seafood
Oh, it's your face, it isn't even
true the jaws and claims
you entertain and chew the fungus mold
is my intraction
oh, it's only a, it is infection.
Only her tonight, until I pay
Only her tonight, I fell asleep
Oh, coming from, the diarrhea
Oh, her tired form
I come in peace and live a dirty book
on the cloudy class, fender burn, and become a childhood mess
Only her tonight, until I plea
Only her tonight, until I sing
Oh, take me back, lets just concise some
flies, bugs and fleas and even meal can't
stain the vaseline
It's headed burger's out
in case it learns and takes it's childhood such
@SONG: Hairspray Queen
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
You're in a
you rang
yours rang
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
Your in a
At night, wishful gardens
At night, where the heart is
At night, disco gardens
At night, we'll be ga.......
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
Your in a
Wishful gardens, at night
Where the heart is, at night
Wishful gardens, at night
Wishful gardens
I was your mine, you were mine
I didn't mean you were, mine I was your (3X)
Your in a
Your rang
Your's rang
at night wishful gardens
at night, where the heart is
at night you were so modest
at night, crisco lockers
at night, the mount for homely
it's like, fistful garbage
at night, the whiz go ga....
@SONG: Aero Zeppelin
What's the season of love if you can't have everything
what's the reason of love if you can lose everything
what's the meaning of love, it's a crime if anything
what's the meaning of love, it's grand, it's grand
How can a culture can forget it's plan of yesterday
and you swear it's not a trend
does it matter anyways
barely heat the top of friend like it moves everyday
you could shit upon the stairs
you'll be friends
you'll be friends
you'll be friends
you'll be friends
All the kids have laid it out
and it's back is probably
still it's subtle in the tape
keep a form on equally
now you know it's just the fact
where the world is nowadays
and the day is what we learn
does it matter anyways
@SONG: Big Long Now
It's not cold enough
please put his side up
she is moon gray
can we show our faces now
I'm not in a string
she's not turning gray
simple as it seems
can we show our faces now
endless climb
I am blind
what can I hear
call a lie
speaking a phrase
instantly grown
I am blind
waiting in line
{again, substituting 'why am I sure' as the last line}
@SONG: Aneurism
Come on over
Do the twist (aha)
Overdo it
Have a fit (aha)
Come on over
Shoot the shit (aha)
Love you so much
Makes me sick (aha)
Beat me out of me (beat up beat up)
She gave the perfect strain to my heart.
From: psalzman@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Peter Salzman)
I don't know the name of the tune and it's not on the main albums/EP's
or the tons of 3 song "singles" CD's (that I've ever seen). They didn't
play it the two times I was honored enough to see them, but I heard it
on the radio once and couldn't record it in time. Here is the first verse:
A-B A D
Where do bad folks go when they die?
A-B A F#
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly.
A-B A E
Instead they go to hell where they burn and they fry.
D - E A B
Won't see them again till the fourth of July.
Then comes the chorus which I unfortunately don't remember, but it was a
very pretty minor type of thing; really very pretty with wistful lyrics.
If anyone can post the rest of the song (lyrics, chords, both, etc)
please do. I would like to learn this song.
If anyone knows the name of this song and where I can find a recording
of it please post it or send email- the song is very simple and anyone
can pick out the chords.
thanks.
-peter
--
#####################################################################
I BOYCOTT ANY COMPANY WHO USES MASS ADVERTISING ON THE INTERNET
From: tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl (Zet van t TM)
"Lake of Fire" - Nirvana w/ Meat Puppets
From Nirvana's Unplugged session
Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
USED CHORDS
A x02220
Bb x13331
C5 x355xx
D5 x577xx
Dm xx0231
Dsus2 xx0230
F5 133xxx
Gm 3553xx
INTRO/MAIN - Chord names refer to parts of this tab so the
second 'GFC' is the same as the first 'GFC' etc.
GFC GDC
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-3--3------------3-----3--3--------5---5---5-3---------
|-5--5----5-3--3--3-----5--5--x-x-x-5---5---5-3---------
|-5--5----5-3--3--1-----5--5--x-x-x-3---3---3-1---------
|-3--3----3\1--1--------3--3----------------------------
|
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3---------
|-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3---------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
GFC DFC
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-O/-------5--5-----5------------
|-/O-------5--5-----5--3--3--5---
|----------3--3-----3--3--3--5---
|----------------------1--1--3---
GFG
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|-3---3--------------------------
|-5---5-------5---3---3---5------
|-5---5-------5---3---3---5------
|-3---3-------3---1---1---3------
|
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|---------------------3----------
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---1---5------
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------3------
GFG
|-----
|-----
|-O/--
|-/O--
|-----
|-----
|
|-----------------------------------------
|----11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-11~\--6~--6~/8~--
|-/10--10~-10~-10~-10~-10~--\5~--5~--/7~--
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
VERSE 1 - Play main part
CHORUS
Dm - Bb - Dm - A -
Dm - Bb - C - Dm Dsus2
VERSE 2 - Play main part
CHORUS
VERSE 3 - Play main part, but play both GFG parts twice!
SOLO - Transcribed for the sake of completeness
------3---------3---------------------------------------
--2-3---3--6b7------6-----------------------------------
----------------------5-3-------------------------------
--------------------------5-3----------------------3-5--
------------------------------5-4-3----------3-4-5------
------------------------------------6-3----6------------
--------------------------------------------------------
--3b4---------------6~----6~----------------------------
--3b4-------(0)-5/7----7~----7\5--3---------------------
-------5----------------------------5-------0-3---3-----
-----------------------------------------/5-----5---5---
--------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------3------------------------
--------------------6~------/3---3-7-3------------------
----------------5/7----7\--------------3-5--------------
-------------------------------------------3---5--------
--3-----------------------------------------------------
----6-3-3-3----------------------------------3----------
--------------------------------------------------------
--3b4------3b4-----3b4----------------------------------
--3b4------3b4-----3b4----------------------------------
------5-5------5-------5-3------------------------3-----
---------------------------5-4-3------------3-4-5-------
---------------------------------6-3----3-6-------------
----------------------
----------------------
------(3)-----(4)-----
--3h5-----(3)-----5---
----------------------
----------------------
Bass Tab:
Nirvana - "Lithium"
There's no bass for the entire first verse.
Bass comes in at the first _chorus_:
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D------------7----5-5-5----5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------|
A-------4----------------7-----------------2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|
E--0--0----0----0------------------------------------------|
Then, the second (and third) verse:
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------7--7-7-9-9-9-9-----------------|
A--7--7-6--6-4--4---------------------2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|
E-----------------5--5--------------------------------|
The last time you play the above (last one before the chorus):
G------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------7-------5-------------------|
A--7--7-6--6-4--4------5-5---5-3-3---3-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|
E-----------------5--5---------------------------------|
Play the chorus again, then the _other chorus_:
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------5-7--7-7-5---5--------------------|
A---------3--3-3-----3-5-7------------7---7--7-5-3-0-3-0-3-5-|
E--5--5-5--------5-5-----------------------------------------|
The bridge part, going into the third verse of ending the song:
G---------------------------------||---|
D---------------------------------||---|
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0------||---|
E----------------------------0-3--||-0-|
^
End of song only.
Oh, and one time, the very last repetition of the _other chorus_ part
during the second time its played, there is a variation that goes like
this:
G----------------------------------------------5-------------|
D--------------------------5--7--7-7-5---5-7-7---7-5---------| Then go into
A---------3--3-3-----3-5-7-------------7-------------7-6-5-3-| the above
G--5--5-5--------5-5-----------------------------------------| bridge part.
From uunet!spool.mu.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!cs.ucf.edu!schnitzi Wed Jul 15 15:54:54 PDT 1992
Article: 743 of alt.guitar.tab
Path: nevada.edu!uunet!spool.mu.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!cs.ucf.edu!schnitzi
From: schnitzi@cs.ucf.edu (Mark Schnitzius)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: MUSIC: Nirvana's "Lithium"
Message-ID:
Date: 15 Jul 92 14:25:38 GMT
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Lines: 9
Basic progression:
E Abm C#m A C D B D
I'm so ugly that's okay 'cause so are you
Mark
That took me too damn long to figure out.
From: juggle@athena.mit.edu (unknown)
Not that anyone actually *asked* for this one, mind you, it's from a recent
guitar publication. This should be all needed to play the song, if you want
the details, buy the mag.
Lithium, by Nirvana
======== -------
x = hit string muted
s = slide note or chord
(tune down one *full* step, to play along w/ the album)
E5 G#5 C#5 A5 C5 D5
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------6--x--------7--------------------7----
g---------------------------6--x------7--------5--5--5s7--7--7----
b---2-----------6--------4----------5----------3--3--3s5--5--5--0-
E---0--x--0--4-----x--0----------0---------0----------------------
I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends,
B5 D5
e-------------------------
a-------------------------
d------------------7------ repeat. . .
g-4--4--4--4s7--7--7------
b-2--2--2--2s5--5--5---0--
E-------------------------
they're in my head. . .
The rest of the sung lyrics are the same, with very minor picking
variations on the above chord progression. The "Yeah Yeah" pre-chorus part is
the same chord progression as above strummed as power chords.
The final chorus goes something like this:
A5 C5 A5 C5 D5 C5 A5 C5 A5
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------
d--2-----------5---5------2---2-----5-s-7-s-5------2---2----5---5----
g--2-----------5---5------2---2-----5-s-7-s-5------2---2----3---3----
b--0---0---0---3---3---0--0---0--0--3-s-5-s-3------0---0----3---3--0-
E-----------------------------------------------3--------------------
I like you I'm not gonna crack I miss you
A5 C5
e---------------------------
a---------------------------
d--2---2-----5---5---5------ etc. . .
g--2---2-----5---5---5------
b--0---0--0--3---3---3----0-
E---------------------------
I'm not gonna crack
-juggle@athena.mit.edu-
From: jamml7@aol.com (Jamm L7)
Subject: Tab: Lounge Act NIRVANA
Lounge Act by Kurt Cobain
B G C B G C B
Truth covered in security I can't let you smother me
G C Bm
I'd like to but it wouldn't work
G C Bm Trading off and
taking turns
G C
I don't regret a thing
A5 E A D5 G E
And I've got this friend you see who makes me feel
E A D5 G E
And I wanted more than I could I steal
A D5 G E
I'll arrest myself I'll wear a shield
A D5 G A G# G5
I'll go out of my way to prove I still
A G# G5
Smell her on you
A- Intro
B G C
1
2 4 4 4 0 5 5 5
3 2 4 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2
4 2 4 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2
5 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
6 3 3
B G C *B
1
2 4 0 5 5 5 4
3 4 4 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2 4 4
5 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
6 3 3
G C B G
1
2 0 5 5 5 4 0
3 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 0 0
4 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 0 0
5 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
6 3 3 3 3
C Bm G C
1
2 5 5 5 3 5 5 5
3 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2
4 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 5 5 5 2
5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
6 3 3
Bm G C
1
2 3 0 5
3 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 5
4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 5
5 2 2 2 2 2 3
6 3 3 3
Chorus
A5 E A D5 G E A
1
2 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2
3 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
4 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 0 3 0
D5 G E A
1
2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
6 3 0 3
D5 G E A
1
2 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0
3 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0
4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
6 0 3 0
D5 G E A D5 G
1
2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0
3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
5 0 2 0 0 0 0
6 3 0 3
A G5 A G#(5b) G5
1
2 2 0 0 2
3 2 0 0 2 0 0
4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
5 0 3 3 3 0 3 0
6 4 4 3 3 0
1
2 2
3 0 0 2
4 0 0 0 2 repeat until end turns
5 3 0 into a gradual dive. Pitch
6 3 3 3 shift created by slowing down
tape
this really sucks but..I hope it's better than nothing..I wasn't
listininmg to the song and I didn't have my guitar with so you'll have to
get the timing yourself any corrections comments or questions are welcome
Jamm L7
From: stingray@unlisys.in-berlin.de (Christian Lampl)
The song seems to be based on a Bb-chord
Then there are two riffs a "slow" one and a "fast" one.
The slow one is something like this
e|------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----------------8s7----------------------------------|
d|-----------6s8h9-----8--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Anybody out there who has figured out the "fast" part ?
Or anything else important of the song ?
From: ejs@world.std.com (Eric J Schwarzenbach)
This is my attempt to tab parts of Nirvana's "Love Buzz" from the album Bleach.
I checked before I posted this, and there's another tab of this on Nevada,
but I think this makes some improvements, so I'm going to post it anyway.
-ejs@world.std,com (Eric Schwarzenbach)
There is one A# power chord done on the guitar during the song. I'm not sure, but
if you listen to the bass part there may actually be other chord changes during the
song but this is the only on struck on the guitar:
A#5 or maybe A# (there seem to be variations)
----- -----
----- -3---
-3--- -3---
-3--- -3---
-1--- -1---
----- -----
This bass riff can be approximated in the guitar as:
(I'm assuming normal tuning)
~ H P
----------------
----------------
----------------
----------------
---------5-6-5--
-6-5-6-7--------
This riff shows up later on a higher octive as an actual guitar riff:
~ H P
----------------
----------------
---------7-8-7--
-8-7-8-8--------
----------------
----------------
I'm using the ~ symbol to indicate vibrato, H to mean Hammer on and P to mean Pull off.
The Hammer / Pull sequence above is done as a quick trill. These riffs are repeated
together smoothly so that the first note (sustained a bit) serves as the end note of the
riff also, though I didn't write it that way (you get the idea).
There is another very fast descending guitar riff played that is something like this:
H P H P H P
-10-11-10---8-9-8-------------------
--------------------10-11-10--------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
I don't think this captures it perfectly, but I think is a series of trills like that.
Anyone have any enhansements or opinions as to whether I'm on the right track?
There's also additional assorted distorted guitaring that I've given up on figuring out.
The words seem to be something like:
Would you believe me when I tell you
you are the queen of my heart?
Please don't decieve me when I hurt you,
This ain't the way it seems.
[or maybe]
Just say it the way it seems.
chorus:
Can you feel my love buzz? (repeated).
From: rte@Hopper.itc.Virginia.EDU (Ritchie Eppink)
"Mexican Seafood" -- Nirvana
Fig. I:
D--6--6-x-4-4-4-3--3-3-3-3-3-4--
A--6--6-x-4-4-4-1--3-3-3-3-3-4--
E--4--4-x-2-2-2-1--1-1-1-1-1-2--
Fig. II
D--6--x-x-x-x-6--x-x-x-x-6-4--|-6--x-x-x-x-6--x-x-x-x-6-9--|
A--6--x-x-x-x-6--x-x-x-x-6-4--|-6--x-x-x-x-6--x-x-x-x-6-9--|
E--4--x-x-x-x-4--x-x-x-x-4-2--|-4--x-x-x-x-4--x-x-x-x-4-7--|
Solo I
D--6--5-4-3-2-6-5-4--4-3-4-5--|-6--5-4-3-2-6-5-4--4-3-4-5--|
Solo II (Slightly off, but doesn't matter if you play it loud and fast)
D------------------6-5-4-3----------
A----------1-2-3-4---------5-4-3-2--
E--0-1-2-3--------------------------
And it goes like this...
Fig. I (four times?)
Fig. II ('till the verse is over)
Fig. I (four times...)
Fig. II ('till the end)
Fig. I (four--)
Solo I (twice (4 measures))
Solo II (twice)
Fig. I (for a while...)
Then, end messing around with a G#5 power chord (244XXX).
NIRVANA - Nevermind
-------------------
plus the single 'Dive'
Smells Like Teen Spirit
=======================
Load up on guns
Bring your friends
It's fun to lose
And to pretend
She's overboard
Myself assured
I know I know
A dirty word
hello (x 16)
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yea
I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end
hello (x 16)
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yea
And I forget
Just what it takes
And yet I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard
Its hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind
hello (x 16)
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yea
In Bloom
========
Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Pray for darker grounds
He's the one
He likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say
He's the one
He likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say yea
We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Who's is on a prude (?)
Tender age in bloom
He's the one
He likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say
He's the one
He likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say yea
He's the one
He likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say
He's the one
He likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
Don't know what it means
And I say Yea
Come As You Are
===============
Come
As you are
As you were
As I want you to be
As a friend
As a friend
As a known memory
Take your time
Hurry up
The Choice is your
Dont' be late
Take a rest
As a friend
As a known memory
memory ah
memory ah
memory ah
Come
Doused in mud
Cept in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend
A a friend
As a known memory ah
memory ah
memory ah
memory ah
And I swear
That I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
memory ah
memory ah
memory ah
memory ah {don't have a gun}
And I swear
That I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No i don't have a gun
{memory ah}
{memory ah}
Breed
=====
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
I don't care
Care if it's old
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
mind
Don't have a mind
Get way
Get way
Get way
Get way
Get way
Way from your home
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
I'm afraid
Fraid, GO!
Sleepy head
You can have to mean
I don't mean to stair
WE don't have to breed
We can plant a house
We can build a tree
I don't even care
We don't have to breed
She said (X 8)
REPEAT THE WHOLE THING
Lithium
=======
I'm so happy
Cause today I found my friends
They're in my head
I'm so ugly
That's ok, cause so are you
Broken mirrors
Sunday morning
Cause everyday for all I care
And I'm not scared
Light my candles
In a daze cause I found god
Yeaa (X bunch of times)
I'm so lonely
That's ok, I shaved my head
And I'm not sad
And just maybe
I'm to blame for all I've heard
And I'm not sure
I'm so excited
I can't wait to meet you there
And I dont' care
I'm so horny
That's ok, my will is good
Yeaa (x bunch of times)
I like it
I'm not gonna crack
I miss you
I'm not gonna crack
I love you
I'm not gonna crack
I killed you
I'm not gonna crack
I like it
I'm not gonna crack
I miss you
I'm not gonna crack
I love you
I'm not gonna crack
I killed you
I'm not gonna crack
I'm so happy
Cause today I found my friends
They're in my head
I'm so ugly
That's ok, cause so are you
Broken mirrors
Sunday morning
Cause everyday for all I care
And I'm not scared
Light my candles
In a daze cause I found god
Yeaa (X bunch of times)
I like it
I'm not gonna crack
I miss you
I'm not gonna crack
I love you
I'm not gonna crack
I killed you
I'm not gonna crack
I like it
I'm not gonna crack
I miss you
I'm not gonna crack
I love you
I'm not gonna crack
I killed you
I'm not gonna crack
Polly
=====
Polly want a cracker
Think i should've offered first
Think she wants some water
Do put out the blowtorch
Is it me
Have a seat
Let me clip
Her dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Was a mouth
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Was a mouth
Please myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she will like some food
She asked me to untie her
Chase her not nice for few
Is it me
Have a seat
Let me clip
Her dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Was a mouth
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Was a mouth
Please myself
{Polly said }
Polly said her back hurts
She's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
Amazes me with her instinct
Is it me
Have a seat
Let me clip
Her dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Was a mouth
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Was a mouth
Please myself
Territorial Pissings
=====================
{intro thing}
When I was a little lad
Coal trains were not built yet
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Never met a wise man
If so it's a woman
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Just because you're paranoid
Don't mean they're not after you
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Drain you
=========
{SORRY PEOPLE. THis one was impossible for me}
One baby to another says
"I'm lucky to met you"
I don't care what you think of mess
It is about me
It is now
But duty due completely drain you
I try to prove
But you defend I pinned your affection
Showed me for you
Pass it back and forth
Here I'll fasten a kiss
>From my mouth to yours
I like you
With blah blah blah
You made it I became your pupil
You taught me everything
About a poisoned apple
The water is so yellow
I'm a healthy student
I did a grade for fact
Your mouth for fluids
Showed me for you
Pass it back and forth
Here I'll fasten a kiss
>From my mouth to yours
I like you
You
You
You
You
You
One baby to another says
"I'm lucky to met you"
I don't care what you think of mess
It is about me
It is now
But duty due completely drain you
I try to prove
But you defend I pinned your affection
Showed me for you
Pass it back and forth
Here I'll fasten a kiss
>From my mouth to yours
Slap it lips to lips
You're my vitamins
I like you
Lounge Act
==========
Truth, Come a little security
I can't let you smile for me
Liked you but I go to work
Turn it up, take a turn
Don't regret a thing
I got this friend, you see
Makes me feel
I want him more
And I could steal
I'll arrest myself
And wear a shirt
I'll go outta my way
To prove I still
Still love you
Don't, tell me what I wanna hear
Fraid I've never known a fear
Experience anything I need
I'll keep fighting jealousy
Tell this fucking god
I got this friend, you see
Makes me feel
I want him more
And I could steal
I'll arrest myself
And wear a shirt
I'll go outta my way
To prove I still
Still love you
I got this friend, you see
Truth, Come a little security
I can't let you smile for me
Liked you but I go to work
Turn it up, take a turn
Don't regret a thing
I got this friend, you see
Makes me feel
I want him more
And I could steal
I'll arrest myself
And wear a shirt
I'll go outta my way
To make you feel
Well make your pact
And learn from who
At the end we'll walk
Not with room
And we'll still watch out
Watching you
Still, still love you
They still, still love you
still love you
Stay Away
=========
Monkey See, monkey do
{away}
Grab at me to be cool
{away}
Hear the line engine rhyme
{away}
There's just one of us blind
{away}
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Give an inch, take a smile
{away}
Scratch an itch, scratch a style
{away}
Throw it out, keep it in
{away}
Have to have poison skin
{away}
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Away
Away
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Monkey See, monkey do
{away}
Grab at me to be cool
{away}
Hear the line engine rhyme
{away}
There's just one of us blind
{away}
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Away
Away
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Stay
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Stay away
Got to stay
On A Plain
==========
Slap yourself
Without any words
I've got so high
I scratched till I bleed
Love myself
Better than you
Know it's wrong
So what should I do
Finest Day
That I ever had
Cause when I learn
Cry on the band
Love myself
Better than you
Know it's wrong
So what should I do
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
My mother died
Every night
They said you see
And quote me I'm mad
Love myself
Better than you
Know it's wrong
So what should I do
Black she got
Black nails again
You got to put
She's offers a goat
Love myself
Better than you
Know it's wrong
So what should I do
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
Somewhere out in love
There's a fourth
In a dream
There's memories stored
What the hell
Am I trying to say
Use that time
To make it all clear
To write off lies
That don't make a sense
Love myself
Better than you
Know it's wrong
So what should I do
One more special
Message to go
Then I'm done
And I can go home
Love myself
Better than you
Know it's wrong
So what should I do
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on aplain
I can't complain
Something in the Way
====================
Underneath the bridge
The top has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from my ceiling
It's ok to eat fish
Cause they don't have any feelings
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Underneath the bridge
The top has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from my ceiling
It's ok to eat fish
Cause they don't have any feelings
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Something in the way
Ummmmm
Something in the way, yea
Ummmmm
Dive
====
Oh
Pick me, Pick me yea
Live alone, lone single
Atleast, atleast yea
Everyone is hollow
Pick me, pick me yea
Everyone is waiting
Pick me pick me yea
You can be the baby
hey
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
Kiss this, kiss that yea
Live alone, lone single
Atleast, atleast yea
You could be my hero
Pick me, pick me yea
Everyone is waiting
Hit me, hit me yea
I'm real good at hitting
hey
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive
dive
dive
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
dive in me
From: u8915431@qub.ac.uk (Tony Bowden)
Subject: TAB: Nirvana - Nevermind (LONG)
I compiled this from various bits and pieces here and there, and tidied
it all up.
i make no claims to any of these - i just compiled it.
Additions / corrections etc gratefully received.
Nirvana - Nevermind
*********
* Songs *
*********
Smells Like Teen Spirit
In Bloom
Come As You Are
Breed
Lithium
Polly
Territorial Pissings
Drain You
Lounge Act (missing)
Stay Away (missing)
On A Plain (missing)
Something In The Way
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Main line: Riff:
2x w/o distortion.
4x with distortion + chorus)
e------------------------------------ ---1------
a------------------------------------ -1--------
d-------------3-3---------------6-6-- ----------
g--3-3-3-xxxx-3-3----6-6-6-xxxx-6-6-- ----------
b--3-3-3-xxxx-1-1----6-6-6-xxxx-4-4-- ----------
E--1-1-1-xxxx--------4-4-4-xxxx------ ----------
"Solo": 2x. . .
e-------------------------------------------------------
a--1--4--4/6-----4b6b4--2--1--2--1----------------------
d-------------1---------------------3--1--3b5b3--1--0---
g-------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
. . .to 4x:
e--------------------------------
a--------------------------------
d---1-0---1-0---1-0---1p0--------
g---------------------------3----
b--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
Load up on guns, bring your friends
It's fun to lose, and to pretend
She's over bored, and self assured
I know I know, A dirty word
hello, hello, hello, hello. . .hello, hello, hello, hello,
hello, hello, hello, hello. . .hello, hello, hello, hello
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us.
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido, Yea!
I'm worse at what I do best,
and for this gift I feel blessed.
I met a group that's always been
And always will until the end.
And I forget, just why i taste
Oh yes I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard. . .Its hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
In Bloom
Intro:
Bb G F G# Bb G F G#
E -----------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------
G -3--3-3-----------------------------3--3-3-----------------
D -3--3-3--5----3--3-3--6-------------3--3-3--5----3--3-3--6- (drum fill)
A -1--1-1--5----3--3-3--6-------------1--1-1--5----3--3-3--6-
E ---------3----1--1-1--4----4-1-4-5----------3----1--1-1--4-
Bb F# Eb B A
E --------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------/8-8---8\--------------------
G ---------------------------/8-8---8\--x-8--------------- (x2)
D -8-8--8\-x--\4-4-4-4-4--x--/8-8---8\--x-89-9-9-9---7--7-
A -8-8--8\-x--\4-4-4-4-4--x--/6-6---6\--x-69-9-9-9---7--7-
E -6-6--6\-x--\2-2-2-2-2--x--/6------------7-7-7-7---5--5-
Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods
e -1---1-1-xx2---2-2-xx3---3-3----------
b -3---3-3-xx2---2-2-xx4---4-4-xx4---2--
g -3---3-3-xx3---3-3-xx3---3-3-xx4---2--
d -3---3-3-xx4---4-4-xx1---1-1-xx4---2--
a --------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------
Bb F# Eb B A
Spring is here a-gain
Re - product -ive glands AAANNNDD
Chorus:
B A Bb G Bb G
AAAAANNNDDDD he's the one who likes all our pretty songs and he
Bb G Bb G
likes to sing along, and he likes to shoot his guns,
C Eb C Eb
but he don't know what it means... Don't know what it means and I say...
We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Come As You Are
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
---------0---0---------2-----2-
-0-0-1-2---2---2-2-1-0---0-0---
Come
As you are
As you were
As I want you to be
As a friend
As a friend
As an old enemy
Take your time
Hurry up
The Choice is your
Dont' be late
Take a rest
As a friend
As an old memoria
memoria
memoria
memoria
Come
Dowsed in mud
Soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend
A a friend
As an old memoria
memoria
memoria
memoria
And I swear
That I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
memoria
memoria
memoria
memoria {don't have a gun}
And I swear
That I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No i don't have a gun
memoria
memoria
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Breed
Intro:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-*-----------------------------*-|-*-------------------------------|
B|-*--4--4--4--4--7-----------2--*-|-*--4--4--4--4--7----------------|
A|----4--4--4--4--7-Bend------2----|----4--4--4--4--7-Bend-----------|
E|----2--2--0--2--5-----------0----|----2--2--0--2--5-----------0----|
Riff 1:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-*-------------------------------|-------------------------------*-|
B|-*--4--4-------------------------|----4--4-----------------------*-|
A|----4--4-------------------------|----4--4-------------------------|
E|----2--2--0--2--5-Bend------0----|----2--2--0--2--5-Bend------0----|
Verse:
e|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
B|---11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--|--%--|--%--|--11-11-11---------------|
A|---9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---|-----|-----|--9--9--9--9-Bend--9-7---|
E|-----------------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
B|----4-4-4-4---4-4-4-0--------|
A|----4-4-4-4---4-4-4-1--------|
E|----2-2-2-2---2-2-2----------|
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
Care if I'm old
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
If I don't have a mind
Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away
Way from your home
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
Of a ghost
Chorus:
D A C5 B5
e|----2--2--2----------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----3--3--3--X--2------2--X------|---------------------------------|
G|----2--2--2--X--2------2--X------|---5--5--5--X--4------4--X-------|
B|----0--0--0--X--2------2--X------|---5--5--5--X--4------4--X-------|
A|---------------------------------|---3--3--3--X--2------2--X-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Even if you have
Even if you need
I don't mean to stare
We don't have to breed
We could plant a house
We could build a tree
I don't even care
We could have all three
She said (with Riff 1)
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Lithium
(tune down one *full* step, to play along w/ the album)
E5 G#5 C#5 A5 C5 D5
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------6--x--------7--------------------7----
g---------------------------6--x------7--------5--5--5s7--7--7----
b---2-----------6--------4----------5----------3--3--3s5--5--5--0-
E---0--x--0--4-----x--0----------0---------0----------------------
I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends,
B5 D5
e-------------------------
a-------------------------
d------------------7------
g-4--4--4--4s7--7--7------
b-2--2--2--2s5--5--5---0--
E-------------------------
they're in my head. . .
I'm so ugly but that's ok, 'cause so are you, we've broke our mirrors
Sunday morning is everyday for all I care and I'm not scared
Light my candles in a daze 'cause I've found god
I'm so lonely and that's ok, I shaved my head, and I'm not sad
And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard, and I'm not sure
I'm so excited I can't wait to meet you there, and I dont' care
I'm so horny but that's ok, my will is good
A5 C5 A5 C5 D5 C5 A5 C5 A5
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------------
d--2-----------5---5------2---2-----5-s-7-s-5------2---2----5---5----
g--2-----------5---5------2---2-----5-s-7-s-5------2---2----3---3----
b--0---0---0---3---3---0--0---0--0--3-s-5-s-3------0---0----3---3--0-
E-----------------------------------------------3--------------------
I like you I'm not gonna crack I miss you
A5 C5
e---------------------------
a---------------------------
d--2---2-----5---5---5------
g--2---2-----5---5---5------
b--0---0--0--3---3---3----0-
E---------------------------
I'm not gonna crack
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Polly
Verse:
Em G5 D C
e|---------------------------------|----2--2-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----3--3-----5--------5----------|
G|----0--------0--0-----------0----|----2--2--X--5--------5--5--0----|
B|----2--------2--0--5--5-----0----|----0--0--X--5--------5--5--0----|
A|----2--------2--0--5--5--X-------|----------X--3--------3--3-------|
E|----0--------0-----3--3--X-------|---------------------------------|
Polly Wants a Cracker
I think I should get off her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
Chorus:
D C G Bb5 D
e|----2----------------------------|---------------------------2-----|
B|----3------X--5-------5--5-------|---------------------------3-----|
G|----2------X--5-------5--5--0----|-----4--4--X--3------3--3--2-----|
B|----0------X--5-------5--5--0----|-----5--5--X--3------3--3--0-----|
A|-----------X--3-------3--3--0----|-----5--5--X--1------1--1--------|
E|---------------------------------|-----3--3------------------------|
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To please myself
I've got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I've been true
Let me take a ride
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
To please myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like more food
She asks me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few
Polly said...
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|--------------------0--0--0-------------------
|--------------------------------3---3--3--3---
|--0-----3--3--3-------------------------------
Polly says her back hurts
And she's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct
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Territorial Pissings
(E bar chords on frets 5, 13 and 10)
A5 F5 D5 A5 F5 D5
When I was an alien, cultures weren't opinions.
A5 F5 D5
Gotta find a way, to find a way, I'd better wait.
Never met a wise man, if so it's a woman
Bridge:
|<-- 7x --->|
E |----------------|---------------
B |----------------|--------7------
G |----------------|---------7-----
D |-----7-------7--|------7---7----
A |-----7-------7--|------7----7---
E |-5-5-----5-5----|--5-5----------
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you
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Drain You
A C# F# B A C# F# B
One baby to another said I'm lucky to have met you...
I don't care what you think unless it is about me
It is now my responsibility to completely drain you
A travel through a tube and end up in your infection
D B
Chew your meat for you
pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss,
from my mouth to yours
A5 G5 F#5
because I like you.
With eyes so dialted I've become your pupil
You've taught me everything with a poison apple
The water is so yellow, I'm a healthy student
Indebted and so grateful. Vacuum out the fluids.
B
You're my vitamins
A5 G5 F#sus4 F#5
because I like you
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Lounge Act
Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd like to but it wouldn't work
Trading off and taking turns
I don't regret a thing
I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel
And I wanted more
Than I could steal
I'll arrest myself
And wear a shield
I'll go out of my way
To prove I still
Smell her on you
Don't, tell me what I wanna hear
Afraid of never knowning fear
Experience anything yoy need
I'll keep fighting jealousy
Until it's fucking gone
I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel
And I wanted more
Than I could steal
I'll arrest myself
And wear a shield
I'll go out of my way
To prove I still
Smell her on you
Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd like to but it wouldn't work
Trading off and taking turns
I don't regret a thing
I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel
And I wanted more
Than I could steal
I'll arrest myself
And wear a shield
I'll go out of my way
To make you a deal
We've make a pact
To learn from who
Ever we want
Without new rules
We'll share what's lost and what we grew
They'll go out of their way
To prove they still
Smell her on you
They still, smell her on you
Smell her on you
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Stay Away
Monkey See, monkey do
I'd rather be deal than cool
Every line ends in rhyme
Less is more, love is blind
Stay, stay away
Give an inch, take a smile
Fashion shits, fashion stile
Throw it out and keep it in
Have to have poison skin
I don't know why
I don't know why
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On A Plain
I'll start this off
Without any words
I got so high that
I scratched 'til I bled
Love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
The finest day
That I ever had
Was when I learned
To cry on command
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
My mother died
Every night
It's safe to say
Don't quote me on that
The black sheep got
Blackmailed again
Forgot to put
On the zip code
Somewhere I have heard this before
In a dream my memory has stored
As defense I'm neutered and spayed
What the hell am I trying to say?
It is now time
To make it unclear
To write off lines
That don't make a sense
One more special
Message to go
And then I'm done
And I can go home
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Something in the Way
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------|
C|---4-----4---4-4-0-----0---0-0---|
G|---4-----4---4-4-0-----0---0-0---|
C|---4-----4---4-4-0---------0-----|
Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
But it's ok to eat fish
Cause they haven't any feelings
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------3-3----3-3---|
G|-------------------------2-2----2-2---|
B|---4-----4-4----4-4-0----0-0----0-0---|
A|---4-----4-4----4-4-0----0-0----0-0---|
E|---4-----4-4----4-4-0-----------------|
Something in the way, Mmmm...
Something in the way, yeah, Mmmm...
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From: 3EV1@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA
As far as I know, this song is nameless but is on the "No Alternative" CD. I
don't even own the CD so this might be transcribed in a totally wrong key, and
don't send me hate-mail telling me that it is :)
Here's the chord progression:
C#m A F# G# A B
"...And if you save yourself, you'll find, da da da da..."
Here's the chorus ----> C#m A F# A F# A F#
C#m : 446654 -I may have left out something since I'm doing this
A : 577655 from memory. If so, I guess Kurt would understand...
F# : 244322
G# : 466544
B : 799877
- Van Vekris , 3EV1@Qucdn.QueensU.CA
From: Wouter Janssen
OH ME
=====
As performed by Nirvana & the Meat Puppets
On 'Nirvana Unplugged in New York'
Written by the Meat Puppets
Transcription by Wouter Janssen (wjanssen@cs.vu.nl)
Tune down a *whole* step to play along with the CD.
NB : This song is actually played with 2 guitars, this transcription is just
for one guitar, however it's rather easy to transform it into the 2-guitar
version. Let one guitar play the chords on the higher strings (G/B/e)
throughout the song and the other should play the tab below. (omitting some
of the strokes on the higher strings, just listen to CD
PART A : INTRO + VERSES
E D D C E
e -------------0--|--------------|------------------|-----0-----|---0---
B -------------0--|------------3-|------------3-----|-----1-0-0-|---0---
G -------------1--|------------2-|------------2--0-0|-----0-0-0-|---1---
D ------2--2-2----|------2-0-0-0-|------2-0-0-0--0-0|-2-2-------|-2-----
A --0-2----2-2----|--0-2---0-0---|--0-2---0-0-------|-3-3-------|-2-----
E -4--------------|-4------------|-4----------------|-----------|-0-----
If I had to loose a mile, if I had to touch feelings
I would loose my soul, the way I do
....
PART (B) : CHORUS
G E G E
e -3--3-3-3-----0-|-3--3-3-3----0-|
B -0--0-0-0-----0-|-0--0-0-0----0-| Repeat this until :
G -0--0-0-0-----1-|-0--0-0-0----1-|
D -----------2-2--|----------2-2--|
A -----------2-2--|----------2-2--|
E -----------0-0--|----------0-0--|
PART (C) : END_OF_CHORUS
C D E
e -------------0-----|---------------0---
B -------------1-----|-----3---------0---
G ---------0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-----1---
D ------2--2-2---2-2-|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-----
A --0-2----3-3---3-3-|-0-0---0-0-0-0-----
E -4-----------------|-------------------
PART (D) : SOLO
e ---------------------------3/2-----------2/5-5-5-3-2-----------------------
B -------------------3-3^5~------5--(3-5)-5------------5/3-----------3-5~----
G ------------2-4~-----------------------------------------4-2-2-2/4---------
D ------2-2^4----------------------------------------------------------------
A --0-2----------------------------------------------------------------------
E -4-------------------------------------------------------------------------
PART (E) : OUTRO
Use the same chords as part (C) : C-D-E (but now as powerchords and slide
from C to D and from D to E.
~ = vibrato | Sequence : Intro
/ = slide | Verse 1 + Chorus
^ = push | Solo
( ) = play very softly | Verse 2 + Chorus
| Outro
Lyrics (taken from ftp.uwp.edu) :
if i had to lose a mile
if i had to touch feelings
i would lose my soul
the way i do
i don't have to think
i only have to do it
the results are always perfect
and that's old news
would you like to hear my voice
sweetened with emotion
invented at your birth?
i can't see the end of me
my whole expanse i cannot see
i formulate infinity
and store it deep inside of me
=============================================================================
Comments and corrections are always welcome at wjanssen@cs.vu.nl.
=============================================================================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
In real life : Wouter Janssen | Take a step outside yourself
E-mail : wjanssen@cs.vu.nl | and turn around
Irc : Tijgertje | Take a look at who you are
URL: http://www.cs.vu.nl/~wjanssen/| it's pretty scary (K. Cobain)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
From: tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl (Zet van 't TM)
Subject: TAB: "Oh me" - Nirvana w/ Meat Puppets
As this is done totally from memory, I'll see what I can do..
Opening riff
-------------
-------------
-------------
-------------
---------7\--
--4-5-7------
Followed by E D D C
The rest is also a combination of C, D and E. I bet this has
been really helpful. I'll post it in its glorious fullness and
completeness later this week :-)
Mark (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
From: Greg A Diehl
Subject: Oh, the Guilt TAB
This is the tablature to Nirvana's "Oh the Guilt"
_____________________________________________________________________________
"Oh, The Guilt"
Written By: Kurt Cobain
From: "Puss/Oh, The Guilt" EP
Tabbed By: Greg Diehl (greg@america.com)
____________________________________________________________________________
Opening:
+--0-------0-0-0-------+ You play this part with
|--0-------0-0-0-------| the guitar sound off,
|--0-------0-0-0-------| then after the last one
|--0-------0-0-0-------| turn the distortion and
|--0-------0-0-0-------| sound up all the way and
+--0-------0-0-0-------+ let the feedback ring.
Opening II:
+----------------------------------------------------+
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6/5-5-5-5/---6-6-6/5-5-5-5/---6-6-6/5-5-5-5/--|
|--6-6-6/5-5-5-5/---6-6-6/5-5-5-5/---6-6-6/5-5-5-5/--|
+--4-4-4/3-3-3-3/---4-4-4/3-3-3-3/---4-4-4/3-3-3-3/--+
Verse:
+---------X---------X---------X---------------------+ The X's are a
|---------X---------X---------X---------------------| replacement for
|---------X---------X---------X---------------------| the sciscors sound
|--6-6-6--X--6-6-6--X--6-6-6--X---6-6-6/5-5-5-5/----|
|--6-6-6--X--6-6-6--X--6-6-6--X---6-6-6/5-5-5-5/----|
+--4-4-4--X--4-4-4--X--4-4-4--X---4-4-4/3-3-3-3/----+
Verse II:
+------------------+
|------------------|
|------------------|
|--6-6-6/5-5-5-5/--|
|--6-6-6/5-5-5-5/--|
+--4-4-4/3-3-3-3/--+
Chorus:
+--------------------------------------------+
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
|--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
|--6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
+--4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3--------------------------+
Solo/Background:
+-----------------------------------------------+ This is actually
|-----------------------------------------------| the part the Bass
|-----------------------------------------------| Guitar is playing
|---------X---------X---------X-----------------| durring the solo,
|---------X---------X---------X-----------------| but I can't figure
+--4-4-4--X--4-4-4--X--4-4-4--X--4-4-4/3-3-3-3/-+ the solo out, so it
will have to do :)
Ending:
+--------------+
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--6-6-6-------|
|--6-6-6-------|
+--4-4-4-------+
That's is. To make it easier to play, here's the order to play each one
and how many times...
Opening (x1)
Opening II (x1)
Verse (x2)
Verse II (x8)
Chorus (x4)
Verse (x2)
Verse II (x8)
Solo/Background (x4)
Verse (x2)
Verse II (x8)
Chorus (x8)
Ending (x1)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
If anyone knows the guitar solo, I'd appreciate you mailing it to:
greg@america.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sender: "KLeonard"
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 94 15:11:22 EDT
Subject: Tab for "On a Plain" by Nirvana
"On a Plain" by Nirvana
h = hammer on
p = pull off
This is undoubtedly the hardest song to figure out on the album and it's
still a pain in the arse when you know how to play it. This transcription is
taken from the Nevermind tablature book thing.
Intro (w/distortion)
B(b5)/D# (fdbk pitch D#)
----------------|---------------------------
----------------|----------------------h12--
--10------------|------------------h10------
---9------------|----------------h9---------
----------------|---------------------------
--11------------|--10h11p10h11-------------
play that second part three times and hammer-on all notes with the fretting
hand.
Verse
D G F E5 F5 E5
--2--------------------------------------------------
--3---3-------0----0---------------------------------
--2---2---0---0----0---2---2----2----------------0--
--0---0---0---0--------3---3----3----------------0--
--0--------------------4---3----3---2--2--3--2------
--------------3------------1----1---0--0--1--0------
it goes like this (dashes included to line up some syllables with notes):
D G F E5 F5 E5
I'll start this off with-out an-y words...
then the "I love myself line...":
D C5 B5 A5
--2---------------------------------------------
--3---3-----------------------------------------
--2---2--0--5--5--5--5--4---4--0--2--2--2--0--
--0---0--0--5--5--5--5--4---4--0--2--2--2--0--
------------3--3--3--3--2---2-----0--0--0------
------------------------------------------------
D C5 B5 A5
I love myself better than you...
So the verse follows the first rythym figure twice, then the second figure
for the refrain, then back to the first figure for the "I know it's wrong..."
line.
D G F E5 F5 E5
D G F E5 F5 E5
D C5 B5 A5
D G F E5 F5 E5
As the chorus starts, play this figure and repeat it for the chorus:
D5 G5 Bb6sus2
--------------------------------------------------
--3---3-----3---3----------1--1--1--1--1--1------
--2---2-----0---0----------0--0--0--0--0--0--0---
--0---0--0--0---0--0----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--
---------0---------0--0h1--1--1--1--1--1--1------
------------3---3---------------------------------
D5 G5 Bb6sus2 D5 G5 Bb6sus2
I'm on a plain I can't complain
The bridge is the only easy part:
F5 (133xxx) E5 (022xxx) A5 (x022xx) G5 (355xxx)
Lyrics:
I'll start this off without any words
I got so high [that] I scratched 'till I bled
I love myself better than you
I know it's wrong so what should I do
The finest day that I've ever had
Is when I learned to cry on command
I'm on a plain, I can't complain
My mother died every night
It's safe to say don't quote me on that
The black sheep got blackmailed again
Forgot to put on the zip code
Somewhere I have heard this before
In a dream my memory has stored
As defense I'm neutered and spayed
What the hell am I trying to say
It is now time to make it all clear
To write off lines that don't make sense
One more special message to go
And then I'm done and I can go home
-keith
From alt.guitar.tab Sat Oct 22 16:00:35 1994
From: greg@peach.america.net (Greg A Diehl)
Date: 21 Oct 1994 18:59:58 -0400
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: CRD: Nirvana - Opinion
This song is from a radio broadcast Nirvana did...
_____________________________________________________________________________
Opinion
Written By: Kurt Cobain
Tabbed By: Greg Diehl (greg@america.net)
______________________________________________
Chords:
A#5 B C#5 F#5
+-----+------+-----+-------+
|-----|------|-----|-------|
|--3--|--4---|--6--|-------|
|--3--|--4---|--6--|---3---|
|--1--|--4---|--4--|---3---|
+-----+--2---+-----|---1---+
Just follow the chords below, and you should
pretty much have the song:
A#5 B C#5 F#5
Congradulations, you have won
A#5 B C#5 F#5
It's a useless discretion of that kind
A#5 B C#5 F#5
If it makes your story, I'm concerned
A#5 B C#5 F#5
You set it up, your glory burns
A#5 B C#5 F#5 A#5 B C#5 F#5
My opinions... hmmmm... My opinion... mhmmm
A#5 B C#5 F#5 A#5 B C#5 F#5
My opinions... hmmmm... My opinion... mhmmm
A#5 B C#5 F#5
There seems to be a problem here
A#5 B C#5 F#5
When you scared them all off, it seemed real clear
A#5 B C#5 F#5
Now the risen follower watches tough
A#5 B C#5 F#5
And they haven't plauged the hope he saw
A#5 B C#5 F#5 A#5 B C#5 F#5
I got opinions... hmmmm... My opinions... mhmmm
A#5 B C#5 F#5 A#5 B C#5 F#5
My opinions... hmmmm... My opinions... hmmmm
A#5 B C#5 F#5
Congradulations, you have won
A#5 B C#5 F#5
It's a useless discretion of that kind
A#5 B C#5 F#5
If it makes your story, I'm concerned
A#5 B C#5 F#5
You set it up, your glory burns
A#5 B C#5 F#5 A#5 B C#5 F#5
Your opinions... hmmmm... Your opinion... hmmmm
A#5 B C#5 F#5 A#5 B C#5 F#5
Your opinions... hmmmm... Your opinion... mhmmm
A#5
Your Opinions....
Corrections or suggestions are welcomed...
From: wolser@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Robert Wolsey)
Subject: CRD: Pennyroyal Tea-Nirvana
Reposted by request:
Pennyroyal Tea
from Nirvana *In Utero*
Music and words by Kurt Cobain
Transcribed by Robert Wolsey
Tune down 1/2-step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
NOTE: These are the chords you are pretending to play; the
actual chords that come out are a half-step lower because of
the tuning. Play A-barre chords on the chorus.
Am G
Im on my time with everyone
Am G
I have very bad posture
C D A#
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
C D A#
Distill the life thats inside of me
C D A#
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
C D A#
Im anemic royalty
Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh eternally
Im so tired I cant sleep
Im a liar and a thief
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Im anemic royalty
Im on warm milk and laxatives
Cherry-flavored antacids
(End on Am)
Tips: Slide up fron the C barre to the D barre during the
chorus. During the verse, play F# G E on the low E string as
the change between the G and Am.
E A D G B e
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
G 3 2 0 0 0 3
C x 3 5 5 5 3
D x 5 7 7 7 5
A# x 1 3 3 3 1
Any and all feedback appreciated at wolser@rpi.edu
Pennyroyal Tea By Nirvana
Lyrics and Tab written by Curt Cobain
Transcribed (Kelly Kristek)
All Comments and Corrections are welcome so please mail me if i am
wrong!!!
My mailing adress is
This is the main acoustic strumming part just repeat this riff. The
strumming may not be exact, just listen to cd and you'll get it.
e:0------0-----0-----------0-----0-------------3-----3----------3-----3--|
B:1------1-----1-----------1-----1-------------0-----0----------0-----0--|
G:2------2-----2-----------2-----2-------------0-----0----------0-----0--|
D:2---------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------------0----------------0-----|
A:0----0-------------0---------------------2----------------2------------|
E:--------------------------------------3----------------3---------------|
I'm on ..... My time... With Everyone......
Start the
Distortion
this note
e:----3---|
B:----0---|
G:----0---|
D:----0---|
A:----2---|
E:----3---|
Play this with distortion. (Sing verse 1 and 2 then 1 agian then go
to verse three and play that..)
sit and drink penny... Tea.................
Steal...thats inside.. Me..............
e:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:---|>5--5-5--5-5-5-5/7--7-7--7-7---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|-|
D:---|>5--5-5--5-5-5-5/7--7-7--7-7---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|-|
A:---|>3--3-3--3-3-3-3/5--5-5--5-5---1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0/|-|
E:---|----------------------------------------------------------------|-|
|-------<------<----<---Back To Begining<--<----<----<-----------|
I'm anemic Royal......Ty....................
e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-5--5-5--5-5-5-5/7--7-7--7-7---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D:-5--5-5--5-5-5-5/7--7-7--7-7---3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A:-3--3-3--3-3-3-3/5--5-5--5-5---1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E:--------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to Acoustic
SOLO
This is the best i can figure out for the solo.If you have a better
Version of it please send me a copy.
e:-----------------------------------------------------------3----3-3-2-0----|
B:------------------------------------------------------------------------3-2|
G:--------2b(3)--2/3\2-------------2b(3)---2b(3)-----------------------------|
D:-----2----------------2-------2--------2-------2---------------------------|
A:--0------------------------0----------------------------2------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------3---------------------|
e:----3-3-2-0-----------|
B:------------3-2-0-----|
G:------------------2-0-|
D:----------------------|
A:----------------------|
E:----------------------|
Play this solo twice then go to next riff
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----5----5---5-5/7-----7----7--------3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5--|
G:-----5----5---5-5/7-----7----7--------3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------5--|
D:---5----5-----5-5/7-----7----7------3----3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------5----|
A:-3------------3-3/5---5----5------1-----------1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-----3------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--5---5-5/7-----7----7----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G:--5---5-5/7-----7----7----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D:5-----5-5/7-----7----7----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A:------3-3/5---5----5------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E:----------------------------------------|
After the solo go back to the Acoustic part and play
the part under verse's 1 and 2 three times...
OUTRO P=pulloff
Distorded Normal guitar
e:--------------------------------------------------|--|
B:------1-Hit-this-chord--------1-------------1p0---|--|
G:------2-a-few-times-then------2----------2--------|--|
D:------2-go-to-this...---------2-------2-----------|--|
A:--------------------------------------------------|--|
E:--------------------------------------------------|--|
Let Ring
From: tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl (Zet van t TM)
"Plateau" - Nirvana with the Meat Puppets
From Nirvana's Unplugged
Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
INTRO - Main riff
--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----
------------------------------------------------------1-
----------------------------------------------------0---
------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------
----2-------5-------2-------5-------2-------5-----------
--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----
This is played with the following (movable) shapes:
G 320x33
Bb 650x66
Fsus2 1xx011
Sometimes the riff is varied by playing the highest note
on string 2 (B) instead of string 1 (E). Takes a bit of
practising at first. Play it fingerstyle and use you thumb
to rake the E, A and D strings.
VERSE - w/ main riff
PRE-CHORUS - 2/4 time, chordshape is similar to main riff.
--4---------
---------4--
-------0----
------------
------------
--4---------
CHORUS
'Nothing on top but a bucket and a mop and an..
--1/3--------------------------------------------------
--1/3------------------------3---------3---------------
-----------------------------3---------3---------------
------------5---x------------3---------3---------------
------------5---x-----1--------------------------------
---------3-------------------------1-------------------
..illustrated book about birds'
---------------3---------------------------------------
---------------3-----------------6---------------------
---------------------------------7---------------------
---------------------------------8---------------------
---5---------------------------------------------------
---3----------------------/6---------------------------
etc.
PRE-OUTRO
--4----------------4---6-----------------6-------------
---------4-------4------------6--------6---------------
-------------------------------------------------------
------0-------0------------0-------0-------------------
----3-------3------------5-------5---------------------
--4--------------------6-------------------------------
OUTRO
* repeat from *
------------------------------0-----|------------------
--------------0-------2---------1p0-|-----2------------
------2-----2---2---2-------2-------|---2--------------
----2-----2-------0-------0---------|-2----------------
--0-----0---------------3-----------|------------------
------------------------------------|------------------
While the line above is played by a Meat Puppet, Krist plays:
--------0-------------2-------0-----
------------2-----------3-----1-----
--------------2---------------------
----------------2-------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
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Subject: Re: POLLY NIRVANA
Message-ID:
From: "Philip F. Gomez"
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 15:36:36 -0400
Organization: Freshman, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Lines: 108
Paul McManus writes:
>I missed the original posting of the 'acoustic' version of this song.
>
>so if i could get it i would be eternally grateful ta.
Now, I posted an all power chord version of this song not too long ago
which is the way the song is played on the album (Nevermind). When you
ask for the 'acoustic' version of this song I'm not sure what you mean.
Do you mean the open chord version?
If so, then here's what you can do. I'm sending at the end of this
letter the power chord version that I posted before. The open chord
version has basically the same chords: E G D C for the lyrics and D C G
A# for the chorus. These are all simple major open chords chords and
when I play it this way, I use a barre major shape on the 6th fret for
the A# chord of the chorus. I hope this helps, please let me know of
any problems.
Thanx,
-Philip F. Gomez
PS. -Here's the power chord version of "Polly."
Note: Played as it is, it does sound good on an acoustic as well.
Polly
by Nirvana
Main Line:
Polly wants a cracker...
E G D C
e|----------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------
D|--------------------7--7--7-----5---5--5--5---
G|--2-----5--5--5-----7--7--7-----5---5--5--5---
B|--2-----5--5--5-----5--5--5-----3---3--3--3---
E|--0-----3--3--3-------------------------------
Chorus:
It isn~t me, We have some seed...
D C G A#
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|--7--7----5--5--5--5--------------------------
|--7--7----5--5--5--5----5--5----8--8--8--8----
|--5--5----3--3--3--3----5--5----8--8--8--8----
|------------------------3--3----6--6--6--6----
Interlude: (optional)
Polly said...
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|--------------------0--0--0-------------------
|--------------------------------3---3--3--3---
|--0-----3--3--3-------------------------------
(the song ends with an E power chord.)
Playing order:
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Interlude
Verse 3
Chorus
Lyrics (according to the Lithium single):
Polly wants a cracker
I think I should get off her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like more food
She asks me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few
Polly said...
Polly says her back hurts
And she's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct
It isn't me
We have some seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Don~t hurt yourself
I want some help
To help myself
I~ve got some rope
You have been told
I promise you
I have been true
Let me take a ride
Don~t hurt yourself
I want some help
To please myself
Sender: "KLeonard"
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 13:24:04 EDT
Subject: TAB for "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" by Nirvana
"Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" by Nirvana
tune down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
p = pull off
h = hammer on
the intro is something like this but with some weird effects. this is the
closest i could get:
---------------11p10h11p10--
--11p10h11p10---------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
then the main riff:
B5 F#5 A#5 F5
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
--5--5---------------4---4--4-------------------
--5--5---5----5--5---4---4--4--4--4--4--4---4--
--3--3---5----5--5---2---2--2--4--4--0--2---4--
---------3----3--3--------------2--2--0--2---2--
that last chord (F5) is played out a little longer than the other chords
(listen to the cd for timing). plus, i'm not sure if that chord in the
middle of F5 is what i have listed or 044xxx, but it shouldn't really
matter.
bridge:
B5 D#5 G#5 F#5
--------------------
--------------------
--5----9------------
--5----9----7----5--
--3----7----7----5--
------------5----3--
there's a slide between B5 and D#5. and on the last line of the bridge, only
B5 and D#5 are played.
to even mention the verse is a joke.
-keith
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 12:20:36 BST
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Subject: Guitar CHORDS for Rape Me by Nirvana
Rape Me by Nirvana
Transcribed by Tim Davis (davist@cs.man.ac.uk) from the album "In Utero".
Main riff used during intro, verses and choruses
G#sus4 Bsus4 D#sus4 F#sus4
Bridge (You're my favourite inside source...)
Csus4 G#sus4 F#sus4 Esus4 (four times)
D#sus4 F#sus4 D#sus4(XII)
Positions of chords as follows (this is how I play them anyway)
Tune all strings down 1 fret
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
__________________
D#sus4 | 0 2 2 2 x x
Esus4 | 1 3 3 3 x x
F#sus4 | 3 5 5 5 x x
G#sus4 | 5 7 7 7 x x
Bsus4 | 8 10 10 10 x x
Csus4 | 9 11 11 11 x x
D#sus4(XII) | 12 14 14 14 x x
The chords are similar to root 5th chords but played across 4 strings.
From: craigl@resmel.bhp.com.au (Craig Lawton)
Heres a TAB of RAPE ME that somebody worked
out and I found somewhere !?! Since a few people
seemed to want it, I posted it. Hope the original
author doesn't mind ????? Oh well,
Intro And 1st Verse
-------------------
Clean Guitar/No Drums
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------5---5------|-8-8-8-8-8--8----|------0---0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------5---5------|-8-8-8-8-8--8----|------0---0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----------------|-------2---2-----|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----0-----------|---0-3-----------|-----------------|------5-----5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------0----------|-0-3-----------0-|
Rape Me...
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----------------|-------2---2-----|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----0-----------|---0-3-----------|-----------------|------5-----5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------0----------|-0-3-----------0-|
Rape Me My Friend...
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----------------|-------2---2-----|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----0-----------|---0-3-----------|-----------------|------5-----5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------0----------|-0-3-----------0-|
Rape Me...
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2--------|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----------------|-------2---2-----|---------2-------|---------5-------|
|-----0-----------|---0-3-----------|-----------------|------5-----5----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------0----------|-0-3-----------0-|
Rape Me Again...
1st Chorus
----------
Heavy Distorted Guitar w/Drums - Do 4 Times
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------5---5------|-8-8-8-8-8--8----|------0---0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
I'm Not The Only One... Ahhh....
2nd Verse
---------
Clean Guitar w/Drums - Do 4 Times With Lyrics (Same Beat As In 1st Verse)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------5---5------|-8-8-8-8-8--8----|------0---0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
2nd Chorus
----------
1 - Do 1st Chorus
2 - Do This After 1st Chorus:
Heavy Distorted Guitar w/Drums (Drums Change To Fit This Riff)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|--2-2-2----------|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|--2-2-2----------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|--0-0-0--3-2-1-0-|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|--0-0-0--3-2-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
My Favorite Inside Source... I Kiss Your Open Sores...
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|--2-2-2----------|---6-6-6-6-6-6---|--2-2-2----------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|--0-0-0--3-2-1-0-|---4-4-4-4-4-4---|--0-0-0--3-2-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Appreciate Your Concern... You'll Always Stink And Burn...
|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----X-----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----2-----------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----0-----------|-----------------|
(Open E Rings Out For An 8 Count)
3rd Verse
---------
Clean Guitar/ No Drums - Do 4 Times With Lyrics (Same Beat As In 1&2 Verses)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------5---5------|-8-8-8-8-8--8----|------0---0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
Final Chorus
------------
Heavy Distorted Guitar w/Drums
4 Times:
--------
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------5---5------|-8-8-8-8-8--8----|------0---0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
I'm Not The Only One... Ahhh....
4 Times:
--------
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------7---7------|-X-X-X-X-10-10---|------2---2------|-X-X-X-X-5-5-----|
|------5---5------|-8-8-8-8-8--8----|------0---0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
Rape Me!... Rape Me!...
--
/\/\
/ / /\
/ / / \ Craig Lawton
/ / / /\ \ BHP Research
\ \/ / / / E-mail : craigl@resmel.bhp.com.au
\ / / /
\/\/\/
From: Keith17NJ@aol.com
"School" by Nirvana
(standard tuning and everything)
hb = half bend fb = full bend
/ = slide up
for the intro, bang the back of the neck so the strings vibrate and all that.
then play the main riff:
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--0--0-0-5hb-0-0-5hb-0-0-0-0-0-5fb--
chorus:
C5 (x355xx) A5 (577xxx) E5 (022xxx) D5 (x577xx)
i'm not sure about the bridge, but it's something like this:
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------7------7----7---7--7--7--7/--
--7--7-7----7-7----7-------------------
----------------------------------------
that's about it for the tab. i have no idea on the solo. here's the lyrics
(all 15 words):
Won't you believe it is just my luck
No recess
You're in high school again
-keith
From: cohend@birisc.cs.biu.ac.il
NIRVANA ========> S C H O O L
---from the album ''bleach''--
Transcribed by D. Cohen (cohend@birisc.cs.biu.ac.il)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The directory has a school.crd already , but i'm sure
this one sounds better , check it out :)
/ = Slide
^^^^ = Vib
Intro/Verse RIFF
1|-------------------------------------------------------|
2|-------------------------------------------------------|
3|-------------------------------------------------------|
4|-------------------------------------------------------|
5|----------7--------6--------------------------7^^^^----|
6|-0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------|
Wont you...
Or it might go like this:
1|-------------------------------------------------|
2|-------------------------------------------------|
3|-------------------------------------------------|
4|-------------------------------------------------|
5|----------7--------6--------5-----------7^^^-----|
6|-0--0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0-----------|
Chorus:
C5 B5 E5 A5 G5
1|---------|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
2|---------|------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
3|-5--5--5-|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|---------|---------|---------|
4|-5--5--5-|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|-2--2--2-|-7--7--7-|-5--5--5-|
5|-3--3--3-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2-|-7--7--7-|-5--5--5-|
6|---------|------------------------|-0--0--0-|-5--5--5-|-3--3--3-|
No recuss...
C5
1|-----------------------|
2|-----------------------|
Continue=> 3|-/5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
4|-/5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
5|-/3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
6|-----------------------|
Sorry , no solo :( i cant transcribe it, it'll fuck me up.
when i play it i just blab something on the guitar, sounds the same:)
as long as you have a bass-guitar playing the RIFF with ya.
From: Greg A Diehl
"School"
Written By Kurt Cobain
Tabbed By: ???
TXT By: Greg Diehl (greg@america.com)
Notaion:
^ = Bend
/ = Slide
|-------------------------------------| Reapeat this over and over until
|-------------------------------------| you reach the chorus...
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-5^-0-0-5^-0-0-0-0-0-5^-------|
Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------2-2-2-2----------------|
|--------3-3---------------------------------3-3-3-3----------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------0--2-2-2-2----------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0--0-0-0-0----------------|
|--1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-------------------------|
|--------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------|
(Repeat)
Bridge to Solo:
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------15-15-15/--------------------------------|
|-----------------12------12--13-13-13/------------------12-12-12------|
|--------11-11----11--11--11--------------------11-11----11-11-11-0----|
|--------10-10-X--------------------------------10-10-11---------------|
|--0-0-0----------------------------------0-0-0-------------------19/--|
Solo:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2^--2^--2------2^--2---------------------------------------------|
|--2^--2^--2---0--2^--2--0---------------2^-0-2^2-0--------7--------|
|--------------------------2-0-2-0-----------------2/7-7-7-7-7/9-11/|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3/--0----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----0------------------------------------------------------------ 2/7-|
|--/9---9/7/0--2--2-2-2-2-2-----------0-2-0-0-2^--0---------2-5-2-5-----|
|-------------------------------0--0----------------2-5/0-5-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
That's basically it. Sorry I couldn't go into much detail on how to play it,
but this isn't my own tabbing so I didn't have much to work with.
_____________________________________________________________________________
From: Keith17NJ@aol.com
"School" by Nirvana
(standard tuning and everything)
hb = half bend fb = full bend
/ = slide up
for the intro, bang the back of the neck so the strings vibrate and all that.
then play the main riff:
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--0--0-0-5hb-0-0-5hb-0-0-0-0-0-5fb--
chorus:
C5 (x355xx) A5 (577xxx) E5 (022xxx) D5 (x577xx)
i'm not sure about the bridge, but it's something like this:
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------7------7----7---7--7--7--7/--
--7--7-7----7-7----7-------------------
----------------------------------------
that's about it for the tab. i have no idea on the solo. here's the lyrics
(all 15 words):
Won't you believe it is just my luck
No recess
You're in high school again
-keith
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From: rte@Hopper.itc.Virginia.EDU (Ritchie Eppink)
Subject: TAB: NIRVANA "Scoff"
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Kurdt played Scoff in both drop-D and in his various version of standard
tuning...here I have tabbed it for standard tuning, but its somewhat easier
if you tune down...
The verse part ("In my eyes..."):
D--4-4-3-2-4-4-3-|-4-4-3-2-4-4-3-||
A--4-4-3-2-4-4-3-|-4-4-3-2-4-4-3-|| repeat numerous times
E--2-2-1-0-2-2-1-|-2-2-1-0-2-2-1-||
Bridge ("Gimme back my alcohol...")
G--2---------2-------||
D--2-4-4-4---2-4-4-4-||
A--0-4-4-4---0-4-4-4-|| repeat several times
E--0-2-2-2---0-2-2-2-||
Then, come out of the bridge:
G--2-----------------||
D--2-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-||
A--0-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-||
E--0-2-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-||
Then, the chorus ("Give, me your...")
D-10--10-10-10-9-8-|-12--12-12-12-12-11-10-9-||
A-10--10-10-10-9-8-|-12--12-12-12-12-11-10-9-|| repeat several times
E--8---8--8--8-7-6-|-10--10-10-10-10--9--8-7-||
Then, the verse...and the bridge...and the chorus...
then the magnificient and wonderful solo:
hold hold hold hold
B--------------|-----------5----|-----------5----|-----------5----|
G--4------5----|-4------5-(5)---|-4------5-(5)---|-4------5-(5)---|
D--4---4-(4)---|-4---4-(4)(4)---|-4---4-(4)(4)---|-4---4-(4)(4)---|
A--4---4-(4)---|-4---4-(4)(4)---|-4---4-(4)(4)---|-4---4-(4)(4)---|
E--2---2-(2)---|-2---2-(2)(2)---|-2---2-(2)(2)---|-2---2-(2)(2)---|
B--6-5-6-5-6-5-6--/|-8-7-8-7-8-7-8--/|--10--\||
G--6-5-6-5-6-5-6--/|-8-7-8-7-8-7-8--/|--10--\||
D--6-5-6-5-6-5-6--/|-8-7-8-7-8-7-8--/|--10--\|| repeat once, slide to verse
A------------------|-----------------|-------||
E------------------|-----------------|-------||
then the verse, bridge, chorus, and fine.
If I get the chance soon--Big Cheese, Lounge Act
gud,
JEZMUND, TFB
=============================================================================
JEZMUND, TFB
rte@hopper.itc.virginia.edu
"I don't know.........
........but we might need the 409 on this one..."
=============================================================================
finger for today's adage from FRANK* * *email for a copy of the BOOK OF FRANK
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
From: 93369247@vax1.dcu.ie
Subject: Nirvana "Sentless Apprentice"
Date: 28 Apr 94 11:17:12 GMT
Expires: 3 May 94 11:17:44 GMT
Distribution: world
"Sentless Apprentice" - Nirvana
*- this is the only part of the song i've been able to TAB -*
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--3--3---4-3--4--3-3-3-3--4-3--|-4--3--3--4-3--4--3-3-3-3--4-3--|
A|--3--3---4-3--4--3-3-3-3--4-3--|-4--3--3--4-3--4--3-3-3-3--4-3--|
E|--1--1---2-1--2--1-1-1-1--2-1--|-2--1--1--2-1--2--1-1-1-1--2-1--|
the other part for the verses goes someting like this
: E|----- You just start strumming at this fret and continue
B|--8-- sliding towards the bridge .
G|--8-- ( i think it starts at this chord , but it's somewhere
D|--8-- near there !).
A|--6--
E|-----
From: wolser@magritte.its.rpi.edu (Robert Wolsey)
Serve the Servants
Words and music by Kurt Cobain
From Nirvana's In Utero (1993)
Transcribed by Robert Wolsey
To play along with the CD (or any boots of the last tour),
tune down a half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.
I still don't know the opening chord, but I've pretty much
figured out the rest of it, partly by watching the Oakland
video. I'm not great at naming chords, so help me out here.
Here are the fingerings for the chords used:
E A D G B E
Bm7 x 2 4 2 x x
Em7? x x 2 4 3 x *
F#? 2 4 4 3 0 0 *
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
A 5 7 7 6 5 5
C# x 4 6 6 6 4
G 3 5 5 4 3 3
* name that chord!
Verse riff:
Bmin7 Emin7? F#? E
e|-------------------------------------0-----0----0---0---0-|
B|-----------------------3-----3-------0-----0----0---0---0-|
G|------2------------4-------4-----3---3---3-3-3--1---1-1-1-|
D|--4-------4------2---2-----------4-------4---4--2-----2---|
A|2---2-------2--------------------4-------4---4--2-----2---|
E|---------------------------------2--------------0---------|
Bmin7 Emin7
Teenage angst has paid off well
F# E
Now I'm bored and old
Bmin7 Emin7
Self appointed judges judge
F# E
More than they have sold
Bmin7 Emin7
If she floats then she is not
F# E
A witch like we had thought
Bmin7 Emin7
A down payment on another
F# E
One at Salem's lot
A C# A
Serve the servants, oh no
C# A
Serve the servants, oh no
C# A
Serve the servants, oh no
C#
Serve the servants
F# G C#
That legendary divorce is such a bore
As my bones grew they did hurt
They hurt really bad
I tried hard to have a father
But instead I had a Dad
I just want you to know that I
Don't hate you anymore
There is nothing I could say
That I haven't thought before
Corrections? I'll take all the blame at wolser@rpi.edu.
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Thu Jun 23 09:00:18 1994
From: pyw100@wileypost.cac.psu.edu (PATRICK Y WANG)
Date: 23 Jun 1994 03:05:49 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: Re: CRD:Serve the Servants-Nirvana(REPOST)
Robert Wolsey (wolser@magritte.its.rpi.edu) wrote:
: Reposted by request:
Serve the Servants. Actually, this is what I've figured out, attested to by
the Live and Loud dingo MTV did last New Year's Eve.
The opening chord eludes me to:
Eb|------------------|------------------|
Ab|------------------|-------3-----3----|
Db|-------2-----2----|----1-------------|
Gb|----1-------------|--2-------2-----2-|
Bb|--2-------2----2--|------------------|
Eb|------------------|------------------|
Teenage angst... has paid off well
And the the rest of the chords...
If people want some tabs to most of the songs on In Utero, and I can tab up
what I've figured out -- and what've I've grabbed from the net.
From: wjanssen@cs.vu.nl (Wouter Janssen)
SLIVER by Nirvana ( Incesticide)
===================================
Transcription by Wouter Janssen (wjanssen@cs.vu.nl)
INTRO + 1st VERSE :
e ------------------------------| This part is actually for the
B ------------------------------| bass guitar.
G ------------------------------|
D ------------------------------|
A ---3--3-3--------3--1-0---0-1-| Repeat twice for intro & then
E ----------1--1-1---------3----| 3x for the first verse
CHORUS :
A C G
e -------------------------|
B -------------------------|
G --------------5-5-5------|
D -----7-7-7----5-5-5-5----|
A -----7-7-7----3-3-3-5----|
E -----5-5-5----------3----|
2nd + 3rd VERSE :
C F C Bb A G A Bb
e -----------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------|
G --5--5-5--------5------------------|
D --5--5-5-3--3-3-5----8-7--5-7-8----|
A --3--3-3-3--3-3-3----8-7--5-7-8----|
E ---------1--1-1------6-5--3-5-6----|
4th VERSE :
C
e ----------|
B ----------|
G ---5-5-5--| Play this between every line of the verse
D ---5-5-5--|
A ---3-3-3--|
E ----------|
LYRICS :
My mom and dad went to a show
They dropped me off at Grandpa Joe's
I kicked and screamed, said please don't go
Grandma take me home (8x)
I had to eat my dinner there
Had mashed patatoes and stuff like that
I couldn't chew my meat too good
Grandma take me home (8x)
She said why don't you stop your crying
Go outside and ride your bike
Thats what I did, I killed my toes
Grandma take me home (8x)
And after dinner I had ice cream
I fell asleep and watched tv
I woke up in my mothers arms
Grandma take me home (19x)
I wanna be alone
=====
Comments/corrections are always welcome.
--
-----------------------------------------------------------
In real life : Wouter Janssen
E-mail : wjanssen@cs.vu.nl
-----------------------------------------------------------
From: juggle@athena.mit.edu
Joseph Grossman
****************************
Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana
This is how I play the song. I make no guarantees as to its accuracy.
For those interested, a good way to get the Nirvana "Grunge" sound is
just to use very heavy metal distortion plus very thick chorus.
Key:
p - pull off from previous note
s - slide to
b - bend (or unbend) note until it sounds like the next one
x - strike strings muted lightly w/left hand
Main line: Riff:
2x w/o distortion. repeat as
4x with distortion + chorus) desired. . .
e------------------------------------------ ---1------
a------------------------------------------ -1--------
d-------------3-3------------------6-6----- ----------
g--3-3-3-xxxx-3-3---5---6-6-6-xxxx-6-6--5-- ----------
b--3-3-3-xxxx-1-1---5---6-6-6-xxxx-4-4--5-- ----------
E--1-1-1-xxxx-------3---4-4-4-xxxx------3-- ----------
"Solo": 2x. . .
e-------------------------------------------------------
a--1--4--4s6-----4b6b4--2--1--2--1----------------------
d-------------1---------------------3--1--3b5b3--1--0---
g-------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
. . .to 4x:
e--------------------------------
a--------------------------------
d---1-0---1-0---1-0---1p0--------
g---------------------------3----
b--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
Lyrics:
-------
Load up on guns, bring your friends
It's fun to lose, and to pretend
She's overboard, myself assured
I know I know, A dirty word
chorus:
hello, hello, hello, hello. . .hello, hello, hello, hello,
hello, hello, hello, hello. . .hello, hello, hello, hello
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us.
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido, Yea!
I'm worse at what I do best,
and for this gift I feel blessed.
I met a group that's always been
And always will until the end.
chorus, solo
And I forget, just what the taste
And yes I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard. . .Its hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind
chorus.
*-juggle@athena.mit.edu-*
*-Joseph Grossman -*
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Subject: Guitar TAB for Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Transcribed by Tim Davis (davist@cs.man.ac.uk) from the album "Nevermind".
Here's the entire song with lyrics et al.
To get the Nirvana sound use very heavy metal distortion plus very thick
chorus with the pickup selector in the bridge (farthest back) position.
Key:
~ - vibrato
\ - slide down
b - bend note until it sounds like the bracketed one
r - release previous bend to bracketed note
x - play strings while muted lightly with left hand
|-- --| repeat section between the markers.
|*- -*| ie. play it twice
|-- --|
|-- --|
|*- -*|
|-- ... --|
Intro:
2x clean
4x w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
Pre verse:
clean w/chorus
E-----1-----------------------------|-----1----------------------------|
B-1---------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse 1:
clean w/chorus
E-----1------------------------------|-----1---------------------------|
B-1----------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Load up on guns, bring your friends. It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured. Oh no, I know, a dirty word.
Pre chorus:
w/distortion
E------1-------1-------1-------1--|------1-------1-------1-------1---|
B-1--------1-------1-------1------|-1--------1-------1-------1-------|
G---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how
low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how
low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how
low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello...
Chorus:
w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here
we are now entertain us. I
feel stupid and contagious. Here
we are now entertain us. A
mulatto. An albino. A
mosquito. My libido. Yeah!
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|*---------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
G|--3---3---3---3---4---4---3-------|-4---4---4---4---3---3---4---4----|
D|--3---3---3---3---4---4---3-------|-4---4---4---4---3---3---4---4----|
A|*-3---3---3---3---4---4---1-------|-2---2---2---2---1---1---4---4---*|
E|--1---1---1---1---2---2-----------|-------------------------2---2----|
Yeah!
Pre verse
Verse 2:
(Guitar same as verse 1)
I'm worst at what I do best and for this gift I feel blessed.
Our little group has always been and always will until the end.
Pre chorus
Chorus
Solo:
w/distortion and chorus (played over the main chorus/intro riff)
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|*----------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
G|-----8-10\8-----8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5~~~|-6-5-----------------------------|
D|--10--------6~~~-------------------|------8--6~~~8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5~~~-|
A|*----------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|*--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---6-5---6-5---6-5---6-5-5-------|-6-5---6-5---6-5---6-5-5--------|
A|*--------------------------8~~~~~|-------------------------8~~~~~*|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Pre verse:
let last note of solo ring for whole of pre verse
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A-(8)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-(8)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Verse 3:
(No guitar)
And I forget just why I taste. Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile.
I found it hard. It was hard to find. Oh well whatever, nevermind.
Pre chorus
Chorus and playout:
w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here
we are now entertain us. I
feel stupid and contagious. Here
we are now entertain us. A
mulatto. An albino. A
mosquito. My libido. A
denial. A denial. A
denial. A denial. A
denial. A denial. A
denial. A denial. A de_ ni__ al.
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Subject: Guitar TAB for Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Transcribed by Tim Davis (davist@cs.man.ac.uk) from the album "Nevermind".
Here's the entire song with lyrics et al.
To get the Nirvana sound use very heavy metal distortion plus very thick
chorus with the pickup selector in the bridge (farthest back) position.
Key:
~ - vibrato
\ - slide down
b - bend note until it sounds like the bracketed one
r - release previous bend to bracketed note
x - play strings while muted lightly with left hand
|-- --| repeat section between the markers.
|*- -*| ie. play it twice
|-- --|
|-- --|
|*- -*|
|-- ... --|
Intro:
2x clean
4x w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
Pre verse:
clean w/chorus
E-----1-----------------------------|-----1----------------------------|
B-1---------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse 1:
clean w/chorus
E-----1------------------------------|-----1---------------------------|
B-1----------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Load up on guns, bring your friends. It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured. Oh no, I know, a dirty word.
Pre chorus:
w/distortion
E------1-------1-------1-------1--|------1-------1-------1-------1---|
B-1--------1-------1-------1------|-1--------1-------1-------1-------|
G---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how
low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how
low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how
low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello...
Chorus:
w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here
we are now entertain us. I
feel stupid and contagious. Here
we are now entertain us. A
mulatto. An albino. A
mosquito. My libido. Yeah!
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|*---------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
G|--3---3---3---3---4---4---3-------|-4---4---4---4---3---3---4---4----|
D|--3---3---3---3---4---4---3-------|-4---4---4---4---3---3---4---4----|
A|*-3---3---3---3---4---4---1-------|-2---2---2---2---1---1---4---4---*|
E|--1---1---1---1---2---2-----------|-------------------------2---2----|
Yeah!
Pre verse
Verse 2:
(Guitar same as verse 1)
I'm worst at what I do best and for this gift I feel blessed.
Our little group has always been and always will until the end.
Pre chorus
Chorus
Solo:
w/distortion and chorus (played over the main chorus/intro riff)
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|*----------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
G|-----8-10\8-----8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5~~~|-6-5-----------------------------|
D|--10--------6~~~-------------------|------8--6~~~8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5~~~-|
A|*----------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|*--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---6-5---6-5---6-5---6-5-5-------|-6-5---6-5---6-5---6-5-5--------|
A|*--------------------------8~~~~~|-------------------------8~~~~~*|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Pre verse:
let last note of solo ring for whole of pre verse
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A-(8)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-(8)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Verse 3:
(No guitar)
And I forget just why I taste. Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile.
I found it hard. It was hard to find. Oh well whatever, nevermind.
Pre chorus
Chorus and playout:
w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here
we are now entertain us. I
feel stupid and contagious. Here
we are now entertain us. A
mulatto. An albino. A
mosquito. My libido. A
denial. A denial. A
denial. A denial. A
denial. A denial. A
denial. A denial. A de_ ni__ al.
From: ujclarke@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (John Clarke)
Subject: TAB: Something in the Way
Date: 22 May 1994 08:33:58 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
SOMETHING IN THE WAY by Kurt Cobain
Intro/Verse:
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------|
C|---4-----4---4-4-0-----0---0-0---|
G|---4-----4---4-4-0-----0---0-0---|
C|---4-----4---4-4-0---------0-----|
Underneath the bride
the tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
and the drippings from the ceiling
But it's okay to eat fish
'cause they haven't any feelings
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------3-3----3-3---|
G|-------------------------2-2----2-2---|
B|---4-----4-4----4-4-0----0-0----0-0---|
A|---4-----4-4----4-4-0----0-0----0-0---|
E|---4-----4-4----4-4-0-----------------|
Something in the way
Mmmm...
Something in the way, yeah
Mmmm...
From: wjanssen@cs.vu.nl (Wouter Janssen)
SON OF A GUN
============
By : Nirvana
From : the Incesticide CD
Transcribed by : Wouter Janssen (wjanssen@cs.vu.nl)
Lyrics taken from ftp.uwp.edu
(Just in case you didn't know ;-) but all chords are powerchords, so see below)
[INTRO]
A E D B
[VERSE]
A E
Up up up and down
D B
Turn turn turnaround
A E
Round round roundabout
D B
And over again
A E
Gun gun son of a gun
D B
You are the only one
A E D B
Makes any difference what I say
[CHORUS]
G C
The sun shines in the bedroom
D C
When we play
G C
The raining always starts
D C
When you go away
[SOLO]
G - D G - D
A - E A - E
G - D G - D
G - D G - D
======
Chords used : A : 577xxx
B : x244xx
C : x355xx
D : x577xx
E : 022xxx
G : 355xxx
================================================================
From: ThatDude@aol.com
OK, I think this is the only song off of Nevermind (other than Endless,
Nameless) that hasn't been put up here, so here we go:
Stay Away, By Kurt Cobain
Tune the guitar down a half step
It starts out with drums and bass. Then the guitar enters with (all power
chords):
D5 B5 F5 C5 C5 C#5 (repeat 4 times)
Then the verses come, mostly drums and bass, but during "I don't know why!"
Kurt plays:
E)--------------------------
B)--------------------------
G)-----4/5-5-5-5(bend)-5----
D)--------------------------
A)--------------------------
E)--------------------------
For the chorus its just the intro over and over again.
Bridge:
D5 F5
At the end of the bridge, during the "I don't know why" instead of the normal
thing, he plays:
E)--------------------------
B)--------------------------
G)-----3--3--3--3(bend)--3--
D)--------------------------
A)--------------------------
E)--------------------------
Then its played normally till the guitar shuts up awhile for the bass and
drums, then right before he screams he playes all of the A, D, and G strings
open, then he screams and goes into the chorus.
thats it.
Territorial Pissings - Nirvana
--------------------
This is just a three-chord song: A, F#, D, probably played as follows:
A F# D
E --5-----------
B --5---10---7--
G --6---10---7--
D --7---10---7--
A --7---8----5--
E --5-----------
No flames for the lyrics please.
A F# D A F# D
When I was an alien, cultures weren't opinion.
A F# D
Gotta find a way, to find a way, I'd better wait. (x2)
A F# D A F# D
Never met a wise man. If so it's a woman
A F# D
Gotta find a way, to find a way, I'd better wait.
Bridge:
|<--play x7 --->|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------|--------7----------------------------------------------
G ----------------|---------7---------------------------------------------
D -----7-------7--|------7---7--------------------------------------------
A -----7-------7--|------7----7-------------------------------------------
E -5-5-----5-5-------5-5--------------------------------------------------
Just because you're paranoid...
(The rest is pretty easy)
Trascribed by...
Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
---------------------------- NOTE: Stay tuned for
s892011@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au my new e-mail address.
From: dherold@io.org (Dan Herold)
"The Man Who Sold The Word"
=========================
As performed by Nirvana (MTV Unplugged video)
Some of the lyrics may be inaccurate due to Kurt mumbling them at times =B-).
Tune guitar down 1/2 step.
C - 33555x
C# - 44555x - I think it's called a C# anyways :)
A - 00222x
D - xx023x
F - 133211
Intro (with mild distortion)
E --------------------------
B --------------------------
G --2-2-2-0--2/3\2-0--------
D --------------------------
A --------------------------
E --------------------------
{ Play Intro 6x }
A
We passed upon the stairs,
D
Spoken walls and wells,
A
Although I was a friend
F
Sat on walls astrand,
C
Which came as so surprised,
A D
I spoke into his eyes -- I thought you died alone
C
A long long time ago
(First chorus)
Oh no, not me,
C# C
We never lost control,
The face, to face,
C#
With the man who sold the world.
{ Play intro 6x }
A
I laughed and shook his hand,
D
Made my way back home,
A
I searched from farther land,
F
Years and years I roamed,
C
I gazed all gazers there,
A D
We walked a million hills -- I must have died alone,
C
A long long time ago.
(Second chorus)
Who knows, not me,
C# C
I never lost control,
Your face, to face,
C#
With the man who sold the world.
{ Play intro 6x }
Repeat second chorus.
{ Play intro 8x }
Outro:
E -------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------
G -/9-9-9-9-9-9--\2-2-2-0--2/3\2-0--2-2-2-0--2/3\2-0-----
D -------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------
G -/10-10-10-10-10-10-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9 \2-2-2-0 2/3\2-0
D -------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------
G -/10-10-10-10-10-10-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9 \2-2-2-0 2/3\2-0
D -------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------
****Tourettes**** from `In Utero` side2 track3 ?-Nirvana
Just thinking of this song makes gives me goose-bumps.........
As far as my battered ears can discern The chords are something like..
E D# E B
0 6 7 2
0 8 9 4
1 8 9 4
2 8 9 4
2 6 7 2
0 X X X Same all through the song.
I *think* theseare the chords....my tiny walkman speakers
don't give a very clear sound ( good workman, bad tools
honestly !!).The song is so wild that it seems the full
major chords are played.Aaanyway, the lyrics (according
to the author) were screamed on the spot, no lyric sheet
here.make what you can of them. The only thing I could
discern was `Cold heart` in the chorus.good luck.....
It's goodbye From me...
Ben S.
bsholdic@unix1.tcd.ie
From: dodger@nbnet.nb.ca (The Artful Dodger)
Subject: REPOST: COMPLETE Nirvana Unplugged!
I sort of stuck these all together, so...um...here.
~From: Jesse.Scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net (Jesse Scott)
~Date: 02 Jun 94 07:34:38 -0500
~Subject: TAB: Nirvana Unplugged
I'm not sure if I posted this in here or Fido TAB before, but here it is
again:
MTV Unplugged - NIRVANA
-----------------------
This file contains the following from
Nirvana's appearance on Unplugged:
About A Girl
Come As You Are
Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam
Dumb
Man Who Sold The World
Pennyroyal Tea
Polly
On A Plain
All Apologies
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
-----
I didn't include the Meat Puppets songs mainly because
I thought they weren't realy similar to the others in style
and also because I haven't figured out all of Plateau yet :)
All of the TABs where written by me.
If you find an problems send me a note on how to fix it at:
jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
-----
Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
About A Girl - Bleach
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
The verse is just struming open E5 & G
Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
G - 320022 or 320002
Chorus:
Repeat this a few times then the bridge once.
C# G#/C# F#
E ------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-
B --6--6-6--6--6-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-
G --6--6-6--6--6-6--3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-
D --6--6-6--6--6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-
A --4--4-4--4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-
E ----------4--4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-
Bridge:
E5 A G
E --0-----0-0-0-0--5-5-5-----------|-
B --0-----0-0-0-0--5-5-5--5-5-5-5--|-
G -----------------6-6-6--5-5-5-5--|-
D --2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7--5-5-5-5--|-
A --2-2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7--3-3-3-3--|-
E --0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-----------|-
The last chord in that progression is strummed twice as long at the end
of the song.
Solo:
Repeat this 3x.
E ------------------------------------------|-
B ------------------------------------------|-
G ------------------------------------------|-
D --------5--7------------------------------|-
A --5--7--------5-5\7-7-7-7\10-10-10\12-12--|-
E ------------------------------------------|-
---
Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
Come As You Are - Nevermind
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Main Riff:
This is repeated for most of the song
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------0-----0--------------2--------|-
-|--0--0--1--2------2-----2--2--1--0-----0--0--|-
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~From: Jesse.Scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net (Jesse Scott)
~Date: 02 Jun 94 07:37:22 -0500
~Subject: TAB: Nirvana Unplugged
Pre-Chorus:
Memorie-e-e-e-ah
-|--2--2--2--2--------------|-
-|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-
-|--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--|-
-|--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--|-
-|--4--4--4--4--0--0--0--0--|-
-|--2--2--2--2--------------|-
Chorus:
And I swear that I don't..
-|--------------------------------|-
-|--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--|-
-|--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--|-
-|--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--|-
-|--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--|-
-|--------------------------------|-
Solo:
Repeat the entire solo 2 times.
Repeat x3 Every 3rd time play this ending
-|----------------------|------------------------------|-
-|--5-5/7-7-7/10-10-10--|--10/12-12-12/14-14-12-12-10--|-
-|----------------------|------------------------------|-
-|----------------------|------------------------------|-
-|----------------------|------------------------------|-
-|----------------------|------------------------------|-
---
Nirvana:
Written by The Vaselines
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam - As performed by Nirvana
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Asus4 - x02230
Intro:
Strum E5, D, and then A, Asus4, A quicky. I do this by sliding my 3rd
#finger down the the 3rd fret and back.
Verse:
This is picked randomly with lots of bass notes:
E5 D A Asus4 A
Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam...
E5 D A Asus4 A
Sunbeams are never made like these...
etc..
Chorus:
This is strumed normaly.
E5 D
Don't expect me to die...
E5 D
Don't expect me to die...
E5 D A Asus4 A
Don't expect me to die for you...
etc..
Outro:
Same as intro.
---
Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
Dumb - In Utero
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
G(i) - 355433
G(ii) - 320033 or 320003
B - x2444x
C - x3555x
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~From: Jesse.Scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net (Jesse Scott)
~Date: 02 Jun 94 07:40:16 -0500
~Subject: TAB: Nirvana Unplugged
Verse:
This is picked in the Polly/Rape Me
fashion - Bassnote then high strings..
But this one isn't as random as the
others, there's rhythm to it, you'll
get it after you listen to the song and
play along. (Note: use G(i))
E5
G E5
I'm not like them...
G E5
But I can pretend...
etc..
Chorus:
Strum the open E5 and G(ii)..
E5
G E5
Think I'm just happy...
G E5
Think I'm just happy...
etc...
Bridge:
Strum the B & C
B
Skin is soft...
C
Fall asleep...
etc..
---
Nirvana:
Written By David Bowie
Man Who Sold The World - As performed by Nirvana
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Chord Voicings:
A - x0222x
D5 - xx023x
F - 133211
C - x3555x
G - 355433
Bb - x1333x
Intro:
The second guitar plays the chords above the tab.
A D F
-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--2-2-2-0-2h3p2-0-----2-2-2-0-2h3p2-0-----2-2-2-0-2h3p2-0--|-
-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------------------------------|-
Verse:
The chords are strumed in a choppy sort of way.
We passed upon the stairs...
A D5
We spoke of was and when...
D5 A
Although I wasn't there...
A F
He said I was his friend...
F C
Which came as a suprise...
C G A
I spoke into his eyes...
D5
I thought you died alone...
C
A long, long time ago...
etc..
Chorus:
When guitar 1 is playing the C & F chords guitar two plays
the C & F major scales over them.
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~From: Jesse.Scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net (Jesse Scott)
~Date: 02 Jun 94 07:44:38 -0500
~Subject: TAB: Nirvana Unplugged
C Major scale:
-|-------------------|-
-|-------------------|-
-|------------2-4-5--|-
-|------2-3-5--------|-
-|--3-5--------------|-
-|-------------------|-
F Major scale:
-|-------------------|-
-|-------------------|-
-|-------------------|-
-|------------0-2-3--|-
-|------0-1-3--------|-
-|--1-3--------------|-
C
Oh no...
F
Not me...
Bb F
I never lost control...
C
You're face...
F
To face...
Bb A
With the man who sold the world...
[Repeat intro]
Outro Solo:
This may not be exact but it's the right notes, play with it.
[R1 meaning the intro riff]
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--R1-9~9~9~9~\-R1-10~10~10~10~\9~9~9~\7~7~7~\-R1-10~10~\9~9~\7~7~7~7~7~/-
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------|-
-|---------------------|-
-|--9~9~9~9~9\-R1-R1~--|-
-|---------------------|-
-|---------------------|-
-|---------------------|-
---
Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
Pennyroyal Tea - In Utero
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Voicings:
Am - x02210
G - 320033 (or 320003)
C - x3555x
D - x5777x
Bb - 688766
Verse:
Random pick/struming Am & G
Am
I'm on...
Am
My time...
G G
With everyone...
etc..
Chorus:
Open struming of C, D & Bb.
C D Bb
Sit and drink pennyroyal tea...
C D Bb
I'm aneamic royalty...
etc..
---
Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
Polly - Nevermind
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Standard (E A D G B E)
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~From: Jesse.Scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net (Jesse Scott)
~Date: 02 Jun 94 07:46:52 -0500
~Subject: TAB: Nirvana Unplugged
During the chorus the tune is slightly palm muted,
pick the bass notes first then the high string in the
fashion as Rape Me. For the chorus strum openly. I
have no idea what the correct lyrics are, that's just
what they sound like to me.
Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
G - 320033 or 320003
D - x5777x
C - x3555x
A# - x1333x
E G D C
Polly wants a cracker
E G D C
Think I should get off her first
E G D C
Think she wants some water
E G D C
To put out the blow torch
D C
Is it me
G A#
Heaven see
D C
Lemme clip
G A#
Dirty wings...
etc..
---
Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
On A Plain - Nevermind
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Dropped-D & Down a Half-Step (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Main Riff:
Repeat this until the first chorus.
-|--------------------------------|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7--2-2-2-----------|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7--2-2-2-----------|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7--2-2-2-----------|-
-|--5-5-5--5-5-5--0-0-0-----------|-
-|---------5-5-5---------2-3-2-0--|-
Chorus:
-|-----------------------------------------|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-
-|--5-5-5--5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-
-|---------5-5-5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-
Bridge:
Play this after the second chorus
-|------------------------------------------|-
-|------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------2--2-2-2------------|-
-|--3--3-3-3--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--5--5-5-5--|-
-|--3--3-3-3--2--2-2-2--0--0-0-0--5--5-5-5--|-
-|--3--3-3-3--2--2-2-2------------5--5-5-5--|-
---
Nirvana:
Copyright The End of Music(Kurt Cobain)
All Apologies - In Utero
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Dropped-D & Down a Half-Step (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Eb ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-
Bb ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-
Gb ----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-
Db ----------------------|----------12-12-9-10--|----------------------|-
Ab ---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|-
Db -0--------------------|-0--------------------|-0--------------------|-
Eb ---------------------|-
Bb ---------------------|-
Gb ----------11-11-9----|-
Db ------------------12-|-
Ab ---9-10-9------------|-
Db -0-------------------|-
That's the main riff.. Then the Chorus:
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~From: Jesse.Scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net (Jesse Scott)
~Date: 02 Jun 94 07:49:08 -0500
~Subject: TAB: Nirvana Unplugged
Eb ----------------------------------------|-
Bb ----------------------------------------|-
Gb ----------------------------------------|-
Db -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--7-|-
Ab -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--7-|-
Db -5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0--7-|-
---
TAB: Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Written by Leadbelly
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - As performed by Nirvana
TAB by jesse.scott@baroque.tvk.tsoft.net
TUNING: Down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Chord Voicings:
E5: 022x0x or 022x00 (Either is find but I think Kurt uses the first)
A: x0222x
G: 320022 or 320002
B: x2444x
B/F#: 22444x
Okay, the song starts off strumming the E5, then Kurt does the following
little run:
E-|-----------------|-
B-|-----------------|-
G-|-----------------|-
D-|--------------2--|-
A-|--------------0--|-
E-|--0--2--3--0-----|-
he then strums the A, G, B then B/F#.. That's the entire progression,
the little run is done only the first two times... Here's the
progression simplified:
E5 E5 E5 A G
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me...
G B B/F# E5
Tell me where did you sleep last night...
--- That's the entire song.. Here's the lyrics:
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I will shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I will shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will ya go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, the pines
The sun, the shine
I'll shiver the whole night though
---
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"Your mother was a hampster, and your father smelt of elderberries!
Now go away! Or I shall taunt you a SECOND TIME!
The Artful Dodger (dodger@nbnet.ca)
*****************************************************************************
Sender: "KLeonard"
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 13:29:21 EDT
Subject: TAB: "Vaseline Cover Songs" by Nirvana
I've decided to list all three of the Vaseline cover songs Nirvana has done,
since they're all real short (Molly's Lips, Son of a Gun, and Jesus Wants Me
For A Sunbeam). (a chord notation is at the end of this document for the
musically retarded)
*Molly's Lips*
This is just two chords throughout. Just G5 C5. That's it!
*Son of a Gun*
The intro and verse is A5 E5 D5 E5
Chorus: G5 C5 D5 C5
The interlude is just basically G5 D5 a couple of times, then A5 E5* a
couple of times, then back to G5 D5 four times.
*Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam*
Verse: E5 D5 A5
Chorus: E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 A5
The solo (and the accordion part in the Unplugged version, I think) goes like
this:
----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------9-7--------------------------------------
--6-7-8-9--9-9------9-7--7-7--9-7-6---------7-6---------
--------------------------------------7--7-7------7--7-7-
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
In live versions, the first and third verse are clean, while the choruses,
second verse, and solo are distorted. But both live electric versions and
the acoustic Unplugged version are played this way. On Unplugged it's tuned
down 1/2 step and for the outro the above tab is played once and then this is
played:
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-----------------9-7-------------7--9--10--
--6-7-8-9--9-9------9-7--7-7--9-----------
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chord notation
E5 : 022xxx
G5 : 355xxx or 3x00xx
A5 : 577xxx or x022xx
C5 : x355xx
D5 : x577xx or xx023x
E5* : x799xx
From: KLeonard@aol.com
"Verse Chorus Verse" by Nirvana
on No Alternative (various artists)
(also known as "Everything and Nothing", "The Rocker", "The Eagle Has
Landed", "Happy Hour", "Another Rule" on demos and bootlegs)
verse:
C#5 A5 F#5 G#5 A5 B5
C#5 A5 F#5 G#5 A5 B5
and if you save yerself, you will think you're happy
chorus:
C#5
A5 F#5 (x3)
A5 G#5
on demo versions of this song, the whole thing is acoustic except for the
solo (which i don't know) and it's played 1/2 step higher:
verse: D5 A#5 G5 A5 A#5 C5
chorus: D5 A#5 G5 (x3) A#5 A5
voicings:
F#5 244xxx
G5 355xxx or 3x00xx
G#5 466xxx
A5 x022xx or 577xxx
A#5 x133xx or 688xxx
B5 x244xx
C5 x355xx
C#5 x466xx
D5 x577xx or xx023x
From: wolser@rpi.edu
Verse Chorus Verse
as recorded by Nirvana
from the No Alternative benefit album (last track-uncredited)
words and music by the late, great Kurt Cobain
transcribed by Robert Wolsey
Tuning (low to high string): Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Notes: I think Kurt played this one using flat tuning, since
it was recorded for In Utero and everything on that CD is
tuned down a half step. The chords shown below are the
chords you're pretending to play; the chords that come out
are a half step lower because of the tuning.
D A# G A
And if you save yourself
A# F D
You will make him happy
A# G A
He'll keep you in a jar
A# F D
And you'll think you're happy
A# G A
He'll give you breathing holes
A# F D
And you'll think you're happy
A# G A
He'll cover you with dust
A# G D A#
And you'll think you're happy now
G A#
You're in a laundry room
G A#
You're in a laundry room
G A# A
The clue just came to you, oh
And if you cut (guard?) yourself
You will think you're happy
He'll keep you in a jar
Then you'll make him happy
He'll give you breathing holes
Then you'll think you're happy
He'll cover you with dust
Then you'll think you're happy now
You're in a laundry room
You're in a laundry room
Your clue just came to you
(guitar solo over verse chords)
You're in a laundry room
You're in a laundry room
Your clue just came to you
And if you fool yourself
You will make him happy
He'll keep you in a jar
Then you'll think you're happy
He'll give you breathing holes
Then you will seem happy
You'll wallow in the shit
Then you'll think you're happy now
You're in a laundry room
You're in a laundry room
You're in a laundry room
Your clue just came to you, oh
-transcribed by Robert Wolsey
wolser@rpi.edu
**** Very Ape **** from `In Utero` side2,track1-by Nirvana
This is one of my favorites on the album.Needless to say it's the
one I am probably most wrong on. So FWIW hert goes...
Cool biting,overdriven,make-you-break-out-in-a-cold-sweat guitar.
Verse: If you ever need anything please dont...,
**
E|----------------------------------------|-
B|----2-2-----3-3---------2-2--------3-3--|-
G|-0--2-2--0--3-3----0----2-2----0---3-3--|-
D|-0--2-2--0--3-3----0----2-2----0---3-3--|-
A|-0-------0---------0-----------0--------|-
E|----------------------------------------|-
Repeat during Verse.Every other time playing 1st A chords
( the ones marked `*` ) like this: 0
2
2
2
X
X
I use X to indicate the string not being played at all (not meaning dampened)
At the part " I'm very ape and very nice " the guitar is:
G F
3 1
3 1
4 2
5 3
5 3
3 1
Chorus
Out of the Ground, Into the sky , Out of the sky, into the dirt.
A C E A C E A C E A C E A C E
0 3 7
2 5 9
2 5 9
2 5 9 ..same ..same .same .............
0 X 7
X X X
Slide the barre up to the chords.
The lead guitar over this is as such:
E|----3--5-5-5---3--6-6-6--|--
B|-------------------------|--
G|-------------------------|--
D|-------------------------|--
A|-------------------------|-- Repeated untill ...
E|-------------------------|--
E|----15--16-16-16--15--17-17-17--|--
B|--------------------------------|--
G|--------------------------------|--
D|--------------------------------|--
A|--------------------------------|--
E|--------------------------------|--
hope this is of some use.I can post the lyrics if anyone so requires.
As usual any comments and corrections to me
please.Thank you for flying with us.
Ben S.
\|[,~!@#$%^&*-=)"{>?}}<>!!?l? Ben Sholdice "Boat Aak"!@@#^%&&^*)%R~.,\']
Trinity college, Dublin.e-mail: as above or.. bsholdic@unix1.tcd.ie
"After Dinner I had ice cream, I fell asleep and watched T.V,I woke up
in my mothers arms..." Kurt Donald Cobain 1967-1994 \-/@%& RIP.
Last-modified: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 13:07:24 GMT