Notation Legend.-
/ = slide up
= slide down
p = pull up
h = hammer on
b = bend to note
~~~~ = vibrato
// = vibrato
pb = pre-bend
pbr = pre-bend and release
hb = hold bend
gb = gradual bend
gbr = gradual bend and release
pbgr = pre - bend and gradual release
trem = play note as fast as you can
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Smells like teen spirit
By Kurt Cobain, Chris Novoselic, and Dave Grhol
Tune normally
*****************************************************************************
Intro.-
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------X--X--X--X---3---3---------------------X--X--X--X--6--6-----|
|---3---3--3---X--X--X--X---3---3---0-----6---6--6----X--X--X--X--6--6--0--|
|---3---3--3---X--X--X--X---1---1---0-----6---6--6----X--X--X--X--4--4--0--|
|---1---1--1---X--X--X--X-----------0-----4---4--4----X--X--X--X--------0--|
w/dist
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------X--X--X--X---3---3---------------------X--X--X--X--6--6---0-|
|---3---3--3---X--X--X--X---3---3---0-----6---6--6----X--X--X--X--6--6---0-|
|---3---3--3---X--X--X--X---1---1---0-----6---6--6----X--X--X--X--4--4---0-|
|---1---1--1---X--X--X--X-----------0-----4---4--4----X--X--X--X-----------|
Rhy. fig 1
w/dist
|--------------X--X--X--X-----------------------------X--X--X--X-----------|
|o-------------X--X--X--X-----------------------------X--X--X--X----------o|
|--------------X--X--X--X---3---3---------------------X--X--X--X--6--6-----|
|---3---3--3---X--X--X--X---3---3---0-----6---6--6----X--X--X--X--6--6--0--|
|o--3---3--3---X--X--X--X---1---1---0-----6---6--6----X--X--X--X--4--4--0-o|
|---1---1--1---X--X--X--X-----------0-----4---4--4----X--X--X--X--------0--|
X4
Riff A
let ring let ring
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|o------6-------------------------|-------6-------------------------o|
|--5------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
w/ Riff A
Load up on guns and 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
Riff B
w/dist
let ring---------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------6-----------6----------6----------6-----------|
|-*5---------5-----------5-----------5----------5-----| * first time only
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Hel-lo, hel-lo, hel-lo, how low?
Hel-lo, hel-lo, hel-lo, how low?
Hel-lo, hel-lo, hel-lo, how low?
Hel-lo, hel-lo, hel-lo. With the lights
Chorus
w/rhy fig. 1
out it's less dangerous.
Here we are now.
Entertain us.
I feel stupid.
and contagious.
here we are now.
entertain us.
a mullato,
an albino,
a mosquito,
my libido. Yay
Bridge
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|---------------------------3bf--------------------------------------------|
|--3----2----3-----4--4--------------3----2---3----/8---8----6---5---------|
|o-3----2----3-----4--4--------------3----2---3----/8---8----6---5--------o|
|--1----0----1-----2--2--------------1----0---1----/6---6----4---3---------|
Yay X2
w/ Riff A
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.
Repeat pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge
Solo
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|o-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------8----10-----------8--8brf---(8)---6--5------6---5----------
|---------10----------------6----------------------------------------8---6-
|o-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------|
----------------------------o|
-----------------------------| X2
---8---8brf----(8)---6--5----|
----------------------------o|
-----------------------------|
*play both notes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|o-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------*-------------------------
|-------6---5-------6---5------6---5------6p5---53----6--5-----6--5-------
|o-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
X2 let ring
----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
---------------------------o|---------------------------------------------|
----6---5-------6p5---53---|---(3)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------|
---------------------------o|---------------------------------------------|
----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
w/ end of solo
And I forget just what I taste.
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile.
I found it hard, it was hard to find.
Oh well whatever, never mind.
Repeat pre-chorus, then
w/rhy fig 1
out it's less dangerous.
Here we are now.
Entertain us.
I feel stupid.
and contagious.
here we are now.
entertain us.
a mullato,
an albino,
a mosquito,
my libido,
a denial,
a denial,
a denial,
a denial,
a denial!
Let ring
-------
-------
-------
-3-----
-3-----
-1-----
Note.- this song doesn't sounds really good without a bass, if you
don't have one, but another friend has another guitar one can play
the guitar part and the other the bass part, which is only this
during verse, and pre-chorus, and solo I guess
(5th) A |-------------1--1--1-------------4--4--4----|in the chorus I guess
(6th) E |---1--1--1-------------4--4--4--------------|the bass plays this
notes with the same
rythm as the guitar
"Up until I was nine, I felt I could
become a rock staror astronaut or
the president."
-Kurt Cobain
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In Bloom
By Kurt Cobain
Tune normally
*****************************************************************************
Intro.- w/distortion
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3--3--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3--3---5-----5--5----5--5--5----3---3-----3--3/6--6----6--6----6--|
|--1-----1--1---5-----5--5----5--5--5----3---3-----3--3/6--6----6--6----6--|
|---------------3-----3--3----3--3--3----1---1-----1--1/4--4----4--4----4--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3--3---0----------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3--3---0---5---5--5---5--5----53---3-----3--3/6------------------|
|--1-----1--1---0---5---5--5---5--5----53---3-----3--3/6------------------|
|-------------------3---3--3---3--3----31---1-----1--1/4------------------|
Rhy fig 1
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3---X--3----------------------------/8--8--8--8--8----------|
|--3--3--3--3--3---X--3----4--4--4--4--4---X---4---/8--8--8--8--8----------|
|o-1--1--1--1--1---X--1----4--4--4--4--4---X---4---/6--6--6--6--6----------|
|--------------------------2--2--2--2--2---X---2---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------o|
|--X--84--4--4--4----2---2---2---2----| X2
|--X--84--4--4--4----2---2---2---2----|
|--X--62--2--2--2----0---0---0---0---o|
|--------------------------------------|
Verse.- (this is done by the bass but you can play this with the guitar
and sounds pretty good)
Rhy. fig 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|o-1---1--1--1--1--1----1----------------------------6--6--6--6--6-----6---|
|---------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2-----2-------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------o|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| X2
|--2--2--2--2-----------------o|
|---------------5--5--5--5-----|
w/rhy. fig. 2
Sell the kids for food
weather changes moods
rhy. fig 3
clean
Spring is here a - gain
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3----3--3--3--3--X--3---------------------------------------------------|
|--3----3--3--3--3--X--3---3---3--3--3--3--X--3---8--8--8--8--8--X--8------|
|--3----3--3--3--3--X--3---4---4--4--4--4--X--4---8--8--8--8--8--X--8------|
|--1----1--1--1--1--X--1---4---4--4--4--4--X--4---6--6--6--6--6--X--6------|
|--------------------------2---2--2--2--2--X--2----------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|---4--4---4------2---2--2-----|
|---4--4---4------2---2--2-----|
|---2--2---2------0---0--0-----|
|------------------------------|
Trem--]
Re - pro - duc - tive glands He's
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3----3--3--3--3--X--3-------------------------------------------------3-|
|--3----3--3--3--3--X--3---3---3--3--3--3--X--3---8--8--8--8--8---8---4--2-|
|--3----3--3--3--3--X--3---4---4--4--4--4--X--4---8--8--8--8--8---8---4--0-|
|--1----1--1--1--1--X--1---4---4--4--4--4--X--4---6--6--6--6--6---6---2----|
|--------------------------2---2--2--2--2--X--2----------------------------|
Chorus.- Bb5 (x133xx) G5(355xxx) C(x355xx) Eb(x688xx)
Bb5 G5 Bb5 G5
the one who likes all that pretty songs
Bb5 G5
and he likes to sing along
Bb5 G5
and he likes to shoot his gun,
C Eb (with slide)
but he knows not what it means,
C Eb (with slide)
knows not what it means and I say,
Bb5 G5 Bb5 G5
He's the one who likes all that pretty songs
Bb5 G5
and he likes to shoot his gun,
C Eb (with slide)
but he knows not what it means,
C Eb (with slide)
knows not what it means and I say,
(w/intro)
Aahh!
w/rhy. fig 2
We can have some more.
Nature is a whore.
w/rhy. fig 3
Bruises on the fruit.
Tender age in bloom.
Repeat chorus
Solo.-
Harm
----------------------ª
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8hbf---------------------------8pb2gr------(8)----6----(6)brf------6(6)|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
////
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---6----6h8----6---8bf------8--------6----8---8bf----8---------6-----8----|
|-------------------------------6h8--------------------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Harm.
----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------8----------8h9----8----9brf--(9)-|
|---10hbrf---------------10-----10-------------10--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
//
----------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9h11----(11)bf------11hbrf-------(11)---------11-----(11)-----(11)----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
let ring Trem--------ª
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------8----------8-------------8-----7----6-----------------|
|-----6---------6----------------------6------------------------3-----6----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------3-----6----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------1-----4----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus.- Bb5 (x133xx) G5(355xxx) C(x355xx) Eb(x688xx)
Bb5 G5 Bb5 G5
He's the one who likes all that pretty songs
Bb5 G5
and he likes to sing along
Bb5 G5
and he likes to shoot his gun,
C Eb (with slide)
but he knows not what it means,
C Eb (with slide)
knows not what it means and I say,
Bb5 G5 Bb5 G5
He's the one who likes all that pretty songs
Bb5 G5
and he likes to shoot his gun,
C Eb (with slide)
but he knows not what it means,
C Eb (with slide)
knows not what it means,
C Eb (with slide)
knows not what it means,
C Eb (with slide)
knows not what it means, and I say
w/intro (X2)
Aahh! Oohh!
It ends like this.-
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--8-----------|
|--8-----------|
|--6-----------|
"I'll be the irst to admit we're the
90's version of Cheap Trick or The
Knack"
-Kurt Cobain
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Come as you are
By Kurt Cobain
Detune your guitar one hole step (D, G, C, F, A, D)
*****************************************************************************
Riff A
|--------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------||o------------------------------------|-------------------o||
|--------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------||
|--------------||o-------0---------0------------------|-------2-----------o||
|---0---0---1--||--2----------2----------2----2----1--|-0----------0---1---||
X2
w/riff A
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 yours,
don't be late.
w/ riff A (1st time all, second 1st bar only)
Take a rest
as a friend
as a trend
as an old
mem - o - ri
|----------------------0------0-----0----0-----|
|----------------------0------0-----0----0-----|
|----------------------1------1-----1----1-----|
|----------------------2------2-----2----2-----|
|---------2------------------------------------|
|----0---------0-------------------------------|
Pre-chorus
- a mem - o - ri
|------2-----------------------------------------------------|
|o-----2------------------2---2---2---2------2---2---2---2--o|
|------4------------------2---2---2---2------2---2---2---2---|
|--4-------4----4---------2---2---2---2------2---2---2---2---| X2
|o-4-------4----4---------0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0--o|
|--2-------2----2--------------------------------------------|
w/riff A
Come doused in mud,
soaked in bleach,
as I want you to be,
as a trend,
as a friend, as an old
Repeat the above bars, then
Chorus.- F#(244xx) Bm(799xxx)or (x244xx) Dadd9(x57755)
first a slide from F# to Bm
Bm Dadd9 Bm Dadd9
And I swear that I don't have a gun.
Bm Dadd9
No, I don't have a gun
Bm Dadd9
No, I don't have a gun
Repeat Riff A and continue it through solo
Solo.-
/// //// //// /// //
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|o-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----6------|-6----------9----------116------6------9------116-----------|
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|o-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
//// //// // // // //// // /
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|----6---------9----------11---11---11---11-----11bf-------11--11---9--96-|
|------------------------------------------------9bf-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
X4
Repeat Pre-chorus, chorus, riff A and it ends like this.-
----0-----------
----0-----------
----4-----------
----4-----------
----4-----------
----2-----------
"My songs have always had frustrating
themes, relationships I've had"
-Kurt Cobain
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Breed
By Kurt Cobain
Tune normally
*****************************************************************************
Intro & rhy. fig 1
w/heavy dist.
|---------------------------|
|o-------------------------o|
|---------------------------| X 10
|--4--4--4--4---/7----2-----|
|o-4--4--4--4---/7----2----o|
|--2--2--0--2---/5----0-----|
rhy.fig 2
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
-11--11--11--11----11--11--11--11---------------
-11--11--11--11----11--11--11--11---------------
--9---9---9---9-----9---9---9---9---------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
-11--11--11--11----11--11--11--11---------------
-11--11--11--11----11--11--11--11---------------
--9---9---9---9-----9---9---9---9---------------
------------------------------------------------
end of rhy.fig 2
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
-11--11--11--11----11--11--11--11---------------
-11--11--11--11----11--11--11--11---------------
--9---9---9---9-----9---9---9---9---------------
------------------------------------------------
fill A
------------------------------------------------
----------------full----------------------------
-11--11--11----/--------------------------------
-11--11--11---9---------------------------------
--9---9---9-------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
fill B
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
-4---4---4---4---4---4---4----------------------
-4---4---4---4---4---4---4----------------------
-2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------------------
w/rhy.fig 2
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. (fill A)
I don't mind,I don't mind,I don't mind,I don't mind, (rhy.fig. 2)
mind don't have a mind. (fill A)
Get away,get away,get away,get away,way (rhy.fig. 2)
way from your home. (fill A)
I'm afraid,I'm afraid,I'm afraid,I'm afraid,afraid (rhy.fig. 2)
ghost. (fill B)
rhy.fig 3
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3----------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2---0--2---x--x---5--5--5---0---4--x--x--|
|--0--0--0---0--2---x--x---5--5--5---0---4--x--x--|
|---------------0---x--x---3--3--3---0---2--x--x--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
w/rhy.fig 3
Even if you have...
even if you need...
I don't mean to stare...
We don't have to breed.
We can plant a house...
We could build a tree...
I don't even care...
We could have all three.
w/rhy.fig 2
she said,she said,she said,she said,...(etc.)
Guitar Solo
Trem -------------------------------------------
-/---/---/---/-----/---/---/---/----------------
-/---/---/---/-----/---/---/---/----------------
-11--11--11--11----11--11--11--11---------------
------------------------------------------------
--9---9---9---9-----9---9---9---9---------------
------------------------------------------------
--------------------------]
------------------------------------------------
(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)---(12)----------------------
-11---11---11---11-----11----10---8-------------
------------------------------------------------
--9----9----9----9------9-----------------------
------------------------------------------------
Trem--------------------------------------------
-/----/----/----/-----/----/----/----/----------
-/----/----/----/-----/----/----/----/----------
-14---14---14---14----14---14---14---14---------
------------------------------------------------
-12---12---12---12----12---12---12---12---------
------------------------------------------------
----]
--/---------------------------------------------
--/---------------------------------------------
--14------13---12---(12)-----------------------
------------------------------------------------
--12------11---10---(10)-----------------------
------------------------------------------------
Trem--------------------------------------------
-/--------------------/-------------------------
-/---(18)-------------/---(18)------------------
-17---17--17--17--17--17---17--17--17--17-------
------------------------------------------------
-15---15--15--15--15--15---15--15--15--15-------
------------------------------------------------
Trem--------------------------------------------
---------------------------------/--------------
--------(18)----(18)-------------/--------------
-17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17-------------
------------------------------------------------
-15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15-------------
------------------------------------------------
Trem--------------------------------------------
-------------------/---------------------/------
-(18)--------------/---(18)--------------/------
--17--17--17--17---17---17--17--17--17---17-----
------------------------------------------------
--15--15--15--15---15---15--15--15--15---15-----
------------------------------------------------
Trem---------------]
------------------------------------------------
-(18)-------------------------------------------
--17---17--17--17-----18--16--15--14-----------
------------------------------------------------
--15---15--15--15-----16--14--13--12-----------
------------------------------------------------
Trem--------------------------------------------
--/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----------
--/----/----/----/----/----/----/----/----------
-/19---19---19---19---19---19---19---19---------
------------------------------------------------
-/17---17---17---17---17---17---17---17---------
------------------------------------------------
Trem----------------------------------------]
--/----/----/----/-----/----/----/----/---------
--/----/----/----/-----/----/----/----/---------
--20---20---21---21----22---22---22---22--------
------------------------------------------------
--18---18---19---19----20---20---20---20--------
------------------------------------------------
w/rhy.fig 3
Even if you have...
even if you need...
I don't mean to stare...
We don't have to breed.
We can plant a house...
We could build a tree...
I don't even care...
We could have all three.
w/rhy.fig 2
she said,she said,she said,she said,...(etc.)
said
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
---4--------------------------------------------
---4--------------------------------------------
---2--------------------------------------------
"I respect people who promote the
way they feel sexually"
-Kurt Cobain
*****************************************************************************
Lithium
By Kurt Cobain
Tune down a step (D, G, C, F, D)
****************************************************************************
Intro & Rhy. fig 1 (Rhy fig 1 is without P.M.)
Slight P.M.------------------------ª
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------6-----X----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------6-----X----------------|
|----------------------------6-----------------4---------------------------|
|--0------X-----0------4----------X-----0----------------------------------|
Slight P.M.-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------7----7----7-----|
|-----------------------7---------5-------5----5----5/7----7----7----7-----|
|-----------------7---------------3-------3----3----3/5----5----5----5---0-|
|---0------5----------------0----------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------ª
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------7----7--------------------------------|
|---4----------4-------4------4/7----7----7--------------------------------|
|---2----------2-------2------2/5----5----5------0-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
* Kurt some times played this (xx032x)
instead of the above note (x577xx)
w/rhy fig 1
I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends.
They're in my head.
I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you.
We've broken our mirr'rs.
Sunday morning is ev'ry day for all I care.
And I'm not scared.
w/rhy fig 1 except last bar
Light my candles in a daze 'cause I've found God.
B5(x244xx) D5(x577xx) or (xx023x) E5(022xxx) G#5(466xxx)
C#5(x466xx) A5(x022xx) C5(x355xx)
*I'm going to put an "N" that means to play open chords(000xxx) as
I don't know how to put them.
Here you do a slide from B5 to D5 with ditortion, then you play this
chords.-
E5 X2, N, G#5 X2, N, C#5 X2, N, A5 X3 N, C5 X3 (slide to) D5 X3,
B5 X4 (slide to) D5 X2
That's the chorus, repeat it, then
w/rhy fig. 1
I'm so lonely but that's okay I shaved my head.
And I'm not sad.
And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard.
But I'm not sure.
I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there.
But I don't care.
I'm so horny, but that's okay. My will is good.
Repeat chorus
A5(577xxx) C5(x355xx)
A5 C5 A5 C5 A5
I like it, I'm not gonna crack.
C5 A5 C5 A5
I miss you, I'm not gonna crack.
C5 A5 C5 A5
I love you, I'm not gonna crack.
C5 A5 C5
I'd kill you, I'm not gonna crack.
C5 A5 C5 A5
I like it, I'm not gonna crack.
C5 A5 C5 A5
I miss you, I'm not gonna crack.
C5 A5 C5 A5
I love you, I'm not gonna crack.
C5 A5 C5
I'd kill you, I'm not gonna crack.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7------7---7---7---7---7----------4-------4---4----4--------------------|
|--7------7---7---7---7---7----------4-------4---4----4--------------------|
|--5------5---5---5---5---5----0-----2-------2---2----2--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------0---3---0-----|
repeat 1st verse, no guitar only bass, but this is pretty good.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------4-----4------------------------10----10---------|
|----7----7---6------6-----------------5----3----5---5---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12------122---2/5---5----5---5----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat this through the verse, then play the chours, and the "I like it"
part and that's it
"There is nothing I like more in the
world than pure underground music"
-Kurt Cobain
*****************************************************************************
Polly
By Kurt Cobain
Tune normally
*****************************************************************************
(acoustic guitar)
rhy.fig. 1
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
----0-------------------------------------------
----2----x----0-----5----5---------0------------
----2----x----0-----5----5----x----0------------
----0----x----0-----3----3----x-----------------
------------------------------------------------
----3----3--------------------------------------
----2----2----x-----5----5----5-----------------
----0----0----x-----5----5----5-----0-----------
--------------x-----3----3----3-----0-----------
------------------------------------0-----------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
----0-------------------------------------------
----2----x----0-----5----5---------0------------
----2----x----0-----5----5----x----0------------
----0----x----0-----3----3----x-----------------
------------------------------------------------
----3----3--------------------------------------
----2----2----x-----5----5----5-----------------
----0----0----x-----5----5----5-----0-----------
--------------x-----3----3----3-----0-----------
------------------------------------0-----------
w/rhy.fig 1
Polly wants a cracker,
I think I should get off of her first.
I think she wants some water
to put out the blow torch
rhy.fig 2
------------------------------------------------
---3--------------------------------------------
---2----x----5-----5---5------------------------
---0----x----5-----5---5----0-------------------
--------x----3-----3---3----0-------------------
----------------------------0-------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
---0----0-----x-----3----3---3------------------ *it may be also (355xxx)
---0----0-----x-----3----3---3------------------ or (3x00xx)
---2----2-----x-----1----1---1------------------
--*3----3---------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
---3----2---------------------------------------
---2----3----x----5-----5---5-------------------
---0----0----x----5-----5---5----0--------------
-------------x----3-----3---3----0--------------
---------------------------------0--------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--------------x-----3----3---3------------------
---5----5-----x-----3----3---3------------------
---5----5-----x-----1----1---1------------------
---3----3---------------------------------------
w/rhy.fig 2
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 have been true.
Let me take a ride.
Don't hurt yourself
I want some help
to please myself.
w/rhy.fig 1
Polly wants a cracker,
maybe she would like more food.
She asks me to untie her.
A chase would be nice for a few.
w/rhy.fig 2
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.
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
---2---------------------(x)/-------------------
---2---------------------(x)/----------------x/-
---0--------------------------------------------
*Note: the x doesn't refers to do a pick slide
but to a finger scrape
Polly said
w/ rhy. fig 1
Polly says her back hurts,
she's just as bored as me,
she caught me off my guard,
it amazes me the will of instinct.
w/rhy.fig 2
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.
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
----0--------------------------------------------
----2-------------------------------------------
----2-------------------------------------------
----0-------------------------------------------
"I don't want my daughter to grow up
and someday be hasted by kids at
school, I don't want people telling
her that her parents were junkies"
-Kurt Cobain
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Territorial Pissings
By Kurt Cobain
Tune normally
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Intro & rhy. fig. 1
w/heavy distortion
A5 F
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------10--10--10--10--10--10--10-------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7---------10--10--10--10--10--10--10-------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7----0-----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---0---|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5----0---------------------------------0---|
D
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12------|
|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12---0--|
|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---0--|
Note.- In the last bar you can play (x577xx) instead of (10-12-12-x-x-x)
but however how I tabbed is how Kurt played it, I say this 'cause
I saw in the "Live tonight sold out" video of Nirvana that he
played the song like that.
w/rhy. fig 1
When I was an alien
cultures weren't opinions
Gotta find a way
to find a way
when I'm there
Gotta find a way
a better way
I had better wait... (etc.)
Never met a wise men,
if so it's a woman
Gotta find a way
to find a way
when I'm there
Gotta find a way
a better way
I had better wait... (etc.)
Interlude
PM---] PM----]
|-----------------------|
|o---------------------o|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|o-------7---------7---o| X6
|--5--5--5---5--5--5----|
PM----]
|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|
|---------------7--------|
|------------------7-----|
|--------7------------7--|
|--5--5--5------------5--|
w/feedback
Just because you're paranoid,
doesn't mean they're
not after you.
w/rhy.fig 1
Gotta find a way (etc.)
"Wearing a dress shows I can be as
femenine as I want. I'm a
heterosexual... big deal. But if I
was a homosexual, it wouldn't matter,
either"
-Kurt Cobain
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Drain You
By Kurt Cobain
Tune down your guitar one whole step
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rhy.fig 1
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--4--4---4/8--8--8----------------6--6--6---0---
--4--4---4/8--8--8---0--6--6---0--6--6--6---0---
--2--2---2/6--6--6---0--6--6---0--4--4--4---0---
---------------------0--4--4---0----------------
w/rhy.fig. 1 *
One baby to another says I'm lucky to meet you.
I don't care what you think unless it is about me.
It is now my duty to completely drain you.
A travel through a tube and end up in your infection.
*Note:here you obviously have to put distortion after
"...to meet you"
fill A (w/dist)
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--4---4---0---2--2------------------------------
--4---4---0---2--2------------------------------
--2---2---0---0--0------------------------------
rhy.fig 2 (w/dist)
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--6--6--6--6--6---------------------------------
--6--6--6--6--6----0---2--2--2--2---------------
--4--4--4--4--4----0---2--2--2--2---------------
-------------------0---0--0--0--0---------------
w/fill A ,first then rhy.fig. 2
Chew meat for you,
pass it back and forth.
In a passionate kiss,
from my mouth to yours
'cause I like you (w/dist.)
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--4---------2-----------------------------------
--4---------2--------6--------------------------
--2---------0--------6--------------------------
---------------------4--------------------------
w/rhy.fig 1 w/distortion
With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil.
You've thaught me everything without a poison apple.
The water is so yellow, I'm a healthy student.
Indebted and so greatful.Vacuum out the fluids.
w/fill A ,first then rhy.fig. 2
Chew meat for you,
pass it back and forth.
In a passionate kiss,
from my mouth to yours
'cause I like you, you, you,
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--4---------2-----------------------------------
--4---------2--------6--------------------------
--2---------0--------6--------------------------
---------------------4--------------------------
Note:the following is studio noises you just may
not play anything, that's what they used to do
in a concert,then is the following
I'm not 100% sure about this bit
w/distortion & flanger (dist off)
-0----------------------------0-----------------
-0----------------------------0-----------------
-0----------------------------0-----------------
------------------------------------------------ X4
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
or
Trem-----------------ª (dit off)
------------------------------0-----------------
---5---5---5--5---5--5--------0-----------------
---4---4---4--4---4--4--------0-----------------
---5---5---5--5---5--5-------------------------- X4
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
sometimes during concerts they didn't play this neither
(down part)
without dist.
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
----5--4--3--2--1/--2/--3/--4/--5-----------
----5--4--3--2--1/--2/--3/--4/--5-----------
----5--4--3--2--1/--2/--3/--4/--5-----------
------------------------------------------------
w/distortion
Ah!_____________________
// /// ////
--h---------------------------------------------
-4-5---2/3---(3)--4---5/--6/--7/---8------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
///// /////
------------------------------------------------
--10------------14------------------------------
--10------------14------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
/////////////
grad. slide
------------------------------------------------
--16/------------/18/---------------------------
--16/------------/18/---------------------------
--16/------------/18/---------------------------
------------------------------------------------
w/rhy. fig 1
One baby to another says I'm lucky to meet you.
I don't care what you think unless it is about me.
It is now my duty to completely drain you.
A travel through a tube and end up in your infection.
w/fill A first then w/rhy.fig.2
Chew meat for you,
pass it back and forth.
In a passionate kiss,
from my mouth to yours
sloppy lips to lips,
you're my vitamins
'cause I like you
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--4---------2-----------------------------------
--4---------2--------6--------------------------
--2---------0--------6--------------------------
---------------------4--------------------------
"I was a seriously depressed kid,
there was a time when I never thought
I'd live to see 21"
-Kurt Cobain
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Lounge Act
By Kurt Cobain
Tune normally
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Voicings.-
B(x244xx)
G(355xxx)
C(x355xx)
A5(x022xx)
E(022xxx)
D5(x0023X)
Intro.-
Rhy. fig 1
B G C5
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|o---------------------------------------------------------------o|
|-----4----X---4--4----4------------------------5----5---5----0---|
|-----4----X---4--4----4--0---5-----5-----0-----5----5---5----0---| X2
|o----2----X---2--2----2--0---5-----5-----0-----3----3---3----0--o|
|-------------------------0---3-----3-----0-----------------------|
w/rhy. fig 1 (clean)
Thruth, covered in security,
I can't let you smoother me.
I'd like to but it wouldn't work,
trading off and taking turns. (only one time the C5 chord)
Chorus (w/dist)
A5 E A
And I've got this friend,
D5 G E
you see who makes me feel
A D5 G E
and I wanted more than I could steal.
A D5 G E
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield.
A D5 G
I'll go out my way to prove I
still smell her
on you
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|o-2---------------------------------------o|----------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--2-------------------0-------5----5-------|----0-----------------------|
|o-0---------------3-----------5----5------o|----0-----------------------|
|------------4-----------------3----3-------|----0-----------------------|
X2
w/rhy. fig. 1 (clean)
Don't tell me what I want to hear.
Afraidof never knowing fear,
experience anything you need.
I'll keep fighting jelousy.
Until it's ***ing gone
Repeat chorus
PLay rhy. fig 1 w/dist X2
Repeat verse 1, but with distortion.
Chorus (w/dist)
A5 E A
And I've got this friend,
D5 G E
you see who makes me feel
A D5 G E
and I wanted more than I could steal.
A D5 G E
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield.
A D5 G E
I'll go out my way to make you a deal.
A D5 G E
We've made a pact to learn from who -
A D5 G E
ever we want without new rules.
A D5 G E
We'll save what's lost and what we grew.
A D5 G
They'll go out their way to prove they
Dive w/bar
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|o-2---------------------------------------o|----2-----------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------|----2-----------------------|
|--2-------------------0-------5----5-------|----2-----------------------|
|o-0---------------3-----------5----5------o|----0-----------------------|
|------------4-----------------3----3-------|----------------------------|
X4
"My mom would take me to school, and
I wouldn't even look kids in the eye.
I knew everyone knew I had only one
parent. That probably isn't a big deal
in a big town, but it is in a small
town"
-Kurt Cobain
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Stay Away
By Kurt Cobain
Tune normally
*****************************************************************************
Intro
w/dist
Rhy. fig 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3----3-------------------------------------------------------o|
|---2----2----X-----4----4-----------------------5---5---5-----6--| X4
|---0----0----X-----4----4----------3----3---0---5---5---5-----6--|
|---0----0----X-----2----2----0-----3----3---0---3---3---3-----4-o|
|-----------------------------0-----1----1------------------------|
In the verses the guitar only plays this.-
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----4/5----5----5---5brf------(5)----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Monkey say, monkey do. I don't know why!
I'd rather be dead than cool. I don't know why!
Ev'ry line ends in rhyme. I don't know why!
Less is more, love is blind. I don't know why!
Chorus
w/rhy. fig 1
Stay, stay away... (etc)
Give an inch take a smile. I don't know why!
Fashion shifts, fashion style. I don't know why!
Throw it out and keep it in. I don't know why!
Have to have poison skin. I don't know why!
Chorus
w/rhy. fig 1
Stay, stay away... (etc)
Bridge.-
I don't know why!
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3---------------------------------------------------------------------o|
|---2-------------------------------------------------------3------3br«-(3)|
|---0-------------------4------------4--------------4----------------------|
|-----------------------4--------------------4------4---------------------o|
|-----------------------2--------------------2-----------------------------|
X2
Repeat chorus, then bass and drums play, then
Trem-----------------------ª Ah!
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0---------0--------0---------------------------------------------|
|---------0---------0--------0---------------------------------------------|
|---------0---------0--------0---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fade in
Repeat chorus several times, and then it ends like this.-
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
here you dive with bar and play the chord
sometimes while diving until you reach the
pickups.
"I haven't felt the excitement for so
many years, I felt guilt for so many
years. I felt guilty beyond words
about these things. When we are
backstage and the lights go out and
the manic roar of the crowd begins,
it doesn't affect me. The fact is,
I can't fool you, any one of you.
It simply isn't fair to you or to me.
The worst crime I can think of would
be to (trick) people by faking it and
pretending as I were having 100% fun"
-Kurt Cobain
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On A Plain
By Kyrt Cobain
TAB by [email protected]
TUNING: Dropped-D (D A D G B E)
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Jesse made this one for the unplugged album, so he didn't include the
beggining, so I'll put it, and the rest was done by him, so I
don't take credit for this one. The intro and "*" were made or corrected
by me, I changed that chord (it was orginally (x0222x),
I don't know if it was wrong or what, but it sounds better with this chord.
let ring
|------|-------------------------|
|------|o-------------------12--o|
|-10---|-----------------10------| X3
|--9---|---------------9---------|
|------|o-----------------------o|
|-13---|--12h13p12h13------------|
Main Riff:
Repeat this until the first chorus.
-|--------------------------------|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7------------------|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7------------------|-
-|--7-7-7--7-7-7--3-3-3-----------|-
-|--5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3-3-----------|-
-|---------5-5-5--3-3-3--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--|-
Lyrics
I'll start this off
Without any words
I got so high that
I scratched 'til I bled
I 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 love myself
Better than you
I 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
It's safe to say
Don't quote me on that
I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
The black sheep got
Blackmailed again
Forgot to put
On the zip code
I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
Somewhere I have heard this before
In a dream my mem'ry 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
I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
One more special
Message to go
And then I'm done
And I can go home
I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
"His music touched lots of people.
It got me through my own stuff. He
was a spokesperson for our generation.
He represented what we all feel in our
lives, but he lived it"
-Shawn Euzelio
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Something in the way
By Kurt Cobain
Tune one step below with dropped-d (dropped-c, in this case), (C G C F A D)
Acoustic, steel strings
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Verses
|--------------------------------------------|
|o------------------------------------------o|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---4----4-----4--4-----0----0-----0--0------|
|o--4----4-----4--4-----0----0-----0--0-----o|
|---4----4-----4--4-----0----0-----0--0------|
Chorus
|--------------------------------------------|
|o----------------------3----3-----3--3-----o|
|-----------------------2----2-----2--2------|
|---4----4-----4--4-----0----0-----0--0------|
|o--4----4-----4--4-----0----0-----0--0-----o|
|---4----4-----4--4--------------------------|
Verse
Underneath the bridge
the trap has sprung a leak
and the animals I've trapped
have all become my pets
and I'm living of off grass
and the dripings from the ceiling
but it's okay to eat fish,
'cause they haven't any feelings (use chorus bar in this line instead of
verse bar)
Chorus
Something in the way mmmmmh
something in the way yeah mmmmmh
Repeat verse and chorus
" I hate mom, I hate dad
Dad hates mom, mom hates dad
It simply makes you want to be so sad"
- Kurt's first poetry
quote
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"Never believe that music was some instrument to go at the extreme in
any cases where you can say yourself how many people around of you think
that it is true but the imagination should be in your mind for the
complete control"
- Kurt Cobain
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