//Song: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
//As recorded by: Nirvana
//Album: In Utero (1993)
//Written by Kurt Cobain
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Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Tuning: Regular E-A-D-G-B-E
TEMPO: 152
PM = PALM MUTED
//First off, you do not need to tune down a half step. Kurt may have done so
//during the recording of this song, but it can be played in standard tuning
//I find this much easier, because tuning all your strings down a half step
//can be a big hassle and a waste of time.
Intro
//The Intro of RFUS consists of a strange feedback, many have failed to
//exactly replicate. I've spent many hours trying to get the right sound,
//and I believe this comes close, if not nearly 99% exact to what Kurt did.
//Supposedly Kurt used a Poly chorus vibrato pedal. Well, most of us do not
//have one, or feel like buying one just to play this song. We use what we
//have to work with. Now I don't know about anyone else but I have a Zoom
//PS - 02 Digital 3-Track, which has effects you can create on it. This
//being said, here are the settings I use in order to achieve the effect
//of the intro:
"Intro" effect
Using a Zoom PS-02 Palmtop Studio 3 Track:
DISTORTION: MTZONE - GAIN: 30
THRESH: 15
HIGH: 12
MID: 8
LOW: 5
EQ LVL 3
EFFECT: VIBE (MOST IMPORTANT) - RATE 10 - DEPTH: 10 - BALANCE: 30
ROOM (REVERB) - ALL SETTINGS = 0
P-LVL: 30
//If you are lucky enough to have one of these devices, then you will in
//fact see how darn close it comes. If you happen to have a distortion
//petal with the VIBE or VIBRATO effect, try the following settings:
VIBE - RATE 10 - DEPTH 10 - BALANCE 30
//ON top of that effect, try and use a "Crunchy" yet sustaining distortion.
Here's the guitar part:
INTRO - (USING VIBRATO AND CRUNCHY DISTORTION)
pick UPWARDS AND LET RING
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---10------------10-----------10----------15---------10--------|
G|---13------------13-----------13----------18---------13--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
pick UPWARDS AND LET RING RINGS INTO VERSE
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---15-----------10---------15------10---15--------------------|
G|---18-----------13---------18------13---18--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------4------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------8------|
//Again, if you do not have VIBRATO or the PS-02, you could mess with
//different chorus or whatever effects, maybe even bend the strings
//up and down to get that sound. However, this is the actual guitar
//part of the intro.
VERSE
DRUMS 1..2...3..4 THEN
(WITH A CRUNCHY DISTORTION AND A LOT OF MID LEVEL. ALSO PLAY WITH
VERY LOUD VOLUME - CLOSE TO AN AMP FOR FEEDBACK)
PM
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------| STRUM THIS CHORD PLAM MUTED
G|---------------------------| WITH EVERY SNARE HIT -
D|-----6---------------------| LOTS OF FEEDBACK
A|-----6---------------------|
E|-----4---------------------|
CHORUS INTRO
/PM
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4-4------------3-3---------------------| x 4
D|-----6--6----4-4----4-4-4---3-3---3-3-3-3-----------|
A|-----6--6----2-2----4-4-4---1-1---3-3-3-3-----------|
E|-----4--4-----------2-2-2---------1-0-1-0-----------|
VERSE
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------| WHILE THIS IS PLAYING - A SECOND GUITAR
G|---------------------------| IS USING THE VIBRATO EFFECT ALONG WITH
D|-----6---------------------| VARIOUS AMP FEEDBACK - IMPROV
A|-----6---------------------|
E|-----4---------------------|
SINGLE STRUM UNTIL FEEDBACK CUTS IN
LYRICS:
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
CHORUS
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4-4------------3-3---------------------|
D|-----6--6----4-4----4-4-4---3-3---3-3-3-3-----------|
A|-----6--6----2-2----4-4-4---1-1---3-3-3-3-----------|
E|-----4--4-----------2-2-2---------1-0-1-0-----------|
What is wrong with me
What is wrong with me
What is wrong with me
VERSE 2
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------| WHILE THIS IS PLAYING - A SECOND GUITAR
G|---------------------------| IS USING THE VIBRATO EFFECT ALONG WITH
D|-----6---------------------| VARIOUS AMP FEEDBACK - IMPROV
A|-----6---------------------|
E|-----4---------------------|
SINGLE STRUM UNTIL FEEDBACK CUTS IN
LYRICS:
Nothing to do with what you think
If you ever think at all
Bi-polar opposites attract
All of a sudden my water broke
I love you for what I am not
I do not want what I have got
A blanket acne'ed with ciggarette burns
Second-rate third burns
CHORUS
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4-4------------3-3---------------------|
D|-----6--6----4-4----4-4-4---3-3---3-3-3-3-----------|
A|-----6--6----2-2----4-4-4---1-1---3-3-3-3-----------|
E|-----4--4-----------2-2-2---------1-0-1-0-----------|
What is wrong with me
What is what I need
What do I think I think
BRIDGE
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-/----13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
A|------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-/----13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---|
E|------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
Hate...............your
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----6-6-9-9-6-6-6-6---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------|
A|----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------|
E|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
enemies..........................
BRIDGE LYRICS:
hate your enemies
Save, save your friends
Find, find your place
Speak, speak the truth
CHORUS
then 3rd VERSE (WHICH HAS AN INTRO WITH NO LYRICS) WITH FEEDBACK
VERSE 3
Use just once and destroy
Invasion of our piracy
Afterbirth of a nation
Starve without your skeleton key
CHORUS X 2 (2ND TIME OF CHORUS USES HEAVIER SYMBOLS)
THEN MIDDLE PART with DRUM CHANGES:
USE FEEDBACK WITH VIBRATO EFFECT
AND THEN KICK INTO "INTRO" RIFF VARIATIONS
ENDING EFFECT IS RANDOM PALM MUTED PICKING ON THE
E-B-G STRINGS VERY CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE.
THE END. : )
HAVE FUN!! REMEMBER: YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET THE FEEDBACK AND EVERYTHING 100%
CORRECT. EVEN NIRVANA HAD MANY VARIATIONS OF THIS SONG.
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