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Smells Like Teen Spirit Guitar Tablature
this is my first tab, and is also the first song i ever learned to play, it should be ok, but feel free to correct me


Intro, no distortion
x=muted
^=bend
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-----------------------xxx3----3------------------------xxx-6----6----------------------xxx3--3---------------------xxx--6---6---------
--------3----3----3--xxx1---1-----------6-----6---6-xxx4----4------------3--3--3-xxx1---1---------6--6-6---xxx--4---4---------
--------1----1----1--xxx------------------4-----4----4xxx--------------------1--1--1xxx----------------4--4--4--xxx-----------------


then you play this with distortion, as the chorus, but no lyrics.


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-----------------------xxx3----3------------------------xxx-6----6----------------------xxx3--3---------------------xxx--6---6------
--------3----3----3--xxx1---1-----------6-----6---6-xxx4----4------------3--3--3-xxx1---1---------6--6-6---xxx--4---4-----
--------1----1----1--xxx------------------4-----4----4xxx--------------------1--1--1xxx----------------4--4--4--xxx------------

Verse, clean, no distortion,let it ring for 8 seconds each time

--1------------------------------------------1---------------------1----------------------------1----------------------------
-----1------------------------------------------1-----------------------1----------------------------1--------------------------
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then it gets faster near the chorus

--1----1----1----1-----1----1-----1------1--------------------------------------------------
-----1-----1----1----1-----1----1------1-----------------------------------------------------
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chorus
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-----------------------xxx3----3------------------------xxx-6----6----------------------xxx3--3---------------------xxx--6---6---------
--------3----3----3--xxx1---1-----------6-----6---6-xxx4----4------------3--3--3-xxx1---1---------6--6-6---xxx--4---4---------
--------1----1----1--xxx------------------4-----4----4xxx--------------------1--1--1xxx----------------4--4--4--xxx-------------


the bit at the end of the chorus:

---1--1--1--1--1---2--1-1-1-1--6-6--4-4---------------------
---3--3--3--3--3---4--3-3-3-3--8-8--6-6-------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------                  X2
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repeat this, and then at the end of the second horus( not including the one after the intro) comes the solo, my favourite bit

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--------------------------6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----5-------8---------------------------8^--------6 --5---6---5------------------5--------------------------
--------------------------------6---------------------------------------8----6----8--------6----5------------------
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then the second half of the solo
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-----5-------8---------------------------8^--------6 --5---6---5------------------5---------------------------------------------
--------------------------------6---------------------------------------8----6----8-------(6----5--6---5--6---5--6--5-3)-------
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repeat the bit in brackets 4 times, and then the solo is over, play another verse, and then another chorus



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