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
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* Songs *
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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
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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. . .
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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----
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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
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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
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Come As You Are
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-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 G5 C5 A5 C5 D5
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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 F5
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 Fsus4 F5
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
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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
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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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