~*Nirvana*~
-- Rape Me --
>>Transcribed by Phantom Diablerie<<
Hmm... This is my first attempt at a guitar tab, but after
finding a lack of decent tabs online and all but pulling my hair out
to get these chords right, I decided perhaps it was time to make one
myself;P While I`m fairly new to playing the guitar, I`ve played the
piano for five years and am going to try to get these as musically
correct as I can... I`ve inserted chord names, found the simplest
positioning for all of them, and even counted out a tempo at the top
for those of you who prefer sheet music, or at least a more
descriptive piece of tableture (myself included;P). Hopefully this
will shed some light on the song for those of you who want to play
ALL of the chords, the RIGHT way, especially in the parts like the
bridge;P
~~> Start by tuning your guitar down Ѕ step on all strings: D, A,
F, C, G, and D... typical Nirvana tuning;P<~~
~~>A little note: There is a space at the end of every beat just to
keep things readable... I divided them up into four characters per
beat (i.e., if nothing is played on that string for one beat there
will be four slashes, I left it in common time, it`s the closest I
can get to sheet music, etc etc, just ignore it if I`m not making
sense, the chords and picking is right=D)<~~
~~> || signifies the end of a measure<~~
>>Start playing with a clean elecrtic<<
--riff 1--
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
A C
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: 2--- 2--2 5-55 5---
D: 2--- 2--2 5-55 5---
A: 0--- 0--0 3-33 3---
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
E G
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: 2--- 2--2 5-55 5---
A: 2--- 2--2 5-55 5---
E: 0--- 0--0 3-33 3---
>>Repeat riff 1<<
--riff 2--
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
A C
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- 2--- ---- 5---
D: ---- 2--- --5- 5-5-
A: 0--- --0- 5--- ----
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
Rape me ...
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
E G
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: ---- 2--- ---- 5---
A: ---- 2--- --5- 5-5-
E: 0--- --0- 5--- ----
Rape me, my friend ...
>>repeat riff 2<<
>>Click on the distortion and repeat riff 1 x4 for the chorus<<
>>Repeat riff 2 x2 with clean electric<<
>>Click on the distortion and repeat riff 1 x4 for the chorus<<
--riff 3--
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
C
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: 6-6- 6-6- 6-6- 6-6-
D: 6-6- 6-6- 6-6- 6-6-
A: 4-4- 4-4- 4-4- 4-4-
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
My favorite inside ...
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
A G F F E
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: 7--- --5- --4- 3-2-
A: 7--- --5- --4- 3-2-
E: 5--- --3- --2- 1-0-
Source ...
>>repeat riff 3 three times<<
--riff 4--
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
F
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: 3--- ---- ---- ----
A: 3--- ---- ---- ----
E: 1--- ---- ---- ----
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
G
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: 5--- ---- ---- ----
A: 5--- ---- ---- ----
E: 3--- ---- ---- ----
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
E
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: 2--- ---- ---- ----
A: 2--- ---- ---- ----
E: 0--- ---- ---- ----
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
*E is held until
end of this
measure*
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: ---- ---- ---- ----
A: ---- ---- ---- ----
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
>>repeat riff 1 x2 with clean electric<<
>>repeat riff 1 x4 with distortion<<
--riff 5--
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
A C
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: 2--- ---- 5--- ----
D: 2--- ---- 5--- ----
A: 0--- ---- 3--- ----
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ||
E G
E: ---- ---- ---- ----
B: ---- ---- ---- ----
G: ---- ---- ---- ----
D: 2--- ---- 5--- ----
A: 2--- ---- 5--- ----
E: 0--- ---- 3--- ----
>>repeat riff 5 x3<<
>>finish with some wild feedback of your choice;P<<
...And there you have it! If my instructions got a little crazy for
you, o.O here are the lyrics and the riffs I transcribed to go with
them!
(riff 1, clean, x2) [intro; instrumental]
(riff 2) Rape me
Rape me, my friend
Rape me
Rape me again
(riff 1, distorted) I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one
(riff 1, clean) Hate me
Do it and do it again
Waste me
Rape me, my friend
(riff 1, distorted) I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one
(riff 3) My favorite inside source
I kiss your open sores
I appreciate your concern
You`re gonna stink and burn
(riff 4) [latter portion of bridge; instrumental]
(riff 1, clean) Rape me
Rape me, my friend
Rape me
Rape me again
(riff 1, distorted) I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one, I
I`m not the only one
(riff 5) Rape me, rape me
Rape me, rape me
Rape me, rape me
Rape me, rape me
Rape me, rape me
Rape me, rape me
Rape me, rape me
Rape me, rape me
Rape me
(feedback) [instrumentalesque;P]
Questions? Comments? Complaints? If you have ~*anything*~ to say,
add, correct, edit, scream about, whatever... I`ll gladly accept
suggestions as well as angry ranting at phantomdiablerie@hotmail.com !
I`m not 100% on the rhythm of the picking on the C power chord or
the lyrics (you`re gonna stink and burn?), so... That was the best I
could do. I hope that helped!
~*Phantom Diablerie*~
