1) Power Chords
MI5 FA5 FA#5 SOL5 SOL#5 LA5 SIb5 SI5 DO5 DO#5 RE5 MIb5|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------3-------|
|------9--------10--------------------2---3---4---5---6---7----2---8---|
|-2----9---3----10---4---5---6---7----2---3---4---5---6---7-or-0---8---|
|-2-or-7---3-or--8---4---5---6---7-or-0---1---2---3---4---5--------6---|
|-0--------1---------2---3---4---5-------------------------------------|
2) Major Chords (bar chords except for F not included)
MI FA SOL LA SI DO RE|-0---1---3---0---2---0---2-|
|-0---1---0---2---4---1---3-|
|-1---2---0---2---4---0---2-|
|-2---3---0---2---4---2---0-|
|-2---3---2---0---2---3-----|
|-0---1---3-----------0-----|
3) Minor Chords
MIm FAm SOLm LAm SIm DOm REm|-0---1---3---0---2---3---1-|
|-0---1---3---1---3---4---3-|
|-0---1---3---2---4---5---2-|
|-2---3---0---2---4---5---0-|
|-2---3-------0-------------|
|-0---1---------------------|
TUNINGS
Standard Tuning: E A D G B E
How To Get It: Tune the low E string to a tuner or another guitar
Tune the A string to the 5th fret of the low E string
Tune the D string to the 5th fret of the A string
Tune the G string to the 5th fret of the D string
Tune the B string to the 4th fret of the G string
Tune the high E string to the 5th fret of the B string
Down 1/2 Step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
How To Get It: Tune the 6th fret of the E string to the A string
Retune the rest of the guitar as in standard tuning
Down A Whole Step: D G C F A D
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret of the E string to the A string
Retune the rest of the guitar as in standard tuning
Drop D: D A D G B E
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret of the low E string to the A string
Alt. Tuning 1: D A D G B F
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret of the low E string to the A string
Tune the high E string to the 6th fret of the B string
Alt. Tuning 2: Eb Ab Db Gb B E
How To Get It: Tune the first 4 strings down 1/2 step
Leave the last 2 strings in standard tuning
SOME NOTES ON FEEDBACK AND NOISEMAKING
When It came to making noise using nothing but his guitar, Kurt Cobain was
a geinus. In fact, IMHO, the only person who I have seen make BETTER noise
would have to be Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. It would impossible to
accuratly re-create alot of the sounds that Kurt achives with his guitar
(ie. Endless Nameless, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Gallons...), since
alot of it was improvised. This is why this book may actually be better than
published tabs...they actually try to tab noise jams like the RFUS outro and
the Scentless Apperentice solo, and it is very frustrating when you are doing
exactly what the book tells you and it still sounds wrong. My solution to
this problem: create your own feedback.
As you may or may not know, feedback is that ringing noise that occurs when
you play at a high volume, or play too close to the amp, or leave your guitar
sitting next to the amp when it is still turned on. There is some scientific
explination for this, like it makes the coils in the pickups vibrate, or
something like that. Basically, it occurs in strange situations when you
don't want it, but when you DO want it it is a pain in the ass to get!
There are several techniques that I use that produce decent feedback/noise.
One is bending. I find that if you do a double bend on your high E and B
strings anywhere above the 10th fret (as you see in Endless Nameless), it
will be loud and ring, and (if you're lucky) echo.
Another is harmonics. Feedback will usually occur instantly when you strike
a high pitched harmonic. This is quite effective when you have to come up
with a certain pitched feedback, if you can remember which harmonics make
which pitches. It doesn't work as well with 12th and 7th fret harmonics,
though. If you want GOOD feedback, go for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th fret
harmonics. Sometimes, depeniding on the kind of guitar you have, you will
be able to take harmonics above the pickups. If you are able to do this, go
for it, cause you can't really get any more high pitched than that!
One method I have seen Kurt do in concert (you can witness this before Breed
on the MTV Live And Loud vid) that is quite effective is tapping the back of
the neck. You should try hitting the upper neck with either your pick or
fingers, behind the first or second fret. If the destortion is high enough,
it will produce a cool sounding rumbling noise at first, then become
screeching feedback.
Another technique used in Oh The Guilt is picking the strings above the nut
or below the bridge. It produces various high-pitched rings, which produce
excellent feedback. However, the strings must be struck somewhat hard, or
the sound may not be picked up.
If you would like to use the natural approach, simply turn up the volume
on your amp. It will eventually start ringing, and as you move your guitar
around in different positions the pitch will change. If you're lucky,
you may actually be able to pick up radio stations with this method!
Two things you should be aware of when doing this are:
1) Feedback occurs much more readily when the pickups are facing away
from the amp. An easy thing to do is take off your guitar and place it
up against the cabinet with the strings facing outward. This would save
lots of waiting.
2) Different pickups create different pitch feedback. You may want to try
using your pickup switch, especially if you have a strat or a strat
imitation. This can produce anything from a low growl to a high scream.
Again, you should expariment on your own.
There are various other noisemaking methods...so many that I will not be able
to list them all. Two that must not be ignored, however, are the whammy bar
and the pick scrape.
The whammy bar is probably the most useful tool in producing noise. What it
is is a bar attached to the bridge of the guitar which, when depressed,
lowers the pitch of the strings by raising the bridge. You can hear this in
action at the end of Stay Away, where Kurt drops the strings as far as they
go, raises them, and drops them again and again. However, dropping the pitch
of the strings is only one use for the whammy bar, as it can be used to make
exaggerated vibratos and other such noises. Depending on what model guitar
you have, the whammy bar will be built differently. On strat models, the
bridge is pretty well attached to the guitar, and the bar will only be able
to lower the pitch. However, on Ibanezes, the bridge is just sorta floating
there, so the whammy bar can be used both ways...raising AND lowering the
pitch. There is really not a hell of lot I can say about HOW to use this as
it isn't a very complicated tool. (It has two positions...up and down.
How much more simple can it be??) You hould just fool around with your own
and get familiar with it and the noises it can make and soon you will be able
to produce decent noise with it.
Pick scrapes are very underrated, as they seem to produce one kind of noise.
Actually, there are many things you can do with pick scrapes aside from just
scraping the low E or A strings and making the same old usual sound. One is
scraping actually above the pickups (which Kurt does at the end of Heart
Shaped Box) which produces a more high pitched sound. Another is using the
same top to bottom method on your higher strings (B and high E). Or you
could just scrape all the strings over the pickups. This is another method
that must be exparimented with so that you can come up sounds that you like.
Of course there are various other methods that Kurt used that I'm not going
to get into, basically because my knowledge of feedback and noisemaking is
very limited compared to his. However, this should provide you with somewhat
of a guide so that you too can make noise with your guitar!
TABULATURE DEFINITION
What all the little symbols in the tab mean...
)=Bend
/=slide
~~=vibrato
^=hammeron/pulloff
PM=Palm mute
*=uncontrolled feedback
x\x=pick scrape
NH=Natural Harmonic
+=Tremelo Pick
)=Unison Bend
)|=ghost bend
|\=ghost bend and release
@@@@@=Smash Guitar :)
BLEACH
1)Blew
Alt. Tuning 1
Verse:
4: 3 5 5 5 5 (5) 5 3/5 5 3~~~ 5\3/5 5 5\3/5 5
5 56 0 0 0 0Chorus4 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 6
play 3x then:
Solo:
(In standard tuning; I haven't figured it out in the alt. tuning yet)
2:10~~~10 10 10 10 8 0 8 10
3 8 10 8 10
2:10/13 12~~ (12) 12/15 15 15/17 17 15
2 18 (18) 18 18 18 (18)18 (18)18
2:(18) 18 18 (18)18~~~~18~~~~~18 16
2:16\15 15\13 15 13^15^13^0 11/12 13 13~
2 113 12 11 11 9 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 8
23 8 8 10 10 8 8 10
2 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
"you can do anything"
play that 1x then
6 0 3 5 5 5 5play that twice then
6 0 3 5 5 5 / 0
2) Floyd The Barber
Verse: F5 E5
Chorus DO#5 LA5 DO5 SOL#5
Solo
5: 0 1 3~~ 3 1 0 1 3
6: 1~~ 1 0 1 3 play that 3x then:
6: 1~~ 1 0 1 3 3 0
3) About A Girl
Verse: Em G
Solo
play that 4x, then back to the chorus riff
4) School
Intro
Verse:
) ) )~~~
6 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bridge:
4 11 11 115 10 10 10
Solo:
2 73 (2)0 / 7 7 7 79 (11) 0
3:2 2 2 2 2 2~~~~~ 0 2 0 0 2 (0)
4 0 0 252 11 8 8 10
1 ) )10 10 10 9 7 72 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 8
3: 9 7 7 9 7 7 9 9 9~~~~~ 9 7 7 7\6 6 6\4
)3: 4 2 2^0 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6 (11)
5) Love Buzz
This was recorded accidently tuned up a half step. The way it is tabbed here
sounds 1/2 step lower than it is on the CD.
Intro (Bass tabbed for guitar):
5 4 5 46: 5 x 3 5 6 play 4x
Intro (Guitar)
A5 chord 4x, then this:
Riff LA1 0 0 5 3 0play that 4x, then play this:
Riff SIplay that 4x, then Riff A 4x substituting the following strange bend for
the pullofs the last time:
)~~~
6 /
Verse: Bass Intro Riff
Chorus: Guitar Intro Riff
repeat those riffs a couple of times until the solo at which point it gets
strange and frightening. This part cannot be tabbed...
6) Paper Cuts-
Tune Down A 1/2 Step
IntroPM---------| PM--|
Verse:
Same as intro, except replace pick scrape with this riff
1 0 02 0Chorus
"The lady I feel maternal love for..."
E5 chord with a variation of the above riff.
"I say so..."
"Nirvana!"
4 7 6 6 9 8 85 7 6 6 9 8 8
Post Chorus Riff:
PM--| PM--| PM
7) Negative Creep
Tune Down A Whole step
Verse:
6 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 12PM-| PM-----| PM-| PM-----| PM-| PM-----|
)~~~
6 0 0 0 5repeat, except replace the ending bend with this bend:
)~~~
5 14Chorus5 7 7 5 6 6 6 5 8 8 5
play that 8x
8) Scoff
Intro/Verse:
4PM---------------------|
"Gimmie Back My Alcohol"
46: 2 2 repeat
"Gimmie Baaaaaack!"
"Heal A Million"
3 5 5 5 5 7 74 5 5 5 5 7 7
Post Chorus:
34 9 9 8 7 9 9 8
Solo:
play that 4x then
3 7 6 7 6 7 6 / 9 8 9 8 9 8 / 114 7 6 7 6 7 6 / 9 8 9 8 9 8 / 11play that 2x
9) Swap Meet
Alt. Tuning 2
Verse:
4: 1/2 bend 5 4 1/2 bend 5 4
6: 3 0 3 3p2p0 3 0 3
6: 3p2p0.
Chorus
A, C and then this riff:
Solo:
12 7 5 0 7 5 0 7 5 0 7 5 0
1
Ending:
3- 2 2 2 2 24- 3 3 3 3 3 2
10) Mr. Moustache
Intro5 2 1repeat many times
Verse: G5 F5
Chorus SI5 LA5 DO SOL5 FA#5 FA5
11) Siftings
IntroPM-----|
Verse:
PM---| PM---|
Pre Chorus:
4 5PM---|
Solo:
1: )~~~
3: )7( )~~~ )7( )~~~
4 7 7 7 7 7 7PM---| PM---| PM---| PM---| PM---|
3 )7( )7( )7(4 7 7 7 7 7 7
PM---| PM---| PM---|
After this it lapses into another Cobain-esque random noise solo, and it is
not possible to tab.
12) Big Cheese
Introplay 4x
Verse:
2 03 0NH-|
play that 7x then play this:
5 10 9 9 9PM-|
play 8x then:
3 04 4 1 0play that 4x
Solo:
2 12 12 13 13 13 13 10 12 10 10 12 12 10 10 73 11 11 12 12 12 12 9 11 9 9 11 11 9 9 6play that 3x, then:
2 12 12 13 13 13 13 10 13 12 13 12 13 12 12 0
13) Downer
Verse: E5 C5
Chorus: A5 A#5 B5 A#5 play that 8x then:
E5 C5 play that 4x then:
A5 A#5 E5(7th fret) F5(8th fret) play that 2x
NEVERMIND
1) Smells Like Teen Spirit
Verse:
1 1
Pre-Chorus:
Post-Chorus: )
3 3 5 5 x 5 34 3 3 x 3 4 4 5 5 x 5 3 6
Solo: )
3 8 10 8 8 8 6 5 6 5 )(4 10 / 8 6 6 8 8 (8) 6 5repeat that 2x then play:
4 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 3repeat that 3x then play:
4: 6 5 6 5 6 5 6^5 3~~~~(let feedback ring through verse)
2) In Bloom
Verse: A#5 F#5 D#5 B5 A5
Chorus: A#5 G5 play that 4x then:
Solo:
12: )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ) ( ) (
3 8 8 8(0) 6 (6) (6)
3: 6 6/8 6 8 8 6 8 (8) 8~~6 8 (8)
1
1 ) (
2:(11) 11 (11)~~~
3
1 ) (
2:~~11 (11) 11/ 8 8 8 7
3 6 6 6
3) Come As You Are
Tune Down A Whole Step
Intro/Verse:
5 0 0 2 2
Pre Chorus: F#m A
Solo:
3: 6~~~ 9 11\6 6~~~ 9 11\6 6~~~ 9 11 11 11 11~~ 9 6
4) SIreedIntro )
play 8x
Verse
3 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Chorus RE5 LA5 DO5 SI5
Solo:
3 11 11 10 9 7 14 14 13 12 10 17 17 16 15 134
5) Lithium
Tune Down A Whole Step
Verse:
Chorus MI5 SOL#5 DO#5 LA5 DO5 RE5 SI5 RE5
Bridge: A5 C5
6) Polly
Verse: E5 G5 D5 C5
Chorus RE5 DO5 SOL5 SIb5
7) Territorial Pissings
Verse And Chorus: A5 F5(8th fret) D5
Bridge:
PM-|
play that 15x then play this:
2 7
8) Drain You
Verse: A5 C#5 F#5 B5
Chorus LA5 SOL5 FA#5A5 F#5 play that 3x
MI5 RE5 MIb5
Solo:
feedback for a few bars then this:
dist. on dist. off
play that 4x, then play this:
2 7 6 5 4 33: 6\5\4\3\2 6/7~~ 4~~ 5 6~~ 7 8~~ 9 10~~~~~~~
4 7 6 5 4 3
9) Lounge Act
Verse: B5 G5 C5
Chorus: E5 A5 D5 C5 play that 4x then
A5 G#5 G5 play that 2x
10) Stay Away
/
Verse: )(
Bridge:
11) On A Plain
Drop D Tuning
Verse:
Riff LA3 7 7 7 7 2 2play that 2x then play:
Riff SI1 2play that once, then Riff A once again
Bridge:
3 2 2 2 2
12) Something In The Way
Drop D Tuning Down Two Whole Steps
Verse:
4 4 05 4 0Chorus
INCESTICIDE
All of the tunings on this album are a little bit off. By this I mean that
when my tuner says that my guitar is in tune, the songs sound about a 1/4
step lower. This may be the result of something that happened in the studio.
These are all fairly accurate tabbings in standard tuning.
1) Dive
Intro3 / 9 9
Verse
3 / 9 9Chorus
B5 C#5 G5 E5(7h fr) then intro riff
play this 2x
then intro riff 3x
Solo )( )(
3 3 1 3 (3) 1 3 (3) 14 2play that 4x
2) Sliver
Bass Intro:
1
Verse: C5 F5 C5 A5
Chorus LA5 DO5
3) Stain
Drop D Tuning
Intro4 0 1
Verse:
4 2 2 x 2 1 1 1 / x 25 2 2 x 2 1 1 1 / x 2Chorus
4) Been A Son
Drop D Tuning
Verse:
2 3 3Chorus
5) Turnaround
Bass Intro:
5 / 7 7 7 7 7 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Verse:
)hold bend(
2 3 3 3 3 3 3(3)Chorus RE5 DO5 LA5 RE5 DO5 SOL5 FA5 SOL5 LA5 FA5 SOL5 RE5
6) Molly's Lips
Entire Song: G5/C5
Ending
7) Son Of A Gun
Verse: A5 E5 D5 E5
Chorus SOL5 DO5 RE5 DO5
8) (New Wave) Polly
Same as Polly on Nevermind, except with heavy distortion and at a
faster tempo
9) Beeswax
Verse:
Chorus4 2 5 5 2
Bridge: )~~~
3 / 3 3 34 3 3 3 2
10) Downer
Same as on Bleach
11) Mexican Seafood
/1 4 2 1
Verse:
4 6 x x x x 6 x x x x 6 4 6 x x x x 6 x x x x 6 95 6 x x x x 6 x x x x 6 4 6 x x x x 6 x x x x 6 9
Solo:
play that 4x then
4 2 1 0play that 4x
Outro Riff:
6 5 4 5 4 5 4 3play that 8x, then a B5 chord
12) Hairspray Queen
Bassline:
12 8
play that chord for a few measures, make up your own rhythm. Then
you play this repeating annoying riff:
1: 4 6 7 8 9 9 13\ /7~~ 7\6 6\4 4/6 6
2: 4 6 7 8 8 9 13\ /7~~ 7\6 6\4 4/6 6
play that 2x, and after the second time play some
harmonics for a few measures.
The next time you play that riff, instead of playing
harmonics, do this:
4: 9~~~ 9\8 8\6 6/8 8
5: 9~~~ 9\8 8\6 6/8 8
6: 7~~~ 7\6 6\5 5/6 6
Outro:
play that 4x, then an E5
13) Aero Zeppelin
Intro/Verse
play that 2x as an intro
during verse, play 3x, then play
on repeat, play the second half on the above riff 2x
Bridge
play that 4x as a brigde, then play
play that 3x, then play
5 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
5 4 3 2 1
then play
4 2 2play that 4x
that was all Riff C in case you were wondering :)
Verse: E5 B5 E5 G5
After solo: Riff B 4x, Riff C, then Riff A 2x
14) Big Long Now
Intro/Verse:
PM-| PM---| PM
"Can We Show Our Faces Now?"
SIb5 LA5 SOL#5ChorusRE5 DO#5 RE5 DO#5 SOL5
End Of Chorus
FA#5 FA5 FA5
15) Aneurysm
Intro/Outro: F#5 C5 B5 A5
play that 4x then:
3: 3~~~~~3/4 4 4 4 4/5 5 5 5 5/6 6 6 6 6/7 7 7 7 7/8 8 8 8
Verse: B5 (palm muted) D5
Solo:
3: 3~~~~~3/4 4 4 4 4/5 5 5 5 5/6 6 6 6 6/7 7 7 7 7/8 8 8 8
3 / 9 9 9 / 10 10 10 / 11 11 11 / 12 12 12
IN UTERO
1)Serve The Servents
Intro
Verse:
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 0
Chorus
1 0 02 6 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 0
1
Post Chorus:
2 11 / 13 /3 11 / /
Solo :
.........hold bend............................
2 ) 0 0 (1 0 0
1: ~~~0
2) Scentless Apprentice
Drop D Tuning Down 1/2 step
play that 4x then play:
Verse: (gradual bend)
1/4---1/2-----1-------1&1/2-->
Pre Chorus:
5 3 3 3 3 / 5 5 5 / 7 7 7 / 8 8 8 / 10 10 10 / 12 15 12
3) Heart Shaped Box
Drop D Tuning
Intro/Verse
3 2 24 2 2 3 0 0 2 2 2 3
Chorus2 ) ) )
play that 4x then: )
3 3
Solo
2 )( )( )
4) Rape Me
Intro/2nd & 3rd Verse/Chorus: A5 C5 E5 G5
1st Verse:
Bridge: C#5 A5 G5 F#5 F5 G#5 E5 G5 F#5 F5
5) Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Verse: G#5 E5 G5 E5 G5 G#5 E5 G5 E5 G5 B5
Chorus: C#5 E5(7th fret) D5 B5
play that 3x then:
SI5 LA5 SI5 LA5 SOL5 FA#5Solo:
play 3x then
3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
play that whole thing 2x, then play the end of the chorus
6) Dumb
Verse/Chorus: E5 A5 G5 C5
Bridge: B5 C5
7) Very Ape
Rhythm Guitar
Intro
Verse:
Repeat intro until " I'm very ape .. " Then play this
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 5Chorus
Lead Guitar
First Verse :
3 14 14 12 / 15 12 12 14 14 12 / 15 15 12
Second Verse :
1 / 17 15 / 18 15
"I've seen it all, I was here first " :
3 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 / 14 14 12 12 / 15
8) Milk It
IntroGuitar 1
Guitar 2
1: 7 5 7 7 7 7/9 6 4 10 11 16dontpick
2: 6 7 6 5 4 3 8 5 5/0 rake- 9
3 5 6 / /
Bridge:
1 8 3
Verse:
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
9) Pennyroyal Tea
Verse: Am G
Solo
1 3 3 3 3 2 0
10) Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Intro
End Of Intro/Chorus:
1
Verse:
12 131
Bridge:
121
12 9 9 9
Outro:
1: @
2: @
3: @ *
4: @
5: @
6: @
(yeah, right. Like I was gonna tab THAT...)
11) Tourettes
Verse: F5 A5 Bb5 F#5
Chorus3 4 3 4 3 0
12) All Apologies
Drop D tuning down 1/2 step
Intro/Verse
3play that 3x then play this:
3 11 11 94 0 0 0 12
Chorus: G5 (3rd fret bar on low D A and D strings)
"Married" A5
Outro: Play verse riff about a million times
UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK
All guitars in this preformance were tuned down 1/2 step.
Since the versions of their own songs preformed are pretty much
the same, all I am including is the 6 cover songs.
1) Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
Intro/Verse: E D A Asus4 A
Chorus MI RE MI RE MI RE LA LAsus4 LA
2) The Man Who Sold The World
Intro/Post Chorus Riff:
3 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0play 6x
Verse: A D A F C A D C
Chorus DO DO#
Outro:
play Intro 8x, then play
3:/9~~~~~\ 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 /10~~~~~
3: 9 9\7 7~~~~~ 7 7/9 9~~~~~\2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0
3: /10~~~~~ 9 9\7 7~~~~~ 9~~~~~ 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2~~~
3) Plateau
Verse:
Guitar 1
1 3 6 3 6 3 6 12 1 1Guitar 2
1 3 6 3 6 3 6 1play that 3x, then play
Guitar 1
1 3 6 3 1 3 12 1 1 1 1 1Guitar 2
1 3 6 3 1 3 1 1
Pre Chorus:
1 4
Pre Outro:
Outro:
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
1 0 2 02 2 3 1play that a few times.
4) Oh Me
Intro/Verse:
1 0
play that 1x as an intro.
During the verse, play Riff A 2x, then play this:
1 0 0 02 0 0 01 0
End Of Chorus:
1 0
Solo:
Guitar 1 plays Riff A
Guitar 2
2: 3 3^5~ 5 3 5 5 5\3 3 5~~
3: 2 4~ 4 2 2 2/4
5) Lake Of Fire
Guitar 1
3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5Guitar 2 )( )(
2 5 (5) 5 33 5 (5) 5 3
Guitar 1
3 3
Guitar 1
(not really this slow...tabbed this way because of Guitar 2's part)
Guitar 2
(very fast)
2: 11 11 11 11 11 11\ 6 6/8~
3: /10 10 10 10 10 10 \5 5 /7~
Verse: Dm Bb Dm A
REm SIb DO REm
Solo:
12: 11 11 11 11 11 11\ 6 6/8~ 11 11 11 11 11 11
3: /10 10 10 10 10 10 \5 5 /7~ /10 10 10 10 10 10
451 3 ) 3 )
2: 6~~ 6~ 6~~ /3 3
3: 0 5/7 7~ 7\5 3 5/7 7\
1 ) ) )2 3 7 3 3) 3) 3)
6) Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Riff1 0the rest of the song is simply variations on that chord progression
B-SIDES AND RARITIES
Baba O'Riley
Intro
Verse/Outro: E5 B5 A5
Beans
Verse:
5 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6End Of Verse
5 6 66 6 6 4
Blandest
Intro/Verse:
4 85 7 86: 9 9 6~~~
Chorus
5: /10 3 4 5 4 3~~ 1 3 4 5 5 4 3 1 /10
play 4x, replacing the verse riff for the final chord the last time
Solo:
4: 8~~~
5 ) )6: 8 8 6~~~
Curmudgeon
Verse:
3 7Chorus FA#5 MIb5 SOL5 MI5 LA5 8x
RE-7
Quiet Part
4 2 0 2 0 2 0 25 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 23 2 2 x x 0 2 3
4 2 05 2 2 3 3
Loud Part
Solo:
1: )~~~~ )~~~~ ) )~~~~~~~~ )
2: 4 4 4 3 )~~~~~~~~ 4 4 3 )~~~~~~~
3 0 3 0 3
1 7 7 7 7 102 6 6 6 6 9
Do You Love Me
/3 3 /Verse: C5 Bb5
Solo:
2 8 6 5 6 8 6play 4 times then:
2 10 8 7 8 10 8
play 3 times then:
2 10 8 7 8 7 6
Endless Nameless
PM----------|
play 4x then:
)~~~~~
1 14) 14PM----| PM----| PM----------|
)~~~~~ )~~~~~
1 13) 13 15) 15PM----------| PM----------|
)~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 16)
Verse:
Outro:
1: @
2: @
3: @ *
4: @
5: @
6: @
(Same as Radio Friendly Unit Shifter...lotsa noise)
Even In His Youth
Verse: C5 G5 G#5 G5
Chorus: F5 (8th Fret) C#5 G#5 D#5
Solo:
2 3 2 03: 1 1~~ 1 1
play that 7x then play
Formaldehyde
Bassline:
Guitar Part:
3 8 7 7 6 7 6 5 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 / 3 1
3 14 15 14 12 14 13 12 11 12 11 10 9 9 8 9 10 9 8
Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip
Main Riff:
2 3 0"I haven't had a date forever...": C5 B5 Bb5
Help Me, I'm Hungry
Entire Song: G#5 F#5 A#5 F5
Here She Comes Now
Verse:
2 7 7 12 (10) 10 93 7 7 7 11 11 (9) 9 9 7
If You Must
Drop D Tuning
Verse:
3 54 6 5
Bridge:
PM---------|
play 4x then
chorus riff 4x then
play 4x
I Hate Myself And Want To Die
Drop D
Intro
Verse
3 5 5 5 5Chorus4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 8
Solo:
3 0 3 24 0 4 3 2 3202 5 3 2
Junkyard
Verse:
Marigold
Tune Down 1/2 step
Verse:
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(the strumming might be a bit off, but you get the idea)
Misery Loves Company
(This entire song is Bass)
Verse:
4: 0/12 NH 12 1
Chorus
play 4x then
1
Moist Vagina
Tune down 1/2 step
Intro/Verse:
1 2 2play 2x, then play A5 C5
Oh, The Guilt
IntroPick strings below the bridge, twice clean, once with destortion, then play:
play 4x, then play
Riff LAVerse: Riff A 4x
Chorus LA5 SOL#5 DO#5
Opinion
Entire Song: Bb5 F#5 C#5 F5
Pen Cap Chew
Intro6: 0 0 0 0 3~~~
PM-----|
play that 3x then play
4: 2 2 2 2 )~~~
5 2 2 2 2 46 0 0 0 0PM-----|
play Riff A once again, then play
4: 2 2 2 2 )~~~
PM-----|
then play riff A twice
Verse: E5 palm muted, then later in the verse, Riff A
Chorus: B5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 G5 D5 F5(8th Fret)
Postchorus: B5 D5 F5
Return Of The Rat
Verse: G#5 B5 F#5
Chorus: Bb5 B5 G#5 play 3x then:
End Of Chorus: F#5 B5 C#5
Solo:
4: 4/6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 / 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 9 9 / 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 11 9 9 9
2 / 12
3: 12~~~ 11 11^12^11
play that 4x, then play:
4 6 5
Spank Thru
Quiet Part
Intro/Verse: A G D
Chorus RE5 LA5 FA5 SOL5
Loud Part
Verse:
B5 D5 A5 play 3x then
SI5 SOL5 FA5
Talk to Me
Verse: G5 B5 C5 G5\F5 Bb5
Chorus3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
The Money Will Roll Right In
Intro/Verse:
Token Eastern Song
Verse: B5 G5 F5 E5 B5/D5 A5 C5
play 6x then
SOL#5 FA#5
Verse Chorus Verse
Verse: C#5 A5 F#5 G#5 A5 B5
Solo: ) ) ) )(
3 / 6 6 / 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 (8) 6
3 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
4 11 13 13 13 11 11 10 9 8 8 6 6 2
5: 4~~~
1) Power Chords
MI5 FA5 FA#5 SOL5 SOL#5 LA5 SIb5 SI5 DO5 DO#5 RE5|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|------9--------10----------------
|-2----9---3----10---4---5---6---7
|-2-or-7---3-or--8---4---5---6---7
|-0--------1---------2---3---4---5
...
-|--------------------------------
-|-----------------------------3--
-|----2---3---4---5---6---7----2--
-|----2---3---4---5---6---7-or-0--
-|-or-0---1---2---3---4---5-------
-|--------------------------------
...
-|-----|
-|-----|
-|-8---|
-|-8---|
-|-6---|
-|-----|
2) Major Chords (bar chords except
..for F not included)
|-0---1---3---0---2---0---2-|
|-0---1---0---2---4---1---3-|
|-1---2---0---2---4---0---2-|
|-2---3---0---2---4---2---0-|
|-2---3---2---0---2---3-----|
|-0---1---3-----------0-----|
3) Minor Chords
|-0---1---3---0---2---3---1-|
|-0---1---3---1---3---4---3-|
|-0---1---3---2---4---5---2-|
|-2---3---0---2---4---5---0-|
|-2---3-------0-------------|
|-0---1---------------------|
TUNINGS
Standard Tuning: E A D G B E
How To Get It: Tune the low E
..string to a tuner or another
..guitar
Tune the A string to the
..5th fret of the low E string
Tune the D string to the
..5th fret of the A string
Tune the G string to the
..5th fret of the D string
Tune the B string to the
..4th fret of the G string
Tune the high E string to
..the 5th fret of the B string
Down 1/2 Step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
How To Get It: Tune the 6th fret
..of the E string to the A string
Retune the rest of the
..guitar as in standard tuning
Down A Whole Step: D G C F A D
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret
..of the E string to the A string
Retune the rest of the
..guitar as in standard tuning
Drop D: D A D G B E
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret
..of the low E string to the A
..string
Alt. Tuning 1: D A D G B F
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret
..of the low E string to the A
..string
Tune the high E string to
..the 6th fret of the B string
Alt. Tuning 2: Eb Ab Db Gb B E
How To Get It: Tune the first 4
..strings down 1/2 step
Leave the last 2 strings
..in standard tuning
SOME NOTES ON FEEDBACK AND
..NOISEMAKING
When It came to making noise using
..nothing but his guitar, Kurt
..Cobain was
a geinus. In fact, IMHO, the only
..person who I have seen make
..BETTER noise
would have to be Thurston Moore of
..Sonic Youth. It would impossible
..to
accuratly re-create alot of the
..sounds that Kurt achives with
..his guitar
(ie. Endless Nameless, Radio
..Friendly Unit Shifter,
..Gallons...), since
alot of it was improvised. This is
..why this book may actually be
..better than
published tabs...they actually try
..to tab noise jams like the RFUS
..outro and
the Scentless Apperentice solo,
..and it is very frustrating when
..you are doing
exactly what the book tells you
..and it still sounds wrong. My
..solution to
this problem: create your own
..feedback.
As you may or may not know,
..feedback is that ringing noise
..that occurs when
you play at a high volume, or play
..too close to the amp, or leave
..your guitar
sitting next to the amp when it is
..still turned on. There is some
..scientific
explination for this, like it
..makes the coils in the pickups
..vibrate, or
something like that. Basically, it
..occurs in strange situations
..when you
don't want it, but when you DO
..want it it is a pain in the ass
..to get!
There are several techniques that
..I use that produce decent
..feedback/noise.
One is bending. I find that if you
..do a double bend on your high E
..and B
strings anywhere above the 10th
..fret (as you see in Endless
..Nameless), it
will be loud and ring, and (if
..you're lucky) echo.
Another is harmonics. Feedback
..will usually occur instantly
..when you strike
a high pitched harmonic. This is
..quite effective when you have to
..come up
with a certain pitched feedback,
..if you can remember which
..harmonics make
which pitches. It doesn't work as
..well with 12th and 7th fret
..harmonics,
though. If you want GOOD feedback,
..go for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th
..fret
harmonics. Sometimes, depeniding
..on the kind of guitar you have,
..you will
be able to take harmonics above
..the pickups. If you are able to
..do this, go
for it, cause you can't really get
..any more high pitched than that!
One method I have seen Kurt do in
..concert (you can witness this
..before Breed
on the MTV Live And Loud vid) that
..is quite effective is tapping
..the back of
the neck. You should try hitting
..the upper neck with either your
..pick or
fingers, behind the first or
..second fret. If the destortion
..is high enough,
it will produce a cool sounding
..rumbling noise at first, then
..become
screeching feedback.
Another technique used in Oh The
..Guilt is picking the strings
..above the nut
or below the bridge. It produces
..various high-pitched rings,
..which produce
excellent feedback. However, the
..strings must be struck somewhat
..hard, or
the sound may not be picked up.
If you would like to use the
..natural approach, simply turn up
..the volume
on your amp. It will eventually
..start ringing, and as you move
..your guitar
around in different positions the
..pitch will change. If you're
..lucky,
you may actually be able to pick
..up radio stations with this
..method!
Two things you should be aware of
..when doing this are:
1) Feedback occurs much more
..readily when the pickups are
..facing away
from the amp. An easy thing to
..do is take off your guitar and
..place it
up against the cabinet with the
..strings facing outward. This
..would save
lots of waiting.
2) Different pickups create
..different pitch feedback. You
..may want to try
using your pickup switch,
..especially if you have a strat
..or a strat
imitation. This can produce
..anything from a low growl to a
..high scream.
Again, you should expariment on
..your own.
There are various other
..noisemaking methods...so many
..that I will not be able
to list them all. Two that must
..not be ignored, however, are the
..whammy bar
and the pick scrape.
The whammy bar is probably the
..most useful tool in producing
..noise. What it
is is a bar attached to the bridge
..of the guitar which, when
..depressed,
lowers the pitch of the strings by
..raising the bridge. You can hear
..this in
action at the end of Stay Away,
..where Kurt drops the strings as
..far as they
go, raises them, and drops them
..again and again. However,
..dropping the pitch
of the strings is only one use for
..the whammy bar, as it can be
..used to make
exaggerated vibratos and other
..such noises. Depending on what
..model guitar
you have, the whammy bar will be
..built differently. On strat
..models, the
bridge is pretty well attached to
..the guitar, and the bar will
..only be able
to lower the pitch. However, on
..Ibanezes, the bridge is just
..sorta floating
there, so the whammy bar can be
..used both ways...raising AND
..lowering the
pitch. There is really not a hell
..of lot I can say about HOW to
..use this as
it isn't a very complicated tool.
..(It has two positions...up and
..down.
How much more simple can it be??)
..You hould just fool around with
..your own
and get familiar with it and the
..noises it can make and soon you
..will be able
to produce decent noise with it.
Pick scrapes are very underrated,
..as they seem to produce one kind
..of noise.
Actually, there are many things
..you can do with pick scrapes
..aside from just
scraping the low E or A strings
..and making the same old usual
..sound. One is
scraping actually above the
..pickups (which Kurt does at the
..end of Heart
Shaped Box) which produces a more
..high pitched sound. Another is
..using the
same top to bottom method on your
..higher strings (B and high E).
..Or you
could just scrape all the strings
..over the pickups. This is
..another method
that must be exparimented with so
..that you can come up sounds that
..you like.
Of course there are various other
..methods that Kurt used that I'm
..not going
to get into, basically because my
..knowledge of feedback and
..noisemaking is
very limited compared to his.
..However, this should provide you
..with somewhat
of a guide so that you too can
..make noise with your guitar!
TABULATURE DEFINITION
What all the little symbols in the
..tab mean...
)=Bend
/=slide
~~=vibrato
^=hammeron/pulloff
PM=Palm mute
*=uncontrolled feedback
x\x=pick scrape
NH=Natural Harmonic
+=Tremelo Pick
)=Unison Bend
)|=ghost bend
|\=ghost bend and release
@@@@@=Smash Guitar :)
BLEACH
1)Blew
Alt. Tuning 1
Intro
Verse:
14: 3 5 5 5 5 (5) 5 3/5 5 3~~~
0 0..5\3/5 5 5\3/5 5
5 56 0Chorus
play 3x then:
4 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Solo:
(In standard tuning; I haven't
..figured it out in the alt.
..tuning yet)
2:10~~~10 10 10 10 8 0 8
..10
3 8 10 8 10
2:10/13 12~~ (12) 12/15 15 15/17
..17 15
2:(18) 18 18 (18)18~~~~18~~~~~18
..16
3 (18) (18) (18)
2:16\15 15\13 15 13^15^13^0 11/12
..13 13~
23 8 8 10 10 8
"you can do anything"
6 0 0 3 5 5 6 5play that 1x then
play that twice then
6 0 3 5 5 5 / 0
2) Floyd The Barber
Verse: F5 E5
Solo
5: 0 1 3~~ 3 1 0 1 3
6: 1~~ 1 0 1 3
..play that 3x then:
5 / / / 7
6: 1~~ 1 0 1 3 3 0
3) About A Girl
Verse: Em G
Chorus DO#5 SOL#5 FA#5
Solo
3 / 12 12
play that 4x, then back to the
..chorus riff
4) School
Intro
Verse:
) ) )~~~
6 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bridge:
4 11 11 115 10 10 10
Solo:
2 7
3:2 2 2 2 2 2~~~~~ 0 2 0 0 2
..(0)
4 0 0 22 11 8 8 10
1 ) )10 10 10 9 7 72 8 10 10 10 10 10
3: 9 7 7 9 7 7 9 9 9~~~~~ 9 7 7
..7\6 6 6\4
)3: 4 2 2^0 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6 (11)
5) Love Buzz
This was recorded accidently tuned
..up a half step. The way it is
..tabbed here
sounds 1/2 step lower than it is
..on the CD.
Intro (Bass tabbed for guitar):
5 4 5 46: 5 x 3 5 6 play 4x
Intro (Guitar)
A5 chord 4x, then this:
play that 4x, then play this:
Riff SI3 6 7 6play that 4x, then Riff A 4x
..substituting the following
..strange bend for
the pullofs the last time:
)~~~
Verse: Bass Intro Riff
Chorus: Guitar Intro Riff
repeat those riffs a couple of
..times until the solo at which
..point it gets
strange and frightening. This part
..cannot be tabbed...
6) Paper Cuts-
Tune Down A 1/2 Step
PM---------| PM--|
Verse:
Same as intro, except replace pick
..scrape with this riff
Chorus
"The lady I feel maternal love
..for..."
E5 chord with a variation of the
..above riff.
"I say so..."
4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 8 85 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 8 8"Nirvana!"
4 7 6 6 9 8 8
Post Chorus Riff:
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 45 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4PM--| PM--| PM
7) Negative Creep
Tune Down A Whole step
Verse:
PM-| PM-----| PM-| PM-----| PM-| PM-----|
)~~~
6 0 0 0 5repeat, except replace the ending
..bend with this bend:
)~~~
5 14Chorus5 7 7 5 6 6 6 5 8 8 5
play that 8x
8) Scoff
Intro/Verse:
4PM---------------------|
"Gimmie Back My Alcohol"
46: 2 2 repeat
"Gimmie Baaaaaack!"
"Heal A Million"
3 5 5 5 5 7 74 5 5 5 5 7 7
Post Chorus:
34 9 9 8 7 9 9 8
Solo:
play that 4x then
3 7 6 7 6 7 6 / 9 8 9 8 9 8 / 11play that 2x
/ 11
9) Swap Meet
Alt. Tuning 2
Verse:
4: 1/2 bend 5 4
..1/2 bend 5 4
5 ) 5 46: 3 0 3 3p2p0
.. 3 0 3
6: 3p2p0.
Chorus
A, C and then this riff:
Solo:
12 7 5 01 02 7 5 0 3
1
Ending:
3- 2 2 2 2 24- 3 3 3 3 3 2
10) Mr. Moustache
Intro5 2 1repeat many times
Verse: G5 F5
Chorus SI5 LA5 DO SOL5 FA#5 FA5
11) Siftings
IntroPM-----|
Verse:
PM---| PM---|
Pre Chorus:
4 5PM---|
Solo:
1: )~~~
3: )7(
..)~~~ )7( )~~~
PM---| PM---| PM---| PM---| PM---|
3 )7( )7( )7(
PM---| PM---| PM---|
After this it lapses into another
..Cobain-esque random noise solo,
..and it is
not possible to tab.
12) Big Cheese
Intro5 10 9play 4x
Verse:
NH-|
play that 7x then play this:
5 10 9 9 96 8 7 7 7 0 0PM-|
Chorus
play 8x then:
play that 4x
Solo:
play that 3x, then:
2 12 12 13 13 13 13 10 13 12 13
13) Downer
Verse: E5 C5
Chorus: A5 A#5 B5 A#5 play that
..8x then:
E5 C5 play that 4x then:
A5 A#5 E5(7th fret) F5(8th fret)
..play that 2x
NEVERMIND
1) Smells Like Teen Spirit
/ FA5 SIb5 SOL#5 DO#5Verse:
1 12 1
Pre-Chorus:
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Post-Chorus: )
Solo: )
repeat that 2x then play:
6 6 8 8 (8) 6 5
repeat that 3x then play:
4: 6 5 6 5 6 5 6^5 3~~~~(let
..feedback ring through verse)
2) In Bloom
Verse: A#5 F#5 D#5 B5 A5
Chorus: A#5 G5 play that 4x then:
Solo:
12: )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ )
..( ) (
3 8 81
3: 6 6/8 6 8 8
) ).. 6 8 (8) 8~~6 8
(.. (8)
1 ) )
2:(11) 11 (11)~~~
3
1 ) (
2:~~11 (11) 11/
.. 8 8 8
.. 7
3
3) Come As You Are
Tune Down A Whole Step
Intro/Verse:
5 0 0 2 2
Pre Chorus: F#m A
Solo:
3: 6~~~ 9 11\6 6~~~ 9 11\6 6~~~ 9
12)..11 11 11 11~~ 9 6
play 8x
Verse
3 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 113 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 )
Solo:
3 19 20 /
5) Lithium
Tune Down A Whole Step
Verse:
3 5Chorus MI5 SOL#5 DO#5 LA5 DO5 RE5 SI5 RE5
Bridge: A5 C5
6) Polly
Verse: E5 G5 D5 C5
7) Territorial Pissings
Verse And Chorus: A5 F5(8th fret)
..D5
Bridge:
PM-|
play that 15x then play this:
2 7
8) Drain You
Verse: A5 C#5 F#5 B5
Chorus LA5 SOL5 FA#5A5 F#5 play that 3x
MI5 RE5 MIb5
Solo:
feedback for a few bars then this:
dist. on dist. off
play that 4x, then play this:
2 7 6 5 4 33: 6\5\4\3\2 6/7~~ 4~~ 5
..6~~ 7 8~~ 9 10~~~~~~~
4 7 6 5 4 3
9) Lounge Act
Verse: B5 G5 C5
Chorus: E5 A5 D5 C5 play that 4x
..then
A5 G#5 G5 play that 2x
10) Stay Away
/3 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 6
Verse: )(
3 / 5 5 5 (5)
Bridge:
2 3 )(
11) On A Plain
Drop D Tuning
Verse:
play that 2x then play:
play that once, then Riff A once
..again
Bridge:
12) Something In The Way
Drop D Tuning Down Two Whole Steps
Verse:
4 4 0
INCESTICIDE
All of the tunings on this album
..are a little bit off. By this I
..mean that
when my tuner says that my guitar
..is in tune, the songs sound
..about a 1/4
step lower. This may be the result
..of something that happened in
..the studio.
These are all fairly accurate
..tabbings in standard tuning.
1) Dive
Verse
3 / 9 94 2 / 9 9
B5 C#5 G5 E5(7h fr) then intro
..riff
play this 2x
then intro riff 3x
Solo )( )(
3 3 1 3 (3) 1 3 (3) 14 2play that 4x
2) Sliver
Bass Intro:
1
Verse: C5 F5 C5 A5
Chorus LA5 DO5
3) Stain
Drop D Tuning
Intro4 0 1
Verse:
4 2 2 x 2 1 1 1 / x 25 2 2 x 2 1 1 1 / x 2Chorus
4) Been A Son
Drop D Tuning
Verse:
2 3 3Chorus
5) Turnaround
Bass Intro:
5 / 7 7 7 7 7 7Verse:
)hold bend(
Chorus RE5 DO5 LA5 RE5 DO5 SOL5 FA5 SOL5
6) Molly's Lips
Entire Song: G5/C5
Ending
1 3 3
7) Son Of A Gun
Verse: A5 E5 D5 E5
8) (New Wave) Polly
Same as Polly on Nevermind, except
..with heavy distortion and at a
faster tempo
9) Beeswax
Verse:
Chorus4 2 5 5 2
Bridge: )~~~
3 / 3 3 34 3 3 3 2
10) Downer
Same as on Bleach
11) Mexican Seafood
/1 4 2 1
Verse:
4 6 x x x x 6 x x x x 6 4 6 x x x x 6 x x x x 6 9
Solo:
play that 4x then
4 2 1 0play that 4x
Outro Riff:
6 5 4 5 4 5 4 3play that 8x, then a B5 chord
12) Hairspray Queen
Bassline:
Intro
play that chord for a few
..measures, make up your own
..rhythm. Then
you play this repeating annoying
..riff:
1: 4 6 7 8 9 9 13\
../7~~ 7\6 6\4 4/6 6
2: 4 6 7 8 8 9 13\
../7~~ 7\6 6\4 4/6 6
play that 2x, and after the second
..time play some
harmonics for a few measures.
The next time you play that riff,
..instead of playing
harmonics, do this:
4: 9~~~ 9\8 8\6 6/8 8
5: 9~~~ 9\8 8\6 6/8 8
6: 7~~~ 7\6 6\5 5/6 6
Outro:
play that 4x, then an E5
13) Aero Zeppelin
Intro/Verse
play that 2x as an intro
during verse, play 3x, then play
on repeat, play the second half on
..the above riff 2x
Bridge
Riff SI4 2 2 2 2play that 4x as a brigde, then
3 3..play
Riff DO3 4 4 4 4 4 / 7 7 7 9
play that 3x, then play
3 3 2 2 1 13 4 4 4 4 4 / 7 7 7 94 4 4 4 4 4 / 7 7 7 9
5 4 3 2 1 4 3
5 4 3 2 16 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1
then play
4 2 25 2 2play that 4x
that was all Riff C in case you
..were wondering :)
Verse: E5 B5 E5 G5
After solo: Riff B 4x, Riff C,
..then Riff A 2x
14) Big Long Now
Intro/Verse:
23 0PM-| PM---| PM
"Can We Show Our Faces Now?"
Chorus
End Of Chorus
15) Aneurysm
Intro/Outro: F#5 C5 B5 A5
play that 4x then:
3: 3~~~~~3/4 4 4 4 4/5 5 5 5 5/6 6
..6 6 6/7 7 7 7 7/8 8 8 8
3 / 9 9 9 /
Verse: B5 (palm muted) D5
Chorus FA#5 LA5 SI5 LA5Solo:
3: 3~~~~~3/4 4 4 4 4/5 5 5 5 5/6 6
..6 6 6/7 7 7 7 7/8 8 8 8
3 / 9 9 9 / 10 10 10 / 11 11 11 / 12 12 12
3 / / / / / / /
IN UTERO
1)Serve The Servents
Intro1 14 0 9
Verse:
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
Chorus1
12 6 6 6 6 6 6
Post Chorus:
2 11 / 13 /
Solo :
.........hold
..bend............................
2 ) 0 0 (
4 ) )
1: ~~~0
2 02 / 10 10 10 8
2 0 0 03 2 2 2 0
2) Scentless Apprentice
Drop D Tuning Down 1/2 step
/1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 /play that 4x then play:
4 4 4 0 4 0 4 4 4 4 0 45 4 4 0 4 0 4 4 4 4 0 4
Verse: (gradual bend)
1/4---1/2-----1-------1&1/2-->
2 0)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Pre Chorus:
5 3 3 3 3 / 5 5 5 / 7 7 7 /
3) Heart Shaped Box
Drop D Tuning
Intro/Verse
3 2 24 / 4 4 4 05 3 3
Chorus
play that 4x then: )
Solo
4) Rape Me
Intro/2nd & 3rd Verse/Chorus: A5
..C5 E5 G5
1st Verse:
3 5Bridge: C#5 A5 G5 F#5 F5 G#5 E5 G5
..F#5 F5
5) Frances Farmer Will Have Her
..Revenge On Seattle
Verse: G#5 E5 G5 E5 G5 G#5 E5 G5
..E5 G5 B5
Chorus: C#5 E5(7th fret) D5 B5
play that 3x then:
Solo:
3 9 9 9 9play 3x then
3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 64 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
play that whole thing 2x, then
..play the end of the chorus
6) Dumb
Verse/Chorus: E5 A5 G5 C5
Bridge: B5 C5
7) Very Ape
Rhythm Guitar
Intro
Verse:
Repeat intro until " I'm very ape
.... " Then play this
Lead Guitar
Intro3 14 14 14 12 / 15 12 12 14
First Verse :
3 14 14 12 / 15 12 12 14 14
Second Verse :
"I've seen it all, I was here
..first " :
3 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 / 14 14 12 12 / 15Chorus2 / 20
2 13 16 16 16 / 19
8) Milk It
Guitar 1
1 12 11 5 x x x 7Guitar 2
1: 7 5 7 7 7 7/9 6 4
.. 10 11 16dontpick
2: 6 7 6 5 4 3 8 5
..5/0 rake- 9
3 5 6 /Chorus
Bridge:
1 8 31 3
Verse:
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
9) Pennyroyal Tea
Verse: Am G
Chorus DO5 RE5 SIb5Solo
1 3 3 3 3 2 0
10) Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Intro )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )()( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )(
1
End Of Intro/Chorus:
12
Verse:
12 131
Bridge:
12
Outro:
1: @
2: @
3: @ *
4: @
5: @
6: @
(yeah, right. Like I was gonna tab
..THAT...)
11) Tourettes
Verse: F5 A5 Bb5 F#5
Chorus
12) All Apologies
Drop D tuning down 1/2 step
Intro/Verse
play that 3x then play this:
Chorus: G5 (3rd fret bar on low D
..A and D strings)
"Married" A5
Outro: Play verse riff about a
..million times
UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK
All guitars in this preformance
..were tuned down 1/2 step.
Since the versions of their own
..songs preformed are pretty much
the same, all I am including is
..the 6 cover songs.
1) Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
Intro/Verse: E D A Asus4 A
2) The Man Who Sold The World
Intro/Post Chorus Riff:
3 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0play 6x
Verse: A D A F C A D C
Outro:
play Intro 8x, then play
3:/9~~~~~\ 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2
..0 2^3^2 0 /10~~~~~
3: 9 9\7 7~~~~~ 7 7/9 9~~~~~\2 2 2
..0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0
3: /10~~~~~ 9 9\7 7~~~~~ 9~~~~~ 2
..2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0
..2~~~
3) Plateau
Verse:
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
1 3 6 3 6 3
play that 3x, then play
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
1 0 0
Pre Chorus:
Chorus1 / 3
Pre Outro:
1 4 4 6
Outro:
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
play that a few times.
4) Oh Me
Intro/Verse:
Riff LA1 0 0 01 0
play that 1x as an intro.
During the verse, play Riff A 2x,
..then play this:
1 0 0 0
Chorus SOL MI
End Of Chorus:
Solo:
Guitar 1 plays Riff A
Guitar 2
1 3 22: 3 3^5~ 5
..3 5 5 5\3
..3 5~~
3: 2 4~
.. 4 2 2 2/4
4 2 2 4
5) Lake Of Fire
/Guitar 1
3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5Guitar 2
..)( )(
2 5
Guitar 1
3 3
Guitar 1
(not really this slow...tabbed
..this way because of Guitar 2's
..part)
3Guitar 2
(very fast)
2: 11 11 11 11 11 11\ 6
..6/8~
3: /10 10 10 10 10 10 \5 5
.. /7~
Verse: Dm Bb Dm A
Solo:
2: 11 11 11 11 11 11\ 6
..6/8~ 11 11 11 11 11 11
3: /10 10 10 10 10 10 \5 5
.. /7~ /10 10 10 10 10 10
4
1
2: 6~~ 6~
.. 6~~ /3 3
3: 0 5/7 7~ 7\5 3
.. 5/7 7\
4 5 0 3 31 ) ) )
6) Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Riff1 0the rest of the song is simply
.. variations on that chord
..progression
B-SIDES AND RARITIES
Baba O'Riley
Intro
Verse/Outro: E5 B5 A5
Beans
Verse:
5 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6End Of Verse
5 6 66 6 6 4
Blandest
Intro/Verse:
4 85 7 86: 9 9 6~~~
Chorus
5: /10 3 4 5 4 3~~ 1 3 4 5
/..5 4 3 1 /10
play 4x, replacing the verse riff
3..for the final chord the last
..time
Solo:
4: 8~~~
5 ) )6: 8 8 6~~~
Curmudgeon
Verse:
3 7Chorus FA#5 MIb5 SOL5 MI5 LA5 8x
RE-7
Quiet Part
4 2 0 2 0 2 0 23 2 2 x x 0 2
4 2 0
Loud Part
MI5 FA5 SOL5 FA5 (4x)LA5 SIb5 SI5 SIb5 (2x)
Solo:
1: )~~~~ )~~~~ )
..)~~~~~~~~ )
2: 4 4 4 3 )~~~~~~~~ 4
.. 4 3 )~~~~~~~
3 0 3 0 31 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 77777 77
1 7 7 7 7 102 6 6 6 6 9
Do You Love Me
/3 3 /Verse: C5 Bb5
Solo:
2 8 6 5 6 8 6play 4 times then:
2 10 8 7 8 10 8
play 3 times then:
2 10 8 7 8 7 6
Endless Nameless
PM----------|
play 4x then:
)~~~~~
1 14)PM----| PM----| PM----------|
)~~~~~
..)~~~~~
PM----------| PM----------|
)~~~~~~~~~~~~
Verse:
) ) ) )
Outro:
1: @
2: @
3: @ *
4: @
5: @
6: @
(Same as Radio Friendly Unit
..Shifter...lotsa noise)
Even In His Youth
Verse: C5 G5 G#5 G5
Chorus: F5 (8th Fret) C#5 G#5 D#5
Solo:
2 3 2 03: 1 1~~ 1 1
play that 7x then play
Formaldehyde
Bassline:
Guitar Part:
3 14 12 11 10 11 10 9 8 9 8 7 6 6 5 6 7 6 5
Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow
..Through The Strip
Main Riff:
2 3 0"I haven't had a date forever...":
..C5 B5 Bb5
Help Me, I'm Hungry
Entire Song: G#5 F#5 A#5 F5
Here She Comes Now
Verse:
2 7 7 12 (10)
If You Must
Drop D Tuning
Verse:
3 54 6 5
Bridge:
PM---------|
play 4x then
chorus riff 4x then
play 4x
I Hate Myself And Want To Die
Drop D
Intro
Verse
3 5 5 5 5Chorus4 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 8
Solo:
3 0 3 2
Junkyard
Verse:
3 / 9 9
Marigold
Tune Down 1/2 step
Verse:
12
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(the strumming might be a bit off,
..but you get the idea)
Misery Loves Company
(This entire song is Bass)
Verse:
124: 0/12 NH 12 1
play 4x then
Moist Vagina
Tune down 1/2 step
Intro/Verse:
play 2x, then play A5 C5
Chorus MI5 SI5
Oh, The Guilt
IntroPick strings below the bridge,
..twice clean, once with
..destortion, then play:
play 4x, then play
Riff LAVerse: Riff A 4x
5 5 0 4 4Chorus LA5 SOL#5 DO#5
Opinion
Entire Song: Bb5 F#5 C#5 F5
Pen Cap Chew
IntroRiff LA6: 0 0 0 0 3~~~
PM-----|
play that 3x then play
4: 2 2 2 2 )~~~
PM-----|
play Riff A once again, then play
4: 2 2 2 2 )~~~
5 2 2 2 2 4 4 2PM-----|
then play riff A twice
Verse: E5 palm muted, then later
..in the verse, Riff A
Chorus: B5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 G5 D5
..F5(8th Fret)
Postchorus: B5 D5 F5
Return Of The Rat
Verse: G#5 B5 F#5
Chorus: Bb5 B5 G#5 play 3x then:
SIb5 SI5 SIb5 SOL#5End Of Chorus: F#5 B5 C#5
Solo:
4:
..4/6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 / 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 9 9 / 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 11 9 9
2 / 12
3: 12~~~ 11 11^12^11
4 14play that 4x, then play:
Spank Thru
Quiet Part
Intro/Verse: A G D
Loud Part
Verse:
45 2 )(B5 D5 A5 play 3x then
Talk to Me
Verse: G5 B5 C5 G5\F5 Bb5
Chorus
The Money Will Roll Right In
Intro/Verse:
6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Token Eastern Song
Verse: B5 G5 F5 E5 B5/D5 A5 C5
Chorus SOL#5 MIb5 SI5 RE5play 6x then
SOL#5 FA#5
Verse Chorus Verse
Verse: C#5 A5 F#5 G#5 A5 B5
Chorus DO#5 LA5 FA#5 LA5 FA#5 LA5 FA#5Solo:
LA5 SOL#5.. ) ) ) )(
5 1 2 2 )(
4 11 13 13 13 11 11 10 9 8 8 6
5:
6 2.. 4~~~
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