From:  C.Watt@cranfield.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 09:22:43 EDT
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Subject: Heart Shaped Box tab - Nirvana

'iya America, 'iya world, I'm Lucy Watt (aged 16) from 
Clophill, Bedfordshire, England.
I am the drummer for a band that is at the moment called Shrug.
Andrew Lock, Martyn Foster, Scott Greenshields and I 
(who make up Hug) usually play our own music, but we also 
like to do some covers of Nirvana, Hendrix, Pearl Jam, 
Radiohead, Blind Melon, the Jesus Lizard etc.
In return for the transcripts we have used from you 
we would like to give you Heart-Shaped Box, which my Dad worked out. 

*********************************************************
               Heart-Shaped Box     By Nirvana

e--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------
D--------9-----------5-----------2--2--------------------
A-----9-----9-----5-----5-----2--------2-----------------
E--7-----------3-----------0--------------0--------------


---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------0/1--1--1--1---------------
--------9-----------5-----------------------2-----2------
-----9-----9-----5-----5-----------------------2---------
--7-----------3-----------0------------------------------


For the chords we are not so sure of the exact notes so we play:

e-(7)-(3)--0---               This is played up until the 
B-(7)-(3)--0---               end of the chorus repeatedly,
G-(8)-(4)--1---               until the "Your priceless
D--9---5---2---               advice" where instead of 
A--9---5---2---               going E-7-3-0-7-3-0 it goes
E--7---3---0---               E-7-3-0-3-0-3.  I hope you 
                              follow that as it is pretty simple.
We would be pleased to receive any improvements.

                              See ya 'gain,
                              Luce and the rest of Hug.

HEART-SHAPED BOX Lyrics (from In Utero):

She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for a week
I was drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black

Hey
Wait
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hate
Haight
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey
Wait
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice

Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath
Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back

c.watt@silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk


From: KLeonard@aol.com

"Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana

(This transcription is from my own attempts, and a little is from a Guitar
World mag that I happened to be skimming thru.)
First Drop D tuning (where you tune the lowest string down one whole step to
D), then tune everything down 1/2 step.  So, from low to high, the tuning is
  Db  Ab  Db  Gb  Bb  Eb

Then the intro and verse go like this:

   Ab5             E5                Db5
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------2-----------------------------------------
----2---2--------3------------0----0-----------
--0------------3---3--------0----0---0---------
-------------3----------0-----------------------


  Ab5              E5                    Bb5
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
------2-----------------------------------------
----2---2--------3--------4-4--4---------------
--0------------3---3----------0---3-3-----2-----
-------------3----------0-----------------------

The verse ends with that Bb5 pattern with distortion.  Then the chorus is
just those chords in the verse but with bent notes mixed in.

  Ab5                  E5                      Bb5
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
--2--2----4*---------4*------4-4---4--------4*
--2--2---------3--3---------------0---3-3-----
--0--0---------3--3----------------------------
---------------3--3----------------------------

*bend 1/2

Then the bridge repeats this below pattern twice, then does that famous Bb5
pattern from the chorus:

  E5                                          Db5
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--

  At the end of the song, the Bb5 pattern is played as normal, but let the
notes ring, and that's what creates that weird guitar sound.
  I'm nearly positive about most of the above stuff, but I'm not exactly sure
about that Bb5 pattern, but that's what that magazine said so I'm goin' with
that for now <feeble g>.  If anyone knows the solo, pleez post it!

keith


From: leper.messiah@njackn.com

Here's the REAL way to play Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana on In Utero.
The tuning is a little weird, you gotta tune the low E string so that the 8th
fret is A:
 
        E A D G B e
       5| 0 | | | |   (the E is tuned 1 1/2 steps down)
        | 0 | | | |
        | 0 | | | |
        8 0 | | | |
        | 0 | | | |
        | 0 | | | |
        | 0 | | | |
        \ /
         |
   matching pitches
 
Heart-Shaped Box
Intro (Verses Riff) (Second guitar hits matching chords a little after the
first guitar) (clean tone)
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----6--------2----|--------------------|-----6--------2---|--3-3---3--3-4-|
|---6---6----2---2--|---------4(4)---4---|---6---6----2---2-|------2--2---2-|
|-7--------3--------|-0(0)--7------7---7-|-7--------3-------|-(0)--------(0)|
                                                             \_____________/
                                                                    |
chorus                                                distorted before chorus
(distorted) (both guitars transcribed on same staff, second guitar higher)
     (U-B)
    uni-bend U-B            U-B 6x
|------|-----|--|------------|---|-------------------------------------|
|-----0|----0|--|-----------0|---|-------------------------------------|
|.----3'----3'--|-----------3'--.|.-----------------------------------.|
|.--------------|-3-3-3-3-------.|.-----------------------------------.|
|---------------|---------2-2(2)-|--9---9---9--9--9--9--6--6-6-6--6-6--|
|-7-7---3-3-----|----------------|-10--10--10-10-10-10--7--7-7-7--7-7--|  
Hey!  Wait!                                                    Your..
(uni-bend: [unison bend] note is bent up to match higher note's pitch)
 
solo: (no second guitar behind it)
|-bend and return---------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|.----9/\-----5/\------2/-\--0-------.|-----------|--------------|
|.7-7------3-3------0-0--------4-2---.|-----------|--------------|
|-------------------------------------|-6-(6)-----|*6-(6)--------|
|-------------------------------------|-7-(7)-----|*7-(7)--------|
                                                   * chord is hit w/fingers
 outro                          U-B
|--------------------------------|-----|----------------------|---------|
|-------------------------------0|-----|----------------------|---------|
|.------------------------------3'\---.|----------------------|---------|
|.------------------------------------.|-3-3-3-3--3-3-(3)-----|---------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--6--6-6-6--6-|----------2-2-(2)-----|---------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7--7-7-7--7-|----------------------|-X/------|
                                                                pick slide
If anyone has the bass part for this, please post it!
 _________________________
|Leper.Messiah@Rushnet.com|
|Leper.Messiah@njackn.com |
 \\\\\\\\\\\//////////////



                               By Kurt Cobain
 
     Here is another song from Nirvana, "Heart-shaped box".
 The rhy.fig.1 includes slight (I mean very slight) variation
 in each line he says, but you can just play it like that, 
 it sounds the same. I heard in a report that this HE wrote
 it because or influenced (I don't really remember) by a gift
 Courtney gave to Kurt, a Heart-shaped box with chocolates in it,
 I don't really know so if you don't believe it maybe you're right.
 It's a nice song.

       Key Notation.-

              /=slide up      p=pull up
              \=slide down    h=hammer on
               1/2
               /                              
             /   = bend 1/2 or full, etc.
           /

              1/2
             /   \ = bend and release 1/2 or full, etc.



 Tune down.- Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb
 or in other words dropped Db tunning or some shit like that

 rhy.fig.1
 Gtr.1
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 ------2----------------------------------------
 ----2---2---------3-------------0-----0--------
 --0------------3-----3-------0-----0-----0-----
 ------------3-------------0--------------------
 Gtr.2
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 ------------3-------------0--------------------

 Gtr.1                       (end of rhy.fig. 1)
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -------2---------------------------------------
 --2--2---2-------3----------/4--4----4-----4-0-
 --0------------3-------------------0----3--3---
 -------------3-------3---0---------------------
 
 Gtr.2
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 --2--------------------------------------------
 --0--------------------------------------------
 -------------3-----------0---------------------
 
 Fill A
   w/distortion
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 --/4--4-----4----------------------------------
 ---------0-----3--3p0--------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------

 rhy.fig. 2
 w/distortion             
              1/2            1/2
 ------------/--------------/-------------------  1/2
 -----------/--------------/-------------------- /
 --2--2----4--------------4--------------------/
 --2--2------------3--3------------4--4---4---4-
 --0--0------------3--3-----------------0---3---
 ------------------3--3----------0--------------

 Fill B                                
                                       1/2 (hold bend)
 -------------------------------------/----\----
 ------------------------------------/------\---
 -----------------------------------4--------4p0
 -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------0--0--------------
 -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------0--0--------------
 -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--0--0--------------

 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------/4--4--4--4--------
 -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----------------3--3p0-
 -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------------------------
 -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--------------------
 
 w/rhy.fig. 1
 She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak.
 I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks
 I was drawn into your magnet tar pit treap
 I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black 
                       (use Fill A instead of the end of rhy.fig. 1)

 w/rhy.fig. 2
 
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 your advice (w/Fill B)
 
 w/rhy.fig.1
 Meat eating orchids forgive no one just jet
 Cut myself on angels hair and baby's breath.
 Broken hymen of your highness, I'm left black 
 Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back
                         (use Fill A instead of the end of rhy.fig. 1)

 w/rhy.fig. 2
 
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 your advice (w/Fill B)

 Solo       
 w/distortion and chorus pedal      
        
        full           1/2
 ------/--\--*--------/--\--*-------------------
 -----8---(8)p7------6---(6)p5------------------
 -----------------------------------------------  * play both notes
 --7--------------5-----------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
        
        1/2
 ------/---\------------------------------------
 -----5-----5---3--1p0--------------------------
 --3--------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
        
        full           1/2
 ------/--\--*--------/--\--*-------------------
 -----8---(8)p7------6---(6)p5------------------
 -----------------------------------------------  * play both notes
 --7--------------5-----------------------------  
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
        
        1/2
 ------/---\------------------------------------
 -----5-----5---3--1p0--------------------------
 --3--------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------

                  dist. off          chorus off
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 --2----------------2---------------------------
 --2----------------2---------------------------
 --0----------------0---------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------

 w/rhy.fig. 1
 She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak.
 I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks
 I was drawn into your magnet tar pit treap
 I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black 
                       (use Fill A instead of the end of rhy.fig. 1)

 w/rhy.fig. 2
 
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 Hey!
 Wait!
 I've got a new complaint.
 Forever in debt for your priceless advice.
 your advice (w/Fill B)      X ? times 
 (I don't have the tape here so... I don't really know how many times)

 And it ends with this 
                              fdbk.
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----------------------------------------------
 -----4---4---4---4-----------(4)---------------
 --0------------------3-------(3)---------------
 --0--------------------------------------------


    Maybe your asking (or maybe not) why I don't leave an e-mail or 
 some shit like that for errors, it is because I don't have a damn
 modem and I don't understand nothing about computers, in fact
 I hate them except for the edit (in which I write all this),
 and I'm not interested in learning 'cause I rather play guitar or read.
 My name it's not important, I'm just another fan of Nirvana , it's
 my favorite group,(really?). I send this TAB through a friend of mine
 that does have all that stuff of the comuputer and likes it, and maybe 
 I shall ask him for that "e-mail" or I don't know what it is, but I see it 
 in all the tabs I've seen in the computer, if I do I'll put it.
 And one more special message to go then I'm done and I can go home,
 let's remember Kurt not as a "stupid" guy who killed himself, but 
 a guy that described our lives (at least mine) in his songs and made 
 us pass a REALLY good time during his lifetime.

              Other tabs I've written:
                    abtagirl.tab
                    breed   .tab    (the one that starts: oh my God!)
                    pissings.tab
                    drainyou.tab
                    polly   .tab    (my first tab)
                    sonofagn.tab
                    rape_me .tab    (which my friend changed it 
                                     to "rape_me2.tab" 'cause I
                                     don't know why)
                    tourette.tab    (in which I have a correction)


Note: My friend's e-mail address is daid@m-net.arbornet.org, you can 
send any corrections, suggests or comments to that address.

 correction.-
  rhy.fig 2
  
  ------------------------------------------
  ------------------------p-----------------
  -------4---3------4---3---0---------------
  --4---------------------------------------
  --4---------------------------------------
  --2---------------------------------------

  it's not like that is like this
  
  ------------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------------
  -------4---3------3--4p3-p0---------------    it's a little error
  --4---------------------------------------    but if we're going to
  --4---------------------------------------    play something we like
  --2---------------------------------------    at least let's try to do it
                                                the more perfect we can

  ... And coming soon "Frances Farmer will get her Revenge at Seattle"
  (Frances_.tab)


From: "Marino M. Regalado" <MARINO@colossus.ics.hawaii.edu>

"Heart Shaped Box" by Nirvana
Bass Tab

"Dropped D" + 1/2 step down  (Db,Ab,Db,Gb)

     Rest 4 measures    1st,2nd,3rd verses
                          A           F5
G:-----|----|----|----||--------------------------|
D:4----|----|----|----||o-------------------------|
A:4----|----|----|----||o-------------------------|
D:-----|----|----|----||--7--7--7--7\-3--3--3--3/-|
                          She eyes me...
                          I've been drawn...



   D5                               A            F5
G:---------------------------------|-------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|-------------------------|
A:---------5-------5-------5-------|-------------------------|
D:-0--------------------------(5)/-|-7--7--7--7\-3--3--3--3/-|





   D7                                A           F5
G:---------------------------------|-------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|-------------------------|
A:---------5-------5-------5-------|-------------------------|
D:-0--------------------------(5)/-|-7--7--7--7\-3--3--3--3/-|





   D5                                A           F5
G:---------------------------------|-------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|-------------------------|
A:---------5-------5-------5-------|-------------------------|
D:-0--------------------------(5)/-|-7--7--7--7\-3--3--3--3/-|



   _____________________________   ____________________________
  / 1.                            / 2.
   D7                              D7
G:------------------------------||------------------------------||
D:-----------------------------o||------------------------------||
A:---------5-----5-------------o||---------5-------5--5--5------||
D:-0----------7-----7-------5/--||-0---/--------------------7-7-||



  Chorus                                                     

    A5          F5              D7
G:----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D:o---------------------------|-----------------------------|
A:o------8b(9)--------3b(4)b3-|---------5-------5\----3-----|
D:--7--7--------3--3----------|-0-0-0-0------------5-----5--|

         Hey           Wait...

                                   ____________________________
                                 / 1.,2.
   A5             F5              D7
G:------------------------------|------------------------------||
D:------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
A:-------8b(9)b8--------3b(4)b3-|--------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----o||
D:-7--7-----------3--3----------|-0--0-0-------------------5---||



   ________________________
  / 3.
   D7                         F                          D7
G:--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|
D:--------------------------|--------------------------|-------7--------|
A:--------5-----5--5--5--5--|--------------------------|-------5--------|
D:-0--0-0----0--------------|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3/-----|-0--------------|



                                              

   F
G:--------------------------|----------------|
D:--------------------------|-------7--------|
A:--------------------------|-------5--------|
D:-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--/---|-0--------------|


Now repeat the verses again for verse 2, but instead of taking the chorus again, play this:

     (Repeat 3 times)
      A5             F5               D7
G:||--------------------------------|----------------------------|
D:||o-------------------------------|----------------------------|
A:||o-------8b(9)b8--------3b(4)b3--|---------5------5\----3-----|
D:||--7--7-----------3--3-----------|-0-0-0-0-----------5-----5--|

            Hey            Wait...



   A5             F5               D7
G:-------------------------------|-----------------------------||
D:-------------------------------|----------------------------o||
A:-------8b(9)b8--------3b(4)b3--|---------5------5\----3-----o||
D:-5--5-----------3--3-----------|-0-0-0-0-----------5-----5---||



                                                        

    F                          D7
G:---------------------------|-----------------------|||
D:o--------------------------|-7--------------------o|||
A:o--------------------------|-5--------------------o|||
D:--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-/----|-0---------------------|||



Guitar solo time!  During this part, play the first four bars of the chorus, then end with this: 

   A           F5            D5                  A           F5
G:-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
D:-------------------------|----0--------------|-------------------------|
A:-------------------------|-0-----------------|-------------------------|
D:-7--7--7--7\-3--3--3--3/-|----------------5/-|-7--7--7--7\-3--3--3--3--|



                             
                             

G:-------------------------||
D:-0-----0-----0-----0-----||
A:----0-----0-----0-----0--||
D:-------------------------||


Near the end already!  Now just go back and play verse 3, then play the chorus as written, but on the third repeat of the chorus play only the first three bars (don't play the 3rd ending!!)  Instead, jump to the following and play to the end:

                              (play 3 times)
   D7                           F                          D7
G:--------------------------||---------------------------|------------------|
D:--------------------------||o--------------------------|-------7---------o|
A:--------5--5--5--5--5-----||o--------------------------|-------5---------o|
D:-0--0-0----------------5--||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--/---|-0----------------|



                                                

    F5                         D7
G:|--------------------------|---------------|||
D:|--------------------------|---------------|||
A:|--------------------------|---------------|||
D:|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3------|-0-------------|||



Enjoy! 


In Bloom					This is the mane riff played
========					throughout the intro.  The
						chorus is a bit different, 
----------------------------------------	but I think it uses the same
----------------------------------------	chords.  There is no guitar
----------------------------------------	during the verses, only bass.
--55555-X-22222-X-77777-X-5555-4444-----
--33333-X-00000-X-55555-X-3333-2222-----
----------------------------------------



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        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
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Bass tab:
Nirvana - "In Bloom"

Intro:

G-----------------|--------------||
D*-8\-------------|-------------*|| 
A*---1--1-1-------|-------------*||
E------------/3---|-1--0-1-0-4---||

Verse:

G---------------|--------------|--------------|------------------||
D*--------------|--------------|-1-1-1-1-1--1-|-----------------*|| 
A*-1-1-1-1-1--1-|--------------|--------------|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-*||
E---------------|-2-2-2-2-2--2-|--------------|------------------||

Chorus:

G------------------------|---------------------------||
D*-----------------------|----5---------------------*||
A*-3--1-3-1-3------------|-3---1-3-1-2--------------*||
E-------------3--0-1-2-3-|-------------3--0-3-0-3-0--||

Then, the bridge:

G----------8----8\-|-----------8----8\--||
D*--------------8\-|----------------8\-*||
A*-----------------|-------------------*||
E--8-8-8-8-9-------|-1/8-8-8-8-9--------||

From: psalzman@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Peter Salzman)

I don't know the name of the tune and it's not on the main albums/EP's
or the tons of 3 song "singles" CD's (that I've ever seen).  They didn't
play it the two times I was honored enough to see them, but I heard it
on the radio once and couldn't record it in time.  Here is the first verse:

A-B                  A            D 
Where do  bad folks go when they die?
A-B                               A      F# 
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly.
A-B                                A             E 
Instead they go to hell where they burn and they fry.
      D - E                   A         B   
Won't see them again till the fourth of July. 


Then comes the chorus which I unfortunately don't remember, but it was a
very pretty minor type of thing; really very pretty with wistful lyrics.

If anyone can post the rest of the song (lyrics, chords, both, etc)
please do.  I would like to learn this song.

If anyone knows the name of this song and where I can find a recording
of it please post it or send email- the song is very simple and anyone
can pick out the chords.

thanks.
-peter 
--
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From: tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl (Zet van t TM)

"Lake of Fire" - Nirvana w/ Meat Puppets
From Nirvana's Unplugged session

Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)



USED CHORDS

  A     x02220
  Bb    x13331
  C5    x355xx
  D5    x577xx
  Dm    xx0231
  Dsus2 xx0230
  F5    133xxx
  Gm    3553xx




INTRO/MAIN - Chord names refer to parts of this tab so the 
             second 'GFC' is the same as the first 'GFC' etc.

    GFC                   GDC     
  |-------------------------------------------------------
  |-------------------------------------------------------
  |-3--3------------3-----3--3--------5---5---5-3---------
  |-5--5----5-3--3--3-----5--5--x-x-x-5---5---5-3---------
  |-5--5----5-3--3--1-----5--5--x-x-x-3---3---3-1---------
  |-3--3----3\1--1--------3--3----------------------------
  |
  |-------------------------------------------------------
  |-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3---------
  |-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3---------
  |-------------------------------------------------------
  |-------------------------------------------------------
  |-------------------------------------------------------

    GFC      DFC
  |--------------------------------
  |--------------------------------
  |-O/-------5--5-----5------------
  |-/O-------5--5-----5--3--3--5---
  |----------3--3-----3--3--3--5---
  |----------------------1--1--3---

    GFG                        
  |--------------------------------
  |--------------------------------
  |-3---3--------------------------
  |-5---5-------5---3---3---5------
  |-5---5-------5---3---3---5------
  |-3---3-------3---1---1---3------
  |
  |--------------------------------
  |--------------------------------
  |--------------------------------
  |---------------------3----------
  |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---1---5------
  |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------3------

    GFG
  |-----
  |-----
  |-O/--
  |-/O--
  |-----
  |-----
  |
  |-----------------------------------------
  |----11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-11~\--6~--6~/8~--
  |-/10--10~-10~-10~-10~-10~--\5~--5~--/7~--
  |-----------------------------------------
  |-----------------------------------------
  |-----------------------------------------


VERSE 1 - Play main part


CHORUS

  Dm - Bb - Dm - A  -
  Dm - Bb - C  - Dm Dsus2


VERSE 2 - Play main part


CHORUS


VERSE 3 - Play main part, but play both GFG parts twice!


SOLO - Transcribed for the sake of completeness


  ------3---------3---------------------------------------
  --2-3---3--6b7------6-----------------------------------
  ----------------------5-3-------------------------------
  --------------------------5-3----------------------3-5--
  ------------------------------5-4-3----------3-4-5------
  ------------------------------------6-3----6------------

  --------------------------------------------------------
  --3b4---------------6~----6~----------------------------
  --3b4-------(0)-5/7----7~----7\5--3---------------------
  -------5----------------------------5-------0-3---3-----
  -----------------------------------------/5-----5---5---
  --------------------------------------------------------

  -------------------------------3------------------------
  --------------------6~------/3---3-7-3------------------
  ----------------5/7----7\--------------3-5--------------
  -------------------------------------------3---5--------
  --3-----------------------------------------------------
  ----6-3-3-3----------------------------------3----------

  --------------------------------------------------------
  --3b4------3b4-----3b4----------------------------------
  --3b4------3b4-----3b4----------------------------------
  ------5-5------5-------5-3------------------------3-----
  ---------------------------5-4-3------------3-4-5-------
  ---------------------------------6-3----3-6-------------

  ----------------------
  ----------------------
  ------(3)-----(4)-----
  --3h5-----(3)-----5---
  ----------------------
  ----------------------



Subject: MUSIC: Nirvana's "Lithium"
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Date: 15 Jul 92 14:25:38 GMT
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Basic progression:

E Abm    C#m  A       C          D        B D
  I'm so ugly that's okay 'cause so are you


Mark

That took me too damn long to figure out.


From: juggle@athena.mit.edu (unknown)

Not that anyone actually *asked* for this one, mind you, it's from a recent
guitar publication.  This should be all needed to play the song, if you want
the details, buy the mag.

 Lithium, by Nirvana 
========     -------

 x = hit string muted
 s = slide note or chord

 (tune down one *full* step, to play along w/ the album)

   E5       G#5         C#5         A5         C5     D5
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
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
e-------------------------
a-------------------------
d------------------7------    repeat. . .
g-4--4--4--4s7--7--7------
b-2--2--2--2s5--5--5---0--
E-------------------------
  they're  in   my  head. . . 


The rest of the sung lyrics are the same, with very minor picking 
variations on the above chord progression. The "Yeah Yeah" pre-chorus part is 
the same chord progression as above strummed as power chords. 


The final chorus goes something like this:

   A5          C5         A5        C5  D5  C5    A5        C5     A5
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
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              
e---------------------------
a---------------------------
d--2---2-----5---5---5------    etc. . .
g--2---2-----5---5---5------
b--0---0--0--3---3---3----0-
E---------------------------
   I'm not  gonna    crack  


-juggle@athena.mit.edu-


Bass Tab:
Nirvana - "Lithium"

There's no bass for the entire first verse.

Bass comes in at the first _chorus_:

G----------------------------------------------------------|
D------------7----5-5-5----5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------|
A-------4----------------7-----------------2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|
E--0--0----0----0------------------------------------------|

Then, the second (and third) verse:

G-----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------7--7-7-9-9-9-9-----------------|
A--7--7-6--6-4--4---------------------2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|
E-----------------5--5--------------------------------|

The last time you play the above (last one before the chorus):

G------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------7-------5-------------------|
A--7--7-6--6-4--4------5-5---5-3-3---3-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|
E-----------------5--5---------------------------------|

Play the chorus again, then the _other chorus_:

G------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------5-7--7-7-5---5--------------------|
A---------3--3-3-----3-5-7------------7---7--7-5-3-0-3-0-3-5-|
E--5--5-5--------5-5-----------------------------------------|

The bridge part, going into the third verse of ending the song:

G---------------------------------||---|
D---------------------------------||---|
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0------||---|
E----------------------------0-3--||-0-|
                                     ^
                                 End of song only.

Oh, and one time, the very last repetition of the _other chorus_ part
during the second time its played, there is a variation that goes like
this:

G----------------------------------------------5-------------|
D--------------------------5--7--7-7-5---5-7-7---7-5---------| Then go into
A---------3--3-3-----3-5-7-------------7-------------7-6-5-3-| the above
G--5--5-5--------5-5-----------------------------------------| bridge part.


From: jamml7@aol.com (Jamm L7)
Subject: Tab:  Lounge Act  NIRVANA


                 Lounge Act by Kurt Cobain


B    G           C       B  G            C               B
Truth covered in security    I can't let you smother me
G               C               Bm
I'd like to but it wouldn't work
G            C                 Bm                         Trading off and
taking turns
G                   C
I don't regret a thing  

     A5      E       A          D5     G           E
And I've got this friend you see who makes me feel
E      A         D5    G               E
And I wanted more than I could I steal
       A          D5    G              E   
I'll arrest myself I'll wear a shield
         A           D5   G        A      G#  G5
I'll go out of my way to prove I still  
          A        G#  G5
Smell her on you







A- Intro

           B             G           C
1 
2          4    4   4         0      5    5    5
3     2    4    4   4    0    0      5    5    5     2
4     2    4    4   4    0    0      5    5    5     2
5     0    2    2   2                3    3    3     2
6                        3    3 
                              
     B                G          C             *B
1    
2    4                    0      5   5  5       4
3    4      4   4  4  0   0      5   5  5   2   4     4  
4    4      4   4  4  0   0      5   5  5   2   4     4
5    2   2  2   2  2             3   3  3   2   2  2  2
6                     3   3  
    
            G         C            B              G
1
2               0     5  5  5      4                 0
3    4  4   0   0     5  5  5  2   4     4  4  4  0  0
4    4  4   0   0     5  5  5  2   4     4  4  4  0  0
5    2  2             3  3  3  2   2  2  2  2  2 
6           3   3                                 3  3

    C           Bm             G       C   
1
2   5  5  5     3                      5   5   5
3   5  5  5  2  4     4  4  4  0   0   5   5   5  2
4   5  5  5  2  4     4  4  4  0   0   5   5   5  2
5   3  3  3  2  2  2  2  2  2          3   3   3  2
6                              3   3 

    Bm                  G               C
1  
2   3                       0           5  
3   4       4   4   4   0   0   0   0   5  
4   4       4   4   4   0   0   0   0   5  
5   2   2   2   2   2                   3  
6                       3   3   3


Chorus
      A5  E    A              D5  G             E   A
1
2         2    2   2   2  0   3   0   0  0  0   2   2
3  2  2   1    2   2   2  0   2   0   0  0  0   1   2
4  2  2   2    2   2   2      0   0   0  0  0   2   2
5  0  0   2    0   0   0      0                 2   0
6         0                       3             0

              D5 G           E   A
1
2   2  2  0   3  0  0  0  0  2   2  2  2  0  3  0  0 0 0
3   2  2  0   2  0  0  0  0  1   2  2  2  0  2  0  0 0 0
4   2  2      0  0  0  0  0  2   2  2  2     0  0  0 0 0
5   0  0      0              2   0  0  0     0
6                3           0                  3

                    D5   G              E   A
1 
2   2   2  2  2  0  3    0    0  0  0   2   2  2  2  0
3   1   2  2  2  0  2    0    0  0  0   1   2  2  2  0
4   2   2  2  2     0    0    0  0  0   2   2  2  2
5   2   0  0  0     0                   2   0  0  0
6   0                    3              0

    D5  G            E   A           D5  G
1
2   3   0   0  0  0  2   2  2  2  0  3   0  0  0
3   2   0   0  0  0  1   2  2  2  0  2   0  0  0
4   0   0   0  0  0  2   2  2  2     0   0  0  0
5   0                2   0  0  0     0
6       3            0                   3

   A           G5       A    G#(5b)    G5
1 
2  2           0   0    2  
3  2           0   0    2              0   0
4  2        0           2          0   0   0   0
5  0     3     3   3    0       3             0
6      4                     4         3   3   0
 

1
2                 2
3         0   0   2
4      0  0   0   2        repeat until end turns
5    3            0        into a gradual dive. Pitch
6  3      3   3            shift created by slowing down
                             tape

this really sucks but..I hope it's better than nothing..I wasn't
listininmg to the song and I didn't have my guitar with so you'll have to
get the timing yourself any corrections comments or questions are welcome
Jamm L7


From: MURR88@delphi.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 21:47:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: lounge_act.btab <lounge act, by Nirvana>

bass line:

-------------|-------|-----------|----------|-------|------------|-----------
--------5----|-------|-----------|----------|-------|------------|.----------
------6------|-------|---6-5-----|----6-5---|-------|---6-5------|.----------
---/8------4-|-4-3-4-|-4-----8-6-|--8-----4-|-4-3-4-|-4-----8-6--|-----------

chorus:

goes <i think> e-a-d-g.. the thing at the end is a:
<e>-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|:
'das it!


Thanks to Mike Maronna for help in figuring out most of it <g>
--Chris Murray
wl-murski-kp@society.com
wl-murski-rok@society.com
murr88@delphi.com



