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Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Artist: Nirvana
Album: Nevermind
Transcribed by: el kabong (mexicanrabbi@aol.com)
Date: 5/30/01
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Every guitarist should know this song.  It's pretty simple, and yet, everybody plays it a different way.  Hears how I do it.
Good luck.
-el kabong
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Tuning: Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

b-bend note

Riff 1
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E |-----------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------|
G |------------------3-3-0-----------------6-6-0--|
D |--3--3-3-x-x-x-x--3-3-0-6--6-6-x-x-x-x--6-6-0--|
A |--3--3-3-x-x-x-x--1-1-0-6--6-6-x-x-x-x--4-4-0--|
E |--1--1-1-x-x-x-x--------4--4-4-x-x-x-x---------|
                                          ^Distortion starts here                                                                 second time riff is played in intro 
                         besides intro, riff 1 is always distorted
                                              
Riff 2 (clean)
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E |----1--|
B |--1----|
G |-------|
D |-------|
A |-------|
E |-------|
Let notes ring out



Riff 3 (distortion)
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E |----1---1---1---1--|
B |--1---1---1---1----|
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------|
A |-------------------|
E |-------------------|


Riff 4 (distortion)
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E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |--------------3b---------------------|
D |--3-3-3-3-4-4-----3-3-3-3-4-4--8--6--|
A |--3-3-3-3-4-4-----3-3-3-3-4-4--8--6--|
E |--1-1-0-1-2-2-----1-1-0-1-2-2--6--4--|

There are two ways to play the solo, do whichever one you like best.


Guitar Solo (distortion)
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     -Version 1-
E |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |------6------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |--5-8----8-8b-6-5---6-5--------------|-----------------------------|
D |-------6----------------8-6-8-8b-6-5-|--6-5--6-5--6-5--6-5--6-5-5-3|
A |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
                  ^play this part 2x       ^play this part 4x
                                              (4th time, let last                                                                                note ring out)
                                                      
     -Version 2-
E |------1------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |--1-4----4-4b-2-1---2-1--------------|-----------------------------|
G |-------1----------------3-1-3-3b-1-0-|--1-0--1-0--1-0--1-0--1-0-0-3|
D |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
                  ^play this part 2x       ^play this part 4x
                                                 (4th time, let last                                                                                  note ring out)


Riffage
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Riff 1 x2 <intro, second time, distortion kicks in.
Riff 1 x4 <played with distortion
Riff 2 x6 <verse 1
Riff 3 x4 <pre-chorus
Riff 1 x6 <the chorus
Riff 4 x2 <"hey" part
Riff 2 x6 <verse 2
Riff 3 x4 <pre-chorus
Riff 1 x6 <the chorus
Riff 4 x2 <"hey" part
Guitar Solo <use either of the above versions for this
No guitar except that held out note <verse 3
Riff 3 x6 <the chorus
RIff 3 x4 <the outro, where he screams, "a denial."

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till next time, later from the rabbi.
el kabong
mexicanrabbi@aol.com