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I added or altered
the lyrics and corrected the songs and the lay-out a little bit.
Credits for the original TABs go to; Jesse Scott, Christopher Mosher,
Robert Wolsey, Dan Herold, Mark van 't Zet, Wouter Janssen and Guez
Ofer. Thanks for all who posted me lyrics and suggestions as well.
All guitars are tuned down a Half-Step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb).
On 'On A Plain', 'Something in the way' and 'All Apologies' Kurt
plays with Dropped-D tuning (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb).
On 'Plateau', 'Oh me' and 'Lake Of Fire' he lets the Meat Puppets
play the guitar.
The positions of the chords, as played by Kurt, are given for each
song. These are the so called voicings. From left to right are the
positions on the respective strings. The chords are either notated
above the lyrics the first time or above the songs. Notes within
parentheses are single notes played on the lowest string (either
Eb or Db), these are notated as if the guitar was tuned normally.
In the TAB parts, however, parentheses mean the notes are softly
played. All the other notations are as usual (hammer=h, pick=p,
slide up=/, slide down=\, rake=x, bend=b, release bend=r and
trill=~). The TAB parts are only solos or riffs; all the other stuff
can easily be derived by ear from the chords given. Kurt either
strums the chords or picks random notes from them. Most of the time
the picked notes are from the three lowest strings.
Allthough most songs are played by two guitars, only one guitar has
been transcribed. The other plays either the same or plays the chords
as mentioned.
About A Girl
Come As You Are
Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam
Man Who Sold The World
Pennyroyal Tea
Dumb
Polly
On A Plain
Something In The Way
Plateau
Oh Me
Lake Of Fire
All Apologies
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
--About A Girl (Kurt Cobain) - Bleach
Voicings:
E5
G
C#5
G#5
F#5
A5
C5
022x00
320033 or 320003
x466xx
466xxx
244xxx
x022xx
x355xx
E5 G
E5 G
I need an easy friend
E5 G
E5
G
I do
E5
I do
E5
I do
C#
G#
F#
I'll take advantage while
C#
G#
F#
You hang me out to dry
E5
A5
C5
E5 G E5 G
But I can't see you every night free
E5 G E5 G
I do
I'm standing in your light
I do hope you have the time
I do pick up number two
I do keep a date with you
[Repeat chorus]
Solo: Repeat 3x
E-------------------------|B-------------------------|G----------------7--7/9-9-|D-----5-7-7/9--9----------|A-7-7---------------------|E-------------------------|[Repeat first verse and chorus]
E5
A5
C5
E5 G E5 G
I can't see you every night free
E5 G E5 G E5 G E5 G E5 G E5 G
I do,
I do,
I do
--Come As You Are (Kurt Cobain) - Nevermind
Voicings:
F# - 244322
A - x0222x
B - 22444x
D - x0023x
Main Riff (with chorus-effect pedal)
E---------------------------------------------|B---------------------------------------------|G---------------------------------------------|D---------------------------------------------|A---------------0-----0--------------2--------|E--0--0--1--2------2-----2--2--1--0-----0--0--|[The 'memoria' part: F# A ]
[The 'And I swear that I don't...' part: B D ]
Intro; Repeat main riff 3x
Come as you are, as you were
As I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend
As an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is your
Don't be late, take a rest
As a friend
As an old memoria
memoria, memoria, memoria
Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend
As an old memoria
memoria, memoria, memoria
And I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun
Solo: Repeat 4x
E---------------------|------------------------|B--6-9-11-11\6-6-9\11-|-6-9-11-11-13-11-11-9\6-|G---------------------|------------------------|D---------------------|------------------------|A---------------------|------------------------|E---------------------|------------------------|memoria, memoria, memoria, memoria
And I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun [Repeat 5x]
memoria
--Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam (Eugene Kelly/Francis McKee)
Voicings:
E5
D
A
Asus4
022x00
xx0232
x02220
x02230
Asus4 A
x0222x
xx023x
133211
x3555x
355433
x1333x
F - Riff
-|-----------------|-|-----------------|-|-----------------|-|-----------0-2-3-|-|-----0-1-3-------|-|-1-3-------------|-
F
Oh no, not me,
Bb
F
We never lost control,
C
F
You're face to face,
Bb
A
With the man who sold the world
[Repeat Intro]
A
I laughed and shook his hand,
D
I made my way back home,
A
I searched for form and land,
F
Years and years I roamed,
C
I gazed a gazely stare,
A
D
We walked a million hills -- I must have died alone,
C
A long long time ago.
F
Who knows, not me,
Bb
F
I never lost control,
C
F
You're face, to face,
Bb
A
With the man who sold the world.
[Repeat Intro]
[Repeat second chorus]
[Repeat Intro]
Outro: (Not very accurate, but at least the right notes)
E-------------------------------------------------------B-------------------------------------------------------G--2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0--2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0--/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-D-------------------------------------------------------A-------------------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------B------------------------------------------------------G--\2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0--2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0-/10-10-10-10-10-D------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------B------------------------------------------------------G-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9-9-9-9-9-\2-2-2-0-2h3p2-0-/10-10-10D------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------B------------------------------------------------------G-10-10-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9-9-9-9-9-\2-2-2-0-2h3p2-0--2-D------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------------------
x02210
320033 or 320003
x3555x
x5777x
688xxx
Intro; Repeat 2x
Am G (E) (G) (E)
Am
G
I'm on my time with everyone
Am
G
I have very bad posture
C
D
Bb
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
C
D
Bb
Distill the life that's inside of me
C
D
Bb
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
C
D
Bb
I'm anemic royalty
Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh eternally
I'm
I'm
I'm
I'm
022x00
355433
320033 or 320003
x2444x
x3555x
022x00
320033 or 320003
x0023x
x3555x
x1333x
x
5
x
8
3
2
5
5 7 7 7
5 7 7 7
0 2 2 2
8101010
3 3 x x
2 2 x x
5 5 x x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
My mother died
Every night
It's safe to say
Don't quote me on that
[Repeat "Love myself..." part]
The black sheep got
Blackmailed again
Forgot to put
On the zip code
[Repeat "Love myself..." part]
[Repeat chorus]
Somewhere I have heard this before
In a dream my memory has stored
As defense I'm neutered and spayed
What the hell am I trying to say?
It is now time
To make it unclear
To write off lines
That don't make a sense
[Repeat "Love myself..." part]
One more special
Message to go
And then I'm done
And I can go home
[Repeat "Love myself..." part]
[Repeat chorus]
--Something in the Way (Kurt Cobain) - Nevermind
Voicings: (Dropped-D tuning!)
F#5
- 444xxx
D5(i) - 000xxx
D5(ii) - x0023x
[Pick during verse : F#5 D5(i)]
[Strum during chorus: F#5 D5(ii)]
Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
But it's ok to eat fish
Cause they don't have any feelings
Something in the way, Mmmm...
320x33
650x66
1xx011
4xx044
Main Riff
E--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----|B------------------------------------------------------1-|G----------------------------------------------------0---|D-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)--------|A---(2)-----(5)-----(2)-----(5)-----(2)-----(5)----------|E--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----|Pre-chorus
E--4------|B------4--|G----0----|D---------|A---------|E--4------|Many a hand
Some belong
Holy ghosts
To beautify
Chorus
-|--1/3------------------------3--------|-|--1/3-------------3-----3----3-----6--|-|------------------3-----3----------7--|-|---------5--x-----3-----3----------8--|-|---------5--x--1-----------5----------|-|-------3-------------1-----3---/6-----|has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
to strangers and some to folks you know
and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
the foothills and shake the many hands
A----3-------3------------5-------5----------|E--4--------------------6--------------------|Outro
E-(0)--------------------------0-----|---------------------------------|B--------------0-------2---------1p0-|-----2-------0-------0-------1p0-|G------2-----2---2---2-------2-------|---2-------2---2---2-------2-----|D----2-----2-------0-------0---------|-2-------2-------3-------0-------|A--0-----0---------------3-----------|-------0---------------3---------|E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|--Oh Me (Curt Kirkwood)
Voicings:
E - x22100
D - x0023x
C - x32010
G - 320003
C5 - x3555x
D5 - x5777x
E5 - x7999x
Main Riff
(NC)
E
(NC)
D
(NC) D
C
E
E-------------0--|---------------|-------------------|------0--------0--|B-------------0--|-------------3-|------------3------|------1-0-0----0--|G-------------1--|-------------2-|------------2--0-0-|------0-0-0----1--|D-------2-2-2----|------2--0-0-0-|------2-0-0-0--0-0-|--2-2--------2----|A---0-2---2-2----|--0-2----0-0---|--0-2---0-0--------|--3-3--------2----|E-4--------------|-4-------------|-4-----------------|-------------0----|Chorus [Repeat 4x]
G
E
E-3--3-3-3-----0-|B-0--0-0-0-----0-|G-0--0-0-0-----1-|D-----------2-2--|A-----------2-2--|E-----------0-0--|If I had to lose a mile
If I had to touch feelings
I would lose my soul
The way I do
End Of Chorus
C
D
E
-|-------------0-----|---------------0--|-|-------------1-----|-----3---------0--|-|---------0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-----1--|-|------2--2-2---2-2-|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0----|-|--0-2----3-3---3-3-|-0-0---0-0-0-0----|-|-4-----------------|------------------|-
3553xx
355xxx
133xxx
x133xx
x13331
x355xx
xx0231
xx0230
x02220
Main Riff
Gm
G5\F5
Bb5 Gm
C5
Bb5
E------------------------------------------------------B-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3--------G-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3--------D------------------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------Gm
G5\F5 Bb5
C5
F5
G5
E------------------------------------------------------B------------------------------------------------------G---------------------------------5--5-----5-----------D---------------------------------5--5-----5--3--3--5--A---------------------------------3--3-----3--3--3--5--E---------------------------------------------1--1--3--Gm
F5
G5
Gm
F5
G5
E------------------------------|----------------------------------------B------------------------------|----11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-11~\--6~--6~/8~-G------------------------------|-/10--10~-10~-10~-10~-10~--\5~--5~--/7~-D---------------------3--------|----------------------------------------A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---1---5----|----------------------------------------E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------3----|----------------------------------------Gm
F
Bb
Where do bad folks go when they die?
Gm
C5
Bb
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
Gm
F
Bb
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
C
F
Gm
Gm F
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of july
Dm
Bb
I knew a lady who came from duluth
Dm
A
G5
Main Riff
E----------------------|----------------------|B----------------------|----------------------|G----------------------|----------------------|D----------------------|----------12-12-9-10--|A---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|D-0--------------------|-0--------------------|E----------------------|----------------------|B----------------------|----------------------|G----------------------|----------11-11-9-----|D----------------------|------------------12--|A---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|D-0--------------------|-0--------------------|Chorus
G5
D5 G5
D5 G5
D5 G5
D5 A5 D5 A5
E---------------------------------------------|B---------------------------------------------|G---------------------------------------------|D-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|A-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|D-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|What else should I be
All apologies
What else should I say
Everyone is gay
What else could I write
I don't have the right
What else should I be
All apologies
In the sun
In the sun I feel as one
In the sun
In the sun
I'm married
Buried
I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything is my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqur scafoam shame
Sunburn with freezeburn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
[Repeat Chorus]
I'm married
Buried, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
All in all we all are [Repeat 13x]
--Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Huddie Ledbetter)
Voicings:
E5
A
G
B
B/F#
022x0x or 022x00
x0222x
320033 or 320003
x2444x
22444x