Nirvana - Been A Son guitar tab

Subject: TAB: Nirvana "Been a Son" and request

Date: 14 May 94 00:54:17 GMT

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Hi Everyone,

I've been seeing some really good Nirvana tab lately (thanks a million

to the guy who posted Downer and Mexican Seafood!), so I figured I'd add

a little. I haven't seen this one posted, I'm not sure if it's just so

easy that nobody doesn't know it, or what. Anyway, here's Been a Son.

Oh yeah...if anyone knows Spank Thru, or the solo for D-7, could you PLEASE

post it!?

Been A Son

Written by Kurt Cobain

Tabbed by Gene Azevedo

There are two major versions of this song...the fast electric version

heard on the Lithium single and Incesticide, and a slower "lamer" as Kurt

put it, version which I've heard but can't remember what it was on.

I'll post the tab for the faster one since it's better, but you can play

the more mellow one on an acoustic guitar playing only the higher pitched

strings for the verses, and playing the chorus with the normal tuned

power chords rather than the dropped d as I will show.

Verses:

^-upstroke if you play this one...all others down

E---0--0-----------0---(0)--0--------|

B---3--3-----------3---(3)--3--------|

G---2--2-----------2---(2)--2--------| repeat many times

D---0--0-----------0---(0)--0--------|

A---0--0---3-2-0---0---(0)--0---3-2-0|

D---0--0-----------0---(0)--0--------|

Chorus:

E-------------------------

B-------------------------

G------------------------- Repeat

D---5-5--3--X-2--2--------

A---5-5--3--X-2--2--3-2-0-

D---5-5--3--X-2--2--------

Solo-

There are many ways to play this solo...sometimes Kurt just played the

verse guitar part as the solo...but my version of the solo (quite

pathetic unless you're playing with some other people to help make more

noise!

G--6-6--4-3-1/6--6-6--4-3-1--

repeat a couple times then

G--/4-4--2--2-1--1-1-1-0-1-0--1/4--4--2--2-1--1-1-1-0-1-0

etc.

Enjoy!

-Gene Azevedo (gcazevedo@ucdavis.edu)