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Nirvana - Even In His Youth guitar tab

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

~Title: Even In His Youth

Artist: Nirvana; lyrics and music by Kurt Cobain.

Recording: 2nd track on the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" CD single. Also known

as "Smells Like a Teenage Single". Previously unreleased.

Tab: 1.0 by Peter Jay Salzman psalzman@stars.sfsu.edu

Beat: Allegro, about 144 bpm.

Sound: Not Cobain's standard sound, which is why this tune is interesting.

Very distorted with the mids turned up super duper (ie 10) and

lows turned up also. A very muddy distortion with lots of

harmonics giving it an almost pipe organ sound. A very Marshall

sound, but in the OPPOSITE sense of Hendrix who had the treble

turned high.

Intro: Feedback on 12 fret, 1st string (high E).

The following riff is the vamp and verse. For those who want to do it

just like the recording, vamp the 2 measures 2 times, then drums enter

on the third time. Vocals enter on the fifth repeat.

C G G# G C G G# G

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|---5--------------->>s>>--->>s>>---|---5--------------->>s>>--->>s>>--.|

|---5-----------5---5---6---6---3---|---5-----------5---5---6---6---3--.|

|---3-----------5---5---6---6---5---|---3-----------5---5---6---6---5---|

+---------------3---3---4---4---5---|---------------3---3---4---4---5---+

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

On the 5th repeat of the above riff, continue the riff and start vocals

as shown:

1 2 3 4

C G G# G

------------------------------------------

Ev en in his

youth. Ev en in his

youth. Ev en in his

youth he was noth ing.

Kept his bo dy

clean. Kept his bo dy

clean. Kept his bo dy

clean going no where.

Da dy was a

shamed. Da dy was a

shamed. Da dy was a

shamed he was some thing.

Strippedhimof his

name. Strippedhimof his

name. Familynamewassomething.

Chorus: all power chords. repeat 1st measure 4 times. after playing

the 2nd measure (the B) go back to start of the song. go through the

whole thing twice.

E C G D B

+-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------+

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|-----------5---------------7------.|----------------------------------------|

|---2-------5-------5-------7------.|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|

|---2-------3-------5-------5-------|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------|

+---0---------------3---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------+

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

chorus (1st time around): chorus (2nd time around):

1st line is truly incomprehensible. 1st line incomprehensible

I've got nothing left to prove I've got nothing left to prove

If I die far away If I die far away

Hope I don't come back again. Hope I don't come back the same.

After the chorus is done the 2nd time, go back and play the verse part.

The song fades from here while Kurt just sang "even his youth even in

his youth even in his youth even in his youth". If you can't fade

gracefully (I'm not good at it myself), chop it off at the C.

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This is my 1st tab. I'm just trying to put back into the net a little bit of

what I take. I have 4 urgent requests from everyone: 1) If there are any

corrections in the song or lyrics PLEASE write to me and I'll correct it and

rerelease the tab. 2) If anyone can even guess at the 1st line in the chorus,

please let me know. 3) I'm not objective enough to know if I did a good job.

If there's anything I can do to make this more usable, let me know. (ie should

I just write out the verse instead of partitioning by chord? Should I write

out the whole tab instead of taking short cuts like "repeat 4 times"). No

suggestion is too trivial to be seriously considered. 4) What Kurt did was

fucked and he's a fucker for doing it, but he brought a lot of good music in

the world and deserves to be loved for it. I can be reached at:

psalzman@stars.sfsu.edu psalzman@vax1.sfsu.edu 415 661-4402 2129 17th ave

SF CA 94116-1855 peace

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From: PowerChild@aol.com

nirvana

EVEN in HIS YOUTH

Trans. by Mike West (PowerChild@AOL.com)

Here is the tab for Even in His Youth by Nirvana off the Smells Like Teen

Spirit Single. Have fun!

Verse Chorus End of Chorus

E/---------------------/------------------/------------------------------/

A/---------------------/------------------/------------------------------/

D/-7-7---3-3-3-----/-----7-7---------/------------------------------/

G/-7-7-0-3-3-3-0-/-4-4-7-7-7-7-9-9-/-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-/

B/-5-5-0-1-1-1-0-/-4-4-5-5-7-7-7-7-/-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-/

E/-------0---------0-/-2-2------5-5-0-0-/-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-/

E/-------------------------------------------/

A/-------------------------------------------/

D/----------------------------8-7-5--------/

G/-----------5-7-7-7-5-7---------7-5---/

B/-3-5-5-7--------------------------------/

E/-------------------------------------------/

I didn't but down the beat to play it at, but that should be easy to figure

out.

Verse-22 times

Chorus-4 times

End of Chorus-1 time

Verse-16 times

Chorus-4 times

End of Chorus-1 time

Solo-6 times

Chorus-4 times

End of Chorus-1 time

Verse-16 times

Then it ends with the first chord in the song.

I know most Nirvana song in tab so if you have any you want E-Mail me.

From: Steve22067@aol.com

Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 16:52:50 -0400

Subject: Even.In.His.Youth. SOLO (NIRVANA)

I noticed the solo posted for "Even in his youth" was wrong...so here is a

more correct one:

Solo to:Even In His Youth

by: Kurt Cobain

transcribed by:steve22067@aol.com

1st part..play 7 times then play 2nd part once

e--------------||

B--------------||

G-----------------------------5-3----||

D---------3-5-5-3-5sb-3-5sb-------5-3---||

A-3-3-5---------------------------------5-||

E--------------||

(sb=slightly bend note)

2nd part ( im not sure about this part)

e--------------||

B--------------||

G----------------------------3-/-6-6--||

D---------3-5-5-3-5-3-5---||

A-3-3-5------||

E--------------||

(/=slide up)

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