Nirvana - Nirvana Album guitar tab
INCESTICIDE
Everything tabbed by Echo Flanger (andy@luukku.com)
1.Dive
2.Sliver
3.Stain
4.Been a Son
5.Turnaround
6.Molly's Lips
7.Son of a Gun
8.(New Wave) Polly
9.Beeswax
10.Downer
11.Mexican Seafood
12.Hairspray Queen
13.Aero Zeppelin
14.Big Long Now
15.Aneurysm
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
DIVE
Tuning:Standard
MAIN RIFF
F#5 G5 F#5 G5 F#5E5
-------------------I------------------I
-------------------I---------/9-9-9---I
-------------------I---------/9-9-9---I
-4----4b5r4-----4b5I-r4-2-2--/9-9-9-0-I
-4----4b5r4-----4b5I-r4-2-2--/7-7-7-0-I
-2--0-2b3r2--0--2b3I-r2-0-0---------0-I
VERSE/INTERLUDE
F#7 E
---------I------0-0-0---
---------I------0-0-0---
---------I------1-1-1-0-
------2--I------2-2-2-0-
----1----I---2--2-2-2-0-
2-2------I---0--0-0-0-0-
CHORUS
B5 C#5 G5 E
----------I------0--0---I
----------I------0--0---I
4--4-6--6-I------1--1---I
4--4-6--6-I-5--5-2--2-0-I
2--2-4--4-I-5--5-2--2-0-I
----------I-3--3-0--0-0-I
SOLO
-----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I
-----------------I----------------I
8--6--8b9-8--8b9-I-r8-6---------6-I
-----------------I------7--7--7---I
-----------------I----------------I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
SLIVER
Tuning:Standard
CHORUS
A5 C5
----------------I
----------------I
------5-5-5-5---I
7-7-0-5-5-5-5-0-I
7-7-0-3-3-3-3-0-I
5-5-0-3-3-3-3-0-I
VERSES
C5 F5 C5 A5
--------------I---------------I
--------------I---------------I
5--5----------I-5--5-2--2-2---I
5--5-0-3--3-0-I-5--5-2--2-2-0-I
3--3-0-3--3-0-I-3--3-0--0-0-0-I
-----0-1--1-0-I-------------0-I
FOURTH VERSE
C5
-------I-------I-------I
-------I-------I-------I
5------I5------I5------I
5------I5------I5------I
3------I3------I3------I
-------I-------I-------I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Drop-D STAIN
INTRO
D5 D#5 E5 D5D#5
---------I---------------I
---------I---------------I
---------I---------------I
0----1---I2-2-X-2--2-0-1-I
0----1---I2-2-X-2--2-0-1-I
0----1---I2-2-X-2--2-0-1-I
MAIN RIFF/VERSE
D#5E5 D5D#5
---------------I
---------------I
---------------I
1-2-X-2--2-0-1-I
1-2-X-2--2-0-1-I
1-2-X-2--2-0-1-I
CHORUS
A#5 A5 D5
---------I----------------I
-------3-I--3-3-3-3-3-3---I
3--2---2-I--2-2-2-2-2-2-0-I
3--2---0-I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
1--0---0-I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
-------0-I--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I
LAST REPEAT OF CHORUS
A#5 A5 D5 D#5
---------I----------------I
-------3-I--3-3-3-3-------I
3--2---2-I--2-2-2-2-------I
3--2---0-I--0-0-0-0---1---I
1--0---0-I--0-0-0-0---1---I
-------0-I--0-0-0-0---1---I
SOLO
------------I------------I------------I------------------------I
-----9-8----I-----9-8----I-----9-8----I10b11-10b11-10b11-10b11-I
---9-----9--I---9-----9--I---9-----9--I------------------------I play this line twice
/9----------I/9----------I/9----------I------------------------I
------------I------------I------------I------------------------I
------------I------------I------------I------------------------I
---------------I---------------I---------------I---------------I
--0-0-0-0-0-0--I--0-0-0-0-0-0--I--0-0-0-0-0-0--I---------------I
--4-4-4-3-2-0--I--4-4-4-3-2-0--I--4-4-4-3-2-0--I-/8-8-9--9-9-9-I
---------------I---------------I---------------I---------------I
---------------I---------------I---------------I---------------I
---------------I---------------I---------------I---------------I
---------------I---------------I---------------I-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12\\-I
--0-0-0-0-0-0--I--0-0-0-0-0-0--I--0-0-0-0-0-0--I-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12\\-I
--4-4-4-3-2-0--I--4-4-4-3-2-0--I--4-4-4-3-2-0--I-/13-13-13-13-13-13-13\\-I
---------------I---------------I---------------I------------------------I
---------------I---------------I---------------I------------------------I
---------------I---------------I---------------I------------------------I
On the studio version of Stain (Incesticide) there's an other guitar playing overdubbed bends
throughout the solo. The solo above is the one that Kurt plays live. But the other guitar bends
are like this:
------- -------
15b17-- -17b20-
------- -------
------- or -------
------- -------
------- -------
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
BEEN A SON
DROP-D TUNING!!
INTRO/VERSES/INTERLUDE
D5
---------------I---------------I
-3--3--------3-I--3-3-3--------I
-2--2--------2-I--2-2-2--------I
-0--0--------0-I--0-0-0--------I
-0--0--3-2-0-0-I------0-3-2-0--I
---------------I---------------I
*Open low D may be picked during the D5 chords.
CHORUS
G5 F5 E5
--------------I--------------I
--------------I--------------I
--------------I--------------I
5--5-5-3--3-2-I-2-2-0--------I
5--5-5-3--3-2-I-2-2-0-3-2-0--I
5--5-5-3--3-2-I-2-2-0--------I
Ending
G5 F5 E5
--------------I
--------------I
--------------I
5--5-5-3--3-2-I
5--5-5-3--3-2-I
5--5-5-3--3-2-I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
TURNAROUND
Tuning:Standard
VERSE
E5
----------------I------------------I
----------------I------------------I
----------------I--7b9=9=9=9=9=9r7-I
----------------I------------------I
----------------I------------------I
--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0----------------I
CHORUS
D5 C5 A5 D5 C5 G5
-------------I---------------I-------------I---------------I
-------------I---------------I-------------I---------------I
7--7--5-5----I---------------I7--7--5-5----I---------------I
7--7--5-5--7-I--7-7--7-7-7-0-I7--7--5-5--5-I--5-5--5-5-5-0-I
5--5--3-3--7-I--7-7--7-7-7-0-I5--5--3-3--5-I--5-5--5-5-5-0-I
-----------5-I--5-5--5-5-5-0-I-----------3-I--3-3--3-3-3-0-I
F5 G5 A5 F5 G5 D5 F5 G5 C5
--------------I---------------I-------------I---------------I--------------I---------------I
--------------I---------------I-------------I---------------I--------------I---------------I
--------------I---------------I-----------7-I--7-7--7-7-7-0-I------------5-I--5-5--5-5-5-0-I
-3--3--5-5--7-I--7-7--7-7-7-0-I-3--3--5-5-7-I--7-7--7-7-7-0-I-3--3--5-5--5-I--5-5--5-5-5-0-I
-3--3--5-5--7-I--7-7--7-7-7-0-I-3--3--5-5-5-I--5-5--5-5-5-0-I-3--3--5-5--3-I--3-3--3-3-3-0-I
-1--1--3-3--5-I--5-5--5-5-5-0-I-1--1--3-3---I---------------I-1--1--3-3----I---------------I
INTERLUDE
1.Only bass
2.Guitar comes in with the Verse bend
3.Chorus with some empty spaces there...listen to it carefully. It's always after the second chord.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
MOLLY'S LIPS
Tuning:Standard
THE WHOLE SONG:
G5 C5
---------------I
---------------I
-------5-5-5---I
5--5-0-5-5-5-0-I
5--5-0-3-3-3-0-I
3--3-0-------0-I
OUTRO NOISE
---3-0-3---------
----------3pb5r3-
-----------------
-----------------
X-X--------------
X-X--------------
On some live versions this song was played with chords A and D (2 frets higher than this).
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
SON OF A GUN
Tuning:Standard
INTRO/VERSES
A5 E5 D5 E5
--------------I---------------I
--------------I3--3-----------I
2--2-0------0-I2--2-0-------0-I
2--2-0-2--2-0-I0--0-0-2-2-2-0-I
0--0-0-2--2-0-I-----0-2-2-2-0-I
-----0-0--0-0-I-----0-0-0-0-0-I
CHORUS
G5 C5 D5 C5
----------------I-----------------I-----------------I-----------------I
----------------I-----------------I-----------------I-----------------I
----------------I-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-I
5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-I-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-I
5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-I-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-I
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-I-----------------I-----------------I-----------------I
INTERLUDE
----------------I-----------------I
----------------I-----------------I
----------------I/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-I twice
5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-I
5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-I
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-I-----------------I
----------------I-----------------I
----------------I-----------------I
----------------I-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I twice
7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I
7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I-----------------I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
(NEW WAVE) POLLY
Tuning:Standard
VERSE
E5 G5 D5 C5
|----------------I--------------I
|----------------I--------------I
|----------------I7-7-0-5--5-5-0I
|-2--2-0-5-5-5-0-I7-7-0-5--5-5-0I
|-2--2-0-5-5-5-0-I5-5-0-3--3-3-0I
|-0--0-0-3-3-3-0-I----0---------I
CHORUS
D C5 G5 A#5
|---------------I--------------I
|----X----------I--------------I
|--7-X-5--5-5-0-I----X-3--3-3-0I
|--7-X-5--5-5-0-I5---X-3--3-3-0I
|--5-X-3--3-3-0-I5---X-1--1-1-0I
|---------------I3---X---------I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
BEESWAX
Tuning:Standard ½step down
INTRO/VERSES
NC
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I
9\\8-8-8\\7-7\\6-6\\I5\\4\\0-----------I
7\\6-6-6\\5-5\\4-4\\I3\\2\\0-----------I
w/extreme microphonic feedback or improvised slides up
CHORUS (!!!Time signature:7/4!!)
E5 G5 E5 A#5 A5
-----------------------I
-----------------------I
-----------------------I
2---5-5--2---8-8-7-7---I
2---5-5--2---8-8-7-7-0-I
0---3-3--0---6-6-5-5-0-I
BRIDGE (!!!a 2/4 measure and two 4/4 measures!!!)
NC F5
---------I---------------I-----------------I
---------I---------------I-----------------I
---------I--1-1-1-1-1-1-1I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I
-3-3-3-3-I---------------I-----------------I
-3-3-3-3-I---------------I-----------------I
-1-1-1-1-I---------------I-----------------I
bend randomly all half-step up to 2
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
DOWNER
Tuning:Standard ½step down
MAIN RIFF
E5 C5
--------------I
--------------I
--------5-5-5-I
2--2--2-5-5-5-I
2--2--2-3-3-3-I
0--0--0-------I
PRE-CHORUS
A5A#5B5A#5
----------I
----------I
----------I
7--8-9--8-I
7--8-9--8-I
5--6-7--6-I
CHORUS
A5 A#5 E5 F5
----------I----------I---------I------------------------I
----------I----------I---------I------------------------I
----------I----------I9--------I10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-I
7--------8I--------8-I9--------I10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-I
7--------8I--------8-I7--------I8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--I
5--------6I--------6-I---------I------------------------I
OUTRO
E5 C5
----------------I
----------------I
----------5-5-5-I
2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-I
2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-I
0-0-0-0-0-------I
PM_______
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
MEXICAN SEAFOOD
Tuning:½step down
INTRO/CHORUS
--5-----------I------------------I--5-----------I----------------I
----5---0-----I------------------I----5---0-----I----------------I
--------0-0---I------------------I--------0-0---I----------------I
7---------0-4-I--4---------------I7---------0-4-I----------------I
7-----------4-I--4-2-4-2p4-2-0---I7-----------4-I--4-4-5-7-5-4-0-I
5-----3-----2-I--2-------------2-I5-----3-----2-I--2-------------I
VERSES
--------------I-------------I
--------------I-------------I
3----------3--I--------3----I
2----2-2-2-2--I--2-2-2-2----I
1----1-1-1-1--I--1-1-1-1----I
--------------I-----------3-I
PM___ PM___
INTERLUDE
------------------I-------------------I
------------------I-------------------I
---------------14-I-13-12---12\\11-12--I 4 times
7-----14-13-12-14-I-13-12---12\\11-12--I
7-----12-11-10----I-------------------I
5-----------------I-------------------I
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I
----------------I-7-6-5----------I
0-3-4-0-4-5-6-0-I-------7-6-5-3--I
OUTRO
---------------I--------------I
---------------I--------------I
3--3-3-3-3-3---I--3-3-3-3-----I
2--2-2-2-2-2---I--2-2-2-2-----I
1--1-0-1-0-1---I--0-1-0-1-----I
---------------I-----------3--I
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
HAIRSPRAY QUEEN
Tuning:Standard ½step down
INTRO/"You rang"-PART
F# 7/#9
--5-X-5-X-5-X--5--I
--5-X-5-X-5-X--5--I
--3-X-3-X-3-X--3--I
4-----------------I
------------------I
------------------I
INTRO RIFF 2
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
10--11---12----I-13-------------14-14/--I-13---------I-13\\12-12\\10-10/12-12-I
--8----9----10-I----11-11-12-12---------I-12---------I-12\\11-11\\9--9-/11-11-I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
9---10---11----I-12-------------13-13/--I-13---------I-13\\12-12\\10-10/12-12-I
--7----8----9--I----10-10-11-11---------I-12---------I-12\\11-11\\9--9-/11-11-I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
Kurt screws up. He plays this part
1 fret lower than he ought to...but
hardly anyone could tell...;)
----------I
----------I
------12--I
------12--I
---12-----I let harmonics ring for a while and strum the same open strings until verse.
12--------I
NH........
INTRO AFTER "You Rang"-PART
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
10--11---12----I-13-------------14-14/--I-13---------I-13\\12-12\\10-10/12-12-I
--8----9----10-I----11-11-12-12---------I-12---------I-12\\11-11\\9--9-/11-11-I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I twice
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
---------------I------------------------I------------I----------------------I
----------I----------------I
----------I----------------I
----------I----------------I
----------I----------------I 4 times
9/10------I10\\9-9\\7-7/9-9--I
7/8-------I8-\\7-7\\5-5/7-7--I
CHORUS
F5
-----I-----I
-----I-----I
-----I-----I
3----I-----I 4 times
3----I-----I
1----I-----I
SOLOS (ANTI-SOLOS...)
Play around frets 4-8. Avoid the fret 6. Kurt seemed to at least try to play a Jimmy Page
Solo but wasn't able to do better...:) who knows, at least there's some kind of a scale there.
OUTRO ("Interesting erotic noises")
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I 4 TIMES
----------------I----------------I
9-8---8-7---7-6-I---6-5---5-4-3--I
7-6-0-6-5-0-5-4-I-0-4-3-0-3-2-1--I
PM PM PM PM
ENDING CHORD
F5
-
-
-
3
3
1
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
AERO ZEPPELIN
Tuning:Standard ½step down
INTRO/VERSE 1
E7add#4
-----0-0-0---------------I----------0------------0-I
------------3--3----3----I-------3-----3--3----3---I
-----------------3-----3-I----3--3-----------3-----I
-------------------------I-------------------------I
-------------------------I-------------------------I
0-0----------------------I0-0----------------------I
(the picking varies heavily on this riff. These are the most usual picking patterns)
VERSE 1 ENDING
E7add#4
-----------I
------3----I
---------3-I
-----------I
-----------I
0-0--------I
RIFF 1
N.C. (E5)
--------------------I---------------------I
--------------------I---------------------I
--------------------I---------------------I
--------------------I---------------------I
--------------------I---------------------I
0-0--7--7--/10--10\\-I-0-0-7--6---3--6--3--I
RIFF 2A RIFF 2B
A5 B5 D5 E5 N.C.
-----------------------------I-----------------------------I
-----------------------------I-----------------------------I
-----------------------------I-----------------------------I
--------------7--7--7--7-/9--I-----------------------------I
7-9-9-9-9-9-0-5--5--5--5-/7--I-----------------------------I
5-7-7-7-7-7-0----------------I8-0--0-7-0--0-6-0--0-3-2b3p0-I
RIFF 3
N.C. (E)
---------------------I
---------------------I
--------------------0I
--------------------0I
---------------------I
0---0-/5--4--0--0-4--I
VERSE 2 RIFF
E5 A#5 E5 G5
---------------I---------------I
---------------I---------------I
-------------3-I---------------I
2------------3-I-2----------5--I
2------------1-I-2----------5--I
0--------------I-0----------3--I
"hey" PART
E5
----I
----I
----I
2---I
2---I
0---I
SOLO
Mostly an improvised anti-solo (I won't tab it, and even if I tabbed it you couldn't play it :P )
I thought I'd put the structure here because this song doesn't have many riffs but it sounds
like it has a zillion...most of them are the same with different drum parts.
INTRO 2 times
INTRO 3?times behind verse
INTROVERSE ENDING 2 times
INTRO 3?times behind verse
INTROVERSE ENDING 4 times
RIFF 1 once clean and 3 times w/dist
RIFF 2 (A and B) 4 times
RIFF 2B 3 more times
RIFF 3 4 times
VERSERIFF 4 times
RIFF 2 (A and B) 4 times
RIFF 2B 3 more times
RIFF 3 4 times
VERSERIFF 4 times
HEY PART
SOLO
RIFF 1 4 times
RIFF 2 (A and B) 4 times
RIFF 2B 3 more times
INTRO 2 times
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
BIG LONG NOW
Tuning:Standard
MAIN RIFF
C#
---------------I
---------------I
---(0)------0--I
----0------(0)-I
--8---8---8---8I
9-------9------I
PM_ PM___ PM
- Let ring troughout
- the open D and G strings are picked VERY randomly
- The Palm muting is easied off occasionally.
VERSE ENDINGS
A# A G#
----------------I-----------------I
----------------I-----------------I
----0-------0---I-----0-------0---I
----0-------0---I-----0-------0---I
--5---5---5---5-I---4---4---3---3-I
6-------6-------I-5-------4-------I
let ring
VERY LAST REPEAT OF MAIN RIFF BEFORE CHORUS:
C# D5 C#5
----------------I
----------------I
0-0-0-0-7-7-7-6-I
0-0-0-0-7-7-7-6-I
8-8-8-0-5-5-5-4-I
9-9-9-0---------I
