Nirvana - Nirvana Greatist Hits guitar tab
These tabs were written by other people but as I thought that people would want the Greatest
Hits album (which came out in 2002) I put this together. I Hope You Enjoy!!!!
Here are the songs:
1) You Know You’re Right
2) About A Girl
3) Been A Son
4) Sliver
5) Smells Like Teen Spirit
6) Come As You Are
7) Lithium
8) In Bloom
9) Heart-Shaped Box
10)Pennyroyal Tea
11)Rape Me
12)Dumb
13)All Apologies
14)The Man Who Sold The World
15)Where Did You Sleep Last Night
T H E
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| N N N I RRRR V V A A N N N A A |
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G U I T A R T A B U L A T U R E B O O K
CHORD CHARTS
This is basically all the chords used in this book (and more) put in
tabulature form. I did this for the sake of people who don't know how
to read chords, or don't have a chord book.
1) Power Chords
E5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 A#5 B5 C5 C#5 D5 D#5
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------3-------|
|------9--------10--------------------2---3---4---5---6---7----2---8---|
|-2----9---3----10---4---5---6---7----2---3---4---5---6---7-or-0---8---|
|-2-or-7---3-or--8---4---5---6---7-or-0---1---2---3---4---5--------6---|
|-0--------1---------2---3---4---5-------------------------------------|
2) Major Chords (bar chords except for F not included)
E F G A B C D
|-0---1---3---0---2---0---2-|
|-0---1---0---2---4---1---3-|
|-1---2---0---2---4---0---2-|
|-2---3---0---2---4---2---0-|
|-2---3---2---0---2---3-----|
|-0---1---3-----------0-----|
3) Minor Chords
Em Fm Gm Am Bm Cm Dm
|-0---1---3---0---2---3---1-|
|-0---1---3---1---3---4---3-|
|-0---1---3---2---4---5---2-|
|-2---3---0---2---4---5---0-|
|-2---3-------0-------------|
|-0---1---------------------|
TUNINGS
Standard Tuning: E A D G B E
How To Get It: Tune the low E string to a tuner or another guitar
Tune the A string to the 5th fret of the low E string
Tune the D string to the 5th fret of the A string
Tune the G string to the 5th fret of the D string
Tune the B string to the 4th fret of the G string
Tune the high E string to the 5th fret of the B string
Down 1/2 Step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
How To Get It: Tune the 6th fret of the E string to the A string
Retune the rest of the guitar as in standard tuning
Down A Whole Step: D G C F A D
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret of the E string to the A string
Retune the rest of the guitar as in standard tuning
Drop D: D A D G B E
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret of the low E string to the A string
Alt. Tuning 1: D A D G B F
How To Get It: Tune the 7th fret of the low E string to the A string
Tune the high E string to the 6th fret of the B string
Alt. Tuning 2: Eb Ab Db Gb B E
How To Get It: Tune the first 4 strings down 1/2 step
Leave the last 2 strings in standard tuning
TABULATURE DEFINITION
What all the little symbols in the tab mean...
)=Bend
/=slide
~~=vibrato
^=hammeron/pulloff
PM=Palm mute
*=uncontrolled feedback
xx=pick scrape
NH=Natural Harmonic
+=Tremelo Pick
)=Unison Bend
)
|=ghost bend
|=ghost bend and release
@@@@@=Smash Guitar :)
1) You Know You’re Right
Intro/Verse:
F#5
5: 4 4
6:0p 2 2 2 2 0p 2 2 2
Chorus: F#5 D5 E5
2) About A Girl
Verse: Em G
Chorus: C#5 G#5 F#5 C#5 G#5 F#5 E5 G5 A5 C5
Solo
3: 9/12 12 12
4: 5 7 7/9 9 9/12 12 12 12
5: 5 7 play that 4x, then back to the chorus riff
3) Been A Son
Drop D Tuning
Verse:
2: 3 3
3: 2 2
4: 0 0
5: 0 0 3 2 0
6: 0 0
Chorus
4: 5 3 2
5: 5 3 2 3 2 0
6: 5 3 2
4) Sliver
Bass Intro:
1:
2:
3: 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 1
4: 1 1 1 3
Verse: C5 F5 C5 A5
Chorus: A5 C5
5) Smells Like Teen Spirit
Intro/Chorus: F5 A#5 G#5 C#5
Verse:
1: 1
2: 1
Pre-Chorus:
1: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2: 1 1 1 1
Post-Chorus: )
3: 3 5 5 x 5 3
4: 3 3 x 3 4 4 5 5 x 5 3 6
5: 3 3 x 3 4 4 3 3 x 3 1 6
6: 1 1 x 1 2 2 4
Solo: )
3: 8 10 8 8 8 6 5 6 5 )(
4: 10 /6 8 6 6 8 8 (8) 6 5
repeat that 2x then play:
4: 6 5 6 5 6 5 6^5 53
repeat that 3x then play:
4: 6 5 6 5 6 5 6^5 3~~~~(let feedback ring through verse)
6) Come As You Are
Tune Down A Whole Step
Intro/Verse:
5: 0 0 2 2
6: 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Pre Chorus: F#m A
Chorus: B5 D5
Solo:
2: 12)
3: 6~~~ 9 116 6~~~ 9 116 6~~~ 9 11 11 11 11~~ 9 6
7) Lithium
Tune Down A Whole Step
Verse:
3: 5 5 5 5/7 7 7 7 4 4 4 4/7 7 7 7
4: 6 7 5 5 5 5/7 7 7 7 4 4 4 4/7 7 7 7
5: 6 4 4 7 3 3 3 3/5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2/5 5 5 5
6: 0 x 0 4 x 0 x 0 5 0
Chorus: E5 G#5 C#5 A5 C5 D5 B5 D5
Bridge: A5 C5
8) In Bloom
Intro: A#5 G5 F5 G#5
Verse: A#5 F#5 D#5 B5 A5
Chorus: A#5 G5 play that 4x then:
C5 D#5
Solo:
1:
2: )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ) ( ) (
3: 8 8 8(0) 6 (6) (6)
1:
2: ) ) ) (
3: 6 6/8 6 8 8 6 8 (8) 8~~6 8 (8)
4: 6/8
1:
2:
3: 6 8 8
4: 0
1: ) (
2: ) ( 8 8/9 8 9 (9) 9/11
3: /10 (10) 10 10
1: ) )
2:(11) 11 (11)~~~
1: ) (
2:~~11 (11) 11/ 8 8 8 7
3: 6 6 6
1:
2: 6
3: 3 6
4: 3 6
5: 1 4
6: + +
9) Heart Shaped Box
Drop D Tuning
Intro/Verse
3: 2 2
4: 2 2 3 0 0 2 2 2 3
5: 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
6: 3 0 3
4: 3/4 4 4 4 0
5: 3 3
6: 0
Chorus:
2: ) ) )
3: 2 2 4 4 4
4: 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
5: 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
6: 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
play that 4x then: )
3 3
4: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0
5: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0
6: 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0
Solo
2: )( )( )
3: 8 (8) 6 (6) 5 3
4: 7 5 3 5 4 2
10) Pennyroyal Tea
Verse: Am G
Chorus: C5 D5 Bb5
Solo
1: 3 3 3 3 2 0
2: )( )( 3 2 0
3: 2 0 2 (2)^0 2 0 2 0 2 (2)^0 2 0 0 0 2 0 10)
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Intro: )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )(
3: 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )( )(
2: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
3:
4: )()(
5: 4 4 4
1:
2:
3:
: )()()()()()(
5:4 4 4 4 4 4 4
6:
11) Rape Me
Intro/2nd & 3rd Verse/Chorus: A5 C5 E5 G5
1st Verse:
3: 5
4: 7 5 5 5 2 5
5: 7 3 2 5 5 5
6: 5 5 0 0 3
Bridge: C#5 A5 G5 F#5 F5 G#5 E5 G5 F#5 F5
12) Dumb
Verse/Chorus: E5 A5 G5 C5
Bridge: B5 C5
9) Pennyroyal Tea
Verse: Am G
Chorus: C5 D5 Bb5
Solo
1: 3 3 3 3 2 0
2: )( )( 3 2 0
3: 2 0 2 (2)^0 2 0 2 0 2 (2)^0 2 0 0 0 2 0
13) All Apologies
Drop D tuning down 1/2 step
Intro/Verse
3:
4: /12 12 10 9
5: 9 10 9 /12 12 10 9 10 9
6: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
play that 3x then play this:
3: 11 11 9
4: 0 0 0 12
5: 9 10 9 /12 12 10 9 10 9 0
6: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chorus: G5 (3rd fret bar on low D A and D strings)
"Married" A5
Outro: Play verse riff about a million times
15) The Man Who Sold The World
Intro/Post Chorus Riff:
3: 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0
play 6x
Verse: A D A F C A D C
Chorus: C C#
Outro:
play Intro 8x, then play
3:/9~~~~~ 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 /10~~~~~
3: 9 97 7~~~~~ 7 7/9 9~~~~~2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0
3: /10~~~~~ 9 97 7~~~~~ 9~~~~~ 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2 2 2 0 2^3^2 0 2~~~
15) Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Riff:
1: 0
2: 0 0
3: x x 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 4
4: 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 2
5: 2 2 0 0 0 x x x 2 2 2 2 0 x 2
6: 0 0 0 0^2^3 3 3 3 2 2 2^3 0
the rest of the song is simply variations on that chord progression
(Em A G5 B F#5 Em)
