Nirvana

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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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)

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