This is my first guitar tab ever i made it cause there are really no other good tabs on the net for this song that i can find, anyway i hope it can help:D

Songwriters: Nirvana
Guitarist: Kurt D. Cobain
Song: Downer
Tuning: 1/2 step down- Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Intro:

Bass starts off like this:

E|--0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8--| x4

Then the guitar fills in:

G|--5~-----| 
D|--5~-----|
A|--3~-----| x1
E|---------|

G|-----------5--5--5-----|
D|--2--2--2--5--5--5-----|
A|--2--2--2--3--3--5-----| x4
E|--0--0--0--------------| 


Verse: 

Only bass plays in the beginning

Butcher Sincerity...

E|--0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8--| x8


Then the guitar fills in again on "PLAIN"

Bland, boring, PLAIN!

G|--5~-----| 
D|--5~-----|
A|--3~-----| x1
E|---------|

G|-----------5--5--5-----|
D|--2--2--2--5--5--5-----|
A|--2--2--2--3--3--5-----| x4
E|--0--0--0--------------|


Post-Chorus:

All we know is restitution...

G|--3--4-5--5-4------|
D|--3--4-5--5-4------|
A|--1--2-3--3-2------| x8
E|-------------------|


Chorus:

(This is my favourite part)

 
Somebody said that they're not....

E|--------------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
B|--------------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
G|--------------------------9--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10-10-10-10----|
D|--7--7-7-7-7--8--8-8-8-8--9--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10-10-10-10----| x2
A|--7--7-7-7-7--8--8-8-8-8--7--7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|
E|--5--5-5-5-5--6--6-6-6-6--------------------------------------|

NOTE: U HAVE TO PLAY THAT LAST PART VERY FAST I SWEAR IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD! AND THE SECOND TIME YOU STRUM ONLY 5 TIMES INSTEAD OF 10!



Outro-Chorus:


G|-----------5--5--5-----|
D|--2--2--2--5--5--5-----|
A|--2--2--2--3--3--5-----| x4
E|--0--0--0--------------| 

then you play the verse, post-chorus, chorus and outro-chorus the same as before and finally the outro comes


you play the outro with palm mute

Outro:


   PM------|
G|-----------5--5--5-----|
D|--2--2--2--5--5--5-----|
A|--2--2--2--3--3--5-----| x4
E|--0--0--0--------------| 

play this at the end
G|----------|
D|--2-------|
A|--2-------| x1 
E|--0-------|

im almost sure that this tab is 100% correct cause i listed to it many times and figured it out by ear, i also watched videos on youtube and actually its a very easy song, and very fast:P

i maybe put up some more nirvana tabs when i have time:)