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Artist: Nirvana
Album: In Utero
Song: Scentless Apprentice
Tabbed by: krtcbn6738

Tuning: Dropped D + 1/2 StEp Down (C# G# C# F#)

Intro:
F#--------------------------
C#-------------------------- x3
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4

Verse 1:
F#--------------------------
C#-------------------------- x4
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (Like most babies smell like butter)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (His smell smelled like no other)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (He was born scentless and senseless)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (He was born a scentless apprentice)

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4

Pre-Chorus:
F#----------------------------------------------------------------
C#----------------------------------------------------------------
G#-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\
C#----------------------------------------------------------------

F#--------------------------------------------------------
C#--------------------------------------------------------
G#-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-5-5-5-5-/14-14\--
C#-------------------------------------------------------0  (Go-

Chorus 1:
F#-----------------------------
C#----------------------------- x3
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--4-0-4-4-4-0-4--0-  -away, get away, get away, get away-

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--4-0-4-4-4-0-4-4-0  -get awayyyyahhhh)

Verse 2:
F#--------------------------
C#-------------------------- x2
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (Every wet nurse refused to feed him)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (Electrolytes smell like semen)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (Promise not to sell your perfume secrets)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (There are countless formulas for pressing flowers)

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4

Pre-Chorus:
F#----------------------------------------------------------------
C#----------------------------------------------------------------
G#-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\
C#----------------------------------------------------------------

F#--------------------------------------------------------
C#--------------------------------------------------------
G#-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-5-5-5-5-/14-14\--
C#-------------------------------------------------------0  (Go-

Chorus 2:
F#-----------------------------
C#----------------------------- x3
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--4-0-4-4-4-0-4--0-  -away, get away, get away, get away-

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--4-0-4-4-4-0-4-4-0  -get awayyyyahhhh)

Guitar Solo:
F#--------------------------
C#-------------------------- 
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0 

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0 

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0 

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0 

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4


Verse 3:
F#--------------------------
C#-------------------------- x4
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (I lie in the soil and fertilize mushrooms)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (Leaking out gas fumes are made into perfume)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (You can't fire me because I quit)

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0

F#--------------------------
C#--------------------------
G#--------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-0-4--0  (Throw me in the fire and I won't forfeit)

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--0-4-4-4-4-0-4-0-4


Pre-Chorus:
F#----------------------------------------------------------------
C#----------------------------------------------------------------
G#-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\
C#----------------------------------------------------------------

F#--------------------------------------------------------
C#--------------------------------------------------------
G#-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-3-3-3-3-/12\-3-3-5-5-5-5-/14-14\--
C#-------------------------------------------------------0  (Go-

Chorus 3:
F#-----------------------------
C#----------------------------- x7
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--4-0-4-4-4-0-4--0-  -away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away-

F#-----------------------------
C#-----------------------------
G#-----------------------------
C#-4--4--0-4--4-0-4-4-4-0-4-4-0  -get awayyyyahhhh)

Ending:
F#----
C#----
G#----
C#-4--

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Slide Down: \

That's really all there is to it. It just follows the drums, except during the sections when Kurt is singing. This is 100% correct. Go find a detailed video of them playing it live and watch Krist play it this is how he plays it.
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