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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 94 12:17:41 BST
From: Tim Davis
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Transcribed by Tim Davis (davist@cs.man.ac.uk) from the album "Nevermind".
Here's the entire song with lyrics et al.
To get the Nirvana sound use very heavy metal distortion plus very thick
chorus with the pickup selector in the bridge (farthest back) position.
Key:
~ - vibrato
- slide down
b - bend note until it sounds like the bracketed one
r - release previous bend to bracketed note
x - play strings while muted lightly with left hand
|-- --| repeat section between the markers.
|*- -*| ie. play it twice
|-- --|
|-- --| |*- -*|
|-- ... --|
Intro:
2x clean
4x w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
Pre verse:
clean w/chorus
E-----1-----------------------------|-----1----------------------------|
B-1---------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse 1:
clean w/chorus
E-----1------------------------------|-----1---------------------------|
B-1----------------------------------|-1-------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Load up on guns, bring your friends. It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured. Oh no, I know, a dirty word.
Pre chorus:
w/distortion
E------1-------1-------1-------1--|------1-------1-------1-------1---|
B-1--------1-------1-------1------|-1--------1-------1-------1-------|
G---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chorus:
w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|*---------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
G|--3---3---3---3---4---4---3-------|-4---4---4---4---3---3---4---4----|
D|--3---3---3---3---4---4---3-------|-4---4---4---4---3---3---4---4----|
A|*-3---3---3---3---4---4---1-------|-2---2---2---2---1---1---4---4---*|
E|--1---1---1---1---2---2-----------|-------------------------2---2----|
Yeah!
Pre verse
Verse 2:
(Guitar same as verse 1)
I'm worst at what I do best and for this gift I feel blessed.
Our little group has always been and always will until the end.
Pre chorus
Chorus
Solo:
w/distortion and chorus (played over the main chorus/intro riff)
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|*----------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
G|-----8-108-----8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5~~~|-6-5-----------------------------|
D|--10--------6~~~-------------------|------8--6~~~8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5~~~-|
A|*----------------------------------|--------------------------------*|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|*--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---6-5---6-5---6-5---6-5-5-------|-6-5---6-5---6-5---6-5-5--------|
A|*--------------------------8~~~~~|-------------------------8~~~~~*|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Pre verse:
let last note of solo ring for whole of pre verse
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A-(8)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-(8)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Verse 3:
(No guitar)
And I forget just why I taste. Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile.
I found it hard. It was hard to find. Oh well whatever, nevermind.
Pre chorus
Chorus and playout:
w/distortion and chorus
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---3---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
D--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-3---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-6---6---5---|
A--3---3-3---x-x-x-x-1---1---5---|-6---6-6---x-x-x-x-4---4---5---|
E--1---1-1---x-x-x-x---------3---|-4---4-4---x-x-x-x---------3---|
From: KURT20GAUG@aol.com
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 17:05:11 -0400
Subject: TAB: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
Nirvana
Nevermind
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Transcribed by: buzzllsliktive aka kurt20gaug
Contributions: Fellow AOLers whose name's elude me(You guys,email me)
I posted a much simpler, much more limited, version of this song on
AOL.After getting suggestions from fellow guitarists I posted this version.
If you have any commentssuggestionscomplaints e-mail at kurt20gaug@aol.com
This posting has the intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, break, solo, and
outro.
Intro&Chorus For intro: play twice with no distortion For chorus: play with
distortion and no sweeps
E-|------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------3--3----------------------------6--6-------|
D-|-3--3-3-X-X--X-X-3--3---X-X---6--6-6---X-X--X-X--6--6-------|
A-|-3--3-3-X-X--X-X-1--1---X-X---6--6-6---X-X--X-X--4--4-------|
E-|-1--1-1-X-X--X-X--------X-X---4--4-4---X-X--X-X-------------|
Break:
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|------------4^fb----------------------------------4^fb-------------|
D-|-3-3--4-4-----------3-3---77-7---55-5--3-3--4-4--------------------|
A-|-3-3--4-4-----------3-3---77-7---55-5--3-3--4-4--------------------|
E-|-1-1--2-2-----------1-1---55-5---33-3--1-1--2-2--------------------|
Verse:(Except right after the solo, you just let the last notes of the
solo ring)
E-|-------1--------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--1-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
E-|-------3------3----------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------3------3----------------------------------------------------|
G-|---0-------0-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---0-------0-------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo:
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|--------4---6-------4----6^hb--6*---4------------------------------|
G-|-----5--------------------------------5-6-5---3-----3-5^hb--5*--3--|
D-|----------------6--------------------------------6----------------6|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
*
= Bring bend down
From: juggle@athena.mit.edu
Joseph Grossman
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Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana
This is how I play the song. I make no guarantees as to its accuracy.
For those interested, a good way to get the Nirvana "Grunge" sound is
just to use very heavy metal distortion plus very thick chorus.
Key:
p - pull off from previous note
s - slide to
b - bend (or unbend) note until it sounds like the next one
x - strike strings muted lightly w/left hand
Main line: Riff:
2x w/o distortion. repeat as
4x with distortion chorus) desired. . .
e------------------------------------------ ---1------
a------------------------------------------ -1--------
d-------------3-3------------------6-6----- ----------
g--3-3-3-xxxx-3-3---5---6-6-6-xxxx-6-6--5-- ----------
b--3-3-3-xxxx-1-1---5---6-6-6-xxxx-4-4--5-- ----------
E--1-1-1-xxxx-------3---4-4-4-xxxx------3-- ----------
"Solo": 2x. . .
e-------------------------------------------------------
a--1--4--4s6-----4b6b4--2--1--2--1----------------------
d-------------1---------------------3--1--3b5b3--1--0---
g-------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
. . .to 4x:
e--------------------------------
a--------------------------------
d---1-0---1-0---1-0---1p0--------
g---------------------------3----
b--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
*-juggle@athena.mit.edu-*
*-Joseph Grossman -*
