Nirvana/Greatest hits box set/Ain’t it a shame

This is in E major, and there is some room for improvising, especially to fill in the long held out notes (~) and throwing in little rhythms.
The bass comes in at about 0:05.

Intro
G|--------------6---9------|
D|---------6-9----9---9----|
A|---7-7-9--------------7~-|
E|-------------------------|

Part 1
G|--------------6---9------(9)-|------------6---9-------|
D|---------6-9----9---9--------|-------6-9----9---7-9~--|
A|---7-7-9--------------7~-----|-7-7-9------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------|

G|--------------6---9-----------------------------------------|
D|---------6-9----9---7-9-9-7-7-6-6-------------------9-9-----|
A|---7-7-9--------------------------9-9--7-7------0--------7~-|
E|--------------------------------------------9-7-------------|

Part2
G|--------9h8—8-6------------(9)-|--------9h8—8-6-----------|
D|-----------------9-7-6---------|-----------------9-7-6-9~-|
A|---7-7-----------------7~------|---7-7--------------------|
E|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

G|-------9h8—8-6---------------------------------------------|
D|----------------9-7-6-9-9-7-7-6-6------------------9-9-----|
A|---7-7----------------------------9-9-7-7------0--------7~-|
E|-------------------------------------------9-7-------------|

Part 3 (is a variation on Part2)
G|--------9h8—8-6------------9h8—8-6-------------9h8—8-6----------|
D|-----------------9-7-6--------------9-7-6--------------9-7-6-9~-|
A|---7-7-----------------7-7-----------------7-7------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------9h8—8-6---------------------------------------------|
D|----------------9-7-6-9-9-7-7-6-6------------------9-9-----|
A|---7-7----------------------------9-9-7-7------0--------7~-|
E|-------------------------------------------9-7-------------|

Intro
Part1 x 3
Part2 X 1
Part1 X 1
Part3 X 1

This tab of course isn’t perfect, but I think it gives you a pretty good idea of how to play it. There are times when there are little trill things on the high e that I didn’t bother writing out, especially towards the end. if you listen to the song, you should get a good feel for the rhythm too, it swings a little bit.
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