Nirvana Tab by The Blake Babies


Blake Babies
Nirvana 
EP:  Rosy Jack World

Tabbed by Ken David (2007) for 1 acoustic guitar
kndavid (at) att (dot) net


Drop D Tuning
Capo on 2nd Fret



Riff (let E string ring out)

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|--3-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-5--|
|--0-0-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0----|


Chords

Bb5, Am, B, C D, D* Cadd9, D, G11sus, A7sus4, Bsus2, G, A


  Bsus2  A7sus4   Cadd9   Bb5      B5     C       D      D*    G11sus   G     A
|--x----|--x----|---x---|----x-|-----x-|----x-|-----x-|---2--|-----3-|--x--|---x--|
|--2----|--2----|--1----|--3---|---4---|--5---|---7---|----3-|---0---|--x--|---x--|
|--0----|--0----|-------|--3---|---4---|--5---|---7---|---2--|---0---|--x--|---x--|
|--2----|--1----|-------|--3---|---4---|--5---|---7---|------|---3---|--3--|---5--|
|--x----|--x----|----3--|--1---|----2--|---3--|---5---|------|-----x-|--3--|---5--|
|--x----|--x----|----x--|------|-------|------|-------|------|-----3-|--3--|---5--|


"Father, Father" Part:  B5 barr slide to C slide to D

 First time through 1 B5, second time double strum on B5
|------x---------x--------x-------x----x-------x------x----|
|------4---------6--------8-------4----4-------6------8----|
|------4---------6--------8-------4----4-------6------8----|
|------4---------6--------8-------4----4-------6------8----|
|--2---------4---------6-------2-----2-------4-----6-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|



Lyrics + Progression


(riff)					Bb5, Am, (one down stroke on each chord)
I shut the windows and close the store,

(riff)                              			    B5, Am 
I lay down on the bathroom floor, Everyone I know is a bore

(riff)					     Bb5, Am
I'm starting to think that everything stinks

(riff)
That I could really use a drink

(riff)					  B5, Am
Then I got up and hit my head on the sink

B5/C/D  B5/C/D  B5/C/D  B5/C/D    Am     Cadd9
Father father father father,      Do you call

B5/C/D  B5/C/D  B5/C/D       B5/C/D   Am  Cadd9  (picked) Bsus2/A7sus4
Father father father,        Should I end it          all

     D*                     G11sus5
Now, here comes the song I love so much

D*			    G11sus5
Makes me wanna go fuck shit up

     D*             G11sus4     D*                   G11sus5, Cadd9
Now, I got nirvana in my head, I'm so glad I'm not dead

(riff)                        Bb5, Am
I slam my hand in the car door

(riff) 
I scream till I could scream no more

(riff)                                Bb5, Am
Bloody and mean and rotten to the core

B5/C/D  B5/C/D  B5/C/D  B5/C/D  Bb5,    Am
Father father father father,    Do you call

B5/C/D  B5/C/D  B5/C/D  B5/C/D   Am  Cadd9 Bsus2,A7sus4
Satan Satan Satan,      Should I end it    all

D*    Bb5        C
 You try to get off the ground

D*                            Cadd9
But you always end up coming down

D*              Bb5              C
When the sound comes around and goes in your ears

   B5  /C  /D           G5/A5   C
You can do anything you have no fears

D*               Bb5              C  
When that sound comes around and goes in my ears

   B5   /C   /D     G5/A5   C
I can do anything I have no fears

D*                           G11sus5
Now, here comes the song I love so much

D*			    G11sus5
Makes me wanna go fuck shit up

D*             G11sus4
I got nirvana in my head

D                   G11sus5, Bsus2,A7sus4(x4)
I'm so glad I'm not dead

D                       G11sus5
Here comes the song, I love it so much


D			    G11sus5
Makes me wanna go fuck shit up

     D             G11sus4
Now, I got nirvana in my head

D                   G11sus5, Bsus2,A7sus4
I'm so glad I'm not dead

Outro (strum lightly)
(riff)  Bb5, Am, A, G, D