Band: PrOcToLoGy SuCkS!!!
Song: Heart-Shaped Box
Tabbed by: Nat Carsten (carsten@mtnweb.com)
Originally performed by: Nirvana

This is actually an addition/correction of the tab that Thad Discroll did on
Drum Central.  It's kind of a challenging song (to tab that is) so here 'ya
go.

Code:
SD=Snare Drum
RK=Rim Knocks (on snare)
BD=Bass Drum
FT=Floor Tom
CC=Crash Cymbal
HH=Hihat (closed)
 o=Open Hihat

Note: On some of these the tempo might be faster or slower, but I wrote it
the way I wrote it so that it would fit with the notation.

Part 1:
					     o
HH: 1111 2222 3333 4444    1111 2222 3333 4444
RK: ---- ---- nn3n 4n4n    ---- ---- nn3n 4n4n
SD: nn1n nn2n ---- ----    nn1n nn2n ---- ----
BD: 11nn 22nn 33nn ----    11nn 22nn 33nn ----

Part 2:

HH: 1111 2222 3333 4444    1111 2222 ---- ----    ---- ---- ---- ----
FT: ---- ---- ---- ----    ---- ---- n3n3 n4n4    1n1n 2nnn ---- ----
RK: ---- ---- nn3n 4n4n    ---- ---- ---- ----    ---- ---- ---- ----
SD: nn1n nn2n ---- ----    nn1n nn2n n3n3 n4n4    1n1n 2n22 ---- ----
BD: 11nn 22nn 33nn ----    11nn 22nn 3nnn ----    ---- ---- ---- ----
CC: ---- ---- ---- ----    ---- ---- 3nnn ----    ---- ---- ---- ----

Part 3:
			   o o  o o  o o
HH: ---- ---- ---- ----    1n1n 2n2n 3n3n ----
FT: 1n1n nn2n 3nnn ----    ---- ---- ---- ----
SD: ---- ---- ---- ----    nn1n nn2n 33-- ----
BD: ---- 2nnn nn3n ----    11nn 22nn ---- ----
CC: ---- 2nnn nn3n ----    ---- ---- ---- ----

			   o o  o o
HH: ---- ---- ---- ----    1n1n 2n2n ---- ----
FT: 1n1n nn2n 3nnn ----    ---- ---- ---- ----
SD: ---- ---- ---- ----    nn1n 2n2n ---- ----
BD: ---- 2nnn nn3n ----    11n1 n2nn ---- ----
CC: ---- 2nnn nn3n ----    ---- ---- ---- ----

Part 4:
    o o  o o		   o o  o o			  o
HH: 1n1n 2n2n ---- ----    1n1n 2n2n ---- ----    ---- nnn2 ---- ----
FT: ---- ---- ---- ----    ---- ---- nn3n 4n4n    1n1n 2n2n ---- ----
SD: nn1n nn2n ---- 4n4n    nn1n nn2n nn3n 4n4n    1n1n 2n2n ---- ----
BD: 11nn 22nn 3333 n4n4    11nn 22nn 3nnn ----    ---- ---- ---- ----
CC: ---- ---- 3nnn ----    ---- ---- 3nnn ----    ---- ---- ---- ----

Part 5:
    o o  o o  o o  o o
HH: 1n1n 2n2n 3n3n 4n4n
SD: nn1n nn2n nn3n 4n4n
BD: 11nn 22nn 33n3 n4nn
CC: nn1n nn2n ---- ----

Fill 1:

SD: 11--

Part 6:
    o o  o o
HH: 1n1n 2n2n ---- ----    ---- ----
SD: nn1n nn2n 3333 4444    1111 2222
BD: 11nn 22n2 3n3n 4n4n    1n1n 2n2n
CC: ---- nnn2 ---- ----    ---- ----

Part 7:
    o o  o o
HH: 1n1n 2n2n ---- ----
FT: ---- nnn2 ---- ----
SD: nn1n nn2n ---- ----
BD: 11nn 22nn ---- ----

End:

BD: 1---
CC: 1---

Song Structure:
 1) Part 1 (3x)
 2) Part 2
 3) Part 3 (3x)
 4) Part 4
 5) Part 1 (3x)
 6) Part 2
 7) Part 3 (3x)
 8) Part 4
 9) Part 5 (2x)
10) Part 1 (4x)
11) Part 2
13) Part 3 (3x)
14) Part 6 (3x)
15) Part 7
16) End

I worked up a sweat tabbing this one.  One of Nirvana's most fun songs to
play though.  If you do play this one, tell me so in my guestbook at:
http://www.mtnweb.com/~carsten/drum.html
because I didn't want to do all that work for nothing.  Whew!
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