Artist: Nirvana
Song: Drain You
Tabbed out for lazy people who don't wanna tune down, and wanna play Kurt style.
Written by Kurt Cobain
Transcribed by Jargon
Tunning: Standard (From low to high EADGBe)
Key:
/ = slide up
= slide down
+ = tremolo
# = let ring
Intro (Clean)
One baby to another says...
e|-|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-|--4-4--8-8-8-------6-6-6---4-4--8-8-8-------6-6-6------|
D|-|--4-4--8-8-8--6-6--6-6-6---4-4--8-8-8--6-6--6-6-6------|
A|-|--2-2--6-6-6--6-6--4-4-4---2-2--6-6-6--6-6--4-4-4------|
E|-|--------------4-4----------------------4-4-------------|
*Goes into distortion for the rest of the verse*
Play about 14x throughout remainder of 1st verse
|----------------------|
e|-|---------------------------|
B|-|---------------------------|
G|-|--4-4--8-8-8-------6-6-6---|
D|-|--4-4--8-8-8--6-6--6-6-6---|
A|-|--2-2--6-6-6--6-6--4-4-4---|
E|-|--------------4-4----------|
Transition | Chorus (Chew your meat for you...) | Ending of chorus
Play 4x
|-------------------------------|
e|-|-----------|------------------------------------|---------|
B|-|-----------|------------------------------------|--2-3----|
G|-|-----------|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|--2-2----|
D|-|-4-4---2---|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|--2-0-6--|
A|-|-4-4---2---|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|------6--|
E|-|-2-2-0-0---|------------------------------------|------4--|
Second Verse (With eyes so dilated...)
Play about 16x throughout 2nd verse
|----------------------|
e|-|---------------------------|
B|-|---------------------------|
G|-|--4-4--8-8-8-------6-6-6---|
D|-|--4-4--8-8-8--6-6--6-6-6---|
A|-|--2-2--6-6-6--6-6--4-4-4---|
E|-|--------------4-4----------|
Transition 2 | Chorus (Chew your meat for you...) | Ending of chorus
Play 4x
|-------------------------------|
e|-|-----------|------------------------------------|---------|
B|-|-----------|------------------------------------|--2-3----|
G|-|-----------|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|--2-2----|
D|-|-4-4---2---|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|--2-0-6--|
A|-|-4-4---2---|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|------6--|
E|-|-2-2-0-0---|------------------------------------|------4--|
Interlude (Full of effects; rubber ducky, smoke, etc...)
[What I think sounds okay]
Let these notes slightly ring and pick faster as you slide up
|--------------------------------|
e|-|-------0**-----0**-----0**----0**-----------------------------------------------|
B|-|-------0-------0-------0------0-------------------------------------------------|
G|-|-------0-------0-------0------0----------------6/7#-6#/7#/8#/9#/10/11/14/16/18--|
D|-|---3+*----3+*----3+*----3+*--------7-7654------------------------------------|
A|-|---2+-----2+-----2+-----2+---------6-6543------------------------------------|
E|-|---3+-----3+-----3+-----3+---------7-7654------------------------------------|
*Tremolo pick for a while with distortion
**Strum once clean [In live versions Kurt would arpeggio this chord here and there]
Last Verse (Distorted)
Play about 20x through last verse
|----------------------|
e|-|---------------------------|
B|-|---------------------------|
G|-|--4-4--8-8-8-------6-6-6---|
D|-|--4-4--8-8-8--6-6--6-6-6---|
A|-|--2-2--6-6-6--6-6--4-4-4---|
E|-|--------------4-4----------|
Transition |Final Chorus (Chew your meat for you...) | Ending of Song
Play 6x
|-------------------------------|
e|-|-----------|-----------------------------------------|----------|
B|-|-----------|-----------------------------------------|--2-3-----|
G|-|-----------|----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|--2-2-----|
D|-|-4-4---2---|----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|--2-0-6#--|
A|-|-4-4---2---|----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------6#--|
E|-|-2-2-0-0---|-----------------------------------------|------4#--|
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