Hi again everyone. I never really got into the Nirvana scene at the time, but having had another listen to Unplugged in New York, it struck me that quite a few songs on that album would fit well on this forum.
Chris (Dogsbody) I don't know if you like Nirvana, but if the jury's out, go and get this album and have a listen, its good and some simple stuff that sounds nice electric or acoustic.
So here's my first offering off that album, its a cover of a song by a band called the Vaseline's (so Mr Cobain says anyway!). I hope you like it.
Chord Shapes
E5 - 022x00 (form an E but just rest on the G string to mute it, don't press hard enough to sound it)
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Asus4 - x02230
Strumming.
Keep a nice regular Down Down Up/Down/Up going, counted One , Two, Three and Four and you'll be just fine. Once you've got it down you might want to play around a little, but it sounds like the majority of the song is played this way.
Timing
Its all 4 beats to a chord EXCEPT the "A" at the end of the lines - this is played as 4 beats of A, followed by 2 beats of Asus4, and 2 beats of A. Here's an example tab to explain what i mean. Just form your regular A chord, and add your pinky on the B string 3rd fret (or however you personally do that chord - some people do it differently).
So here's what it roughly looks like -
E5 D A Asus4
E—0--0--0-0-0-|-2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0--0-0-0|-0--0--0-0-0-|
B—0--0--0-0-0-|-3--3--3-3-3-|-2—-2—-2-2-2|-3--3--2-2-2-|
G—x--x--x-x-x-|-2--2--2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2-2|-2--2--2-2-2-|
D—2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0--------|-2--2--2-2-2|-2--2--2-2-2-|
A—2--2--------|-x--x--x-x-x-|-0--2-------|-0--0--------|
E—0--0--------|-x--x--x-x-x-|-x--x--x-x-x|-x--x--------|
D D U D U D D U D U D D U D U D D U D U
OK last thing, to get it to sound like the record, you'll have to tune down half a step to Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb in typical Nirvana style!
Here's the song. For the intro just play the first line progression through twice.Intro: E5 D A Asus4 A [Repeat 2x]
E5 D A Asus4 A
Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
E5 D A Asus4 A
'Cause sunbeams are never made like me
E5 D A Asus4 A
Don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die
E5 D A Asus4 A
Don't ever ask your love of me
E5 D
Don't expect me to cry
E5 D
Don't expect me to lie
E5 D A Asus4 A
Don't expect me to die for thee
[Repeat Verse and Chorus]
[Repeat Intro]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Verse and Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Intro]
If there's a positive reaction to this post, I will do some more off this album.
All the best
Matt
!!!!! aaaarrrgh I am SOOO frustrated with this.
WHY on the preview does everything look perfect, then when its posted the tab is all moved???
Hate doing all this work for it to look cr*p for people looking at it.
MODS - help!
Matt
E5 D
E—0--0--0-0-0-|-2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0--0-0-0|-0--0--0-0-0-|
B—0--0--0-0-0-|-3--3--3-3-3-|-2—-2—-2-2-2|-3--3--2-2-2-|
G—x--x--x-x-x-|-2--2--2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2-2|-2--2--2-2-2-|
D—2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0--------|-2--2--2-2-2|-2--2--2-2-2-|
A—2--2--------|-x--x--x-x-x-|-0--2-------|-0--0--------|
E—0--0--------|-x--x--x-x-x-|-x--x--x-x-x|-x--x--------|
D D U D U D D U D U D D U D U D D U D U
Looks OK to me.
I started with nothing - and I've still got most of it left.
Did you know that the word "gullible" is not in any dictionary?
Greybeard's Pages
My Articles & Reviews on GN
greybeard
On your view, does all the tab line up without things falling off the end of each line?
Cheers
Matt
Let's try this - E5 D
E—0--0--0-0-0-|-2--2--2-2-2-|
B—0--0--0-0-0-|-3--3--3-3-3-|
G—x--x--x-x-x-|-2--2--2-2-2-|
D—2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0--------|
A—2--2--------|-x--x--x-x-x-|
E—0--0--------|-x--x--x-x-x-|
D D U D U D D U D U
A Asus4 A
E—0--0--0-0-0-|-0--0--0-0-0-|
B—2--2--2-2-2-|-3--3--2-2-2-|
G—2--2--2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2-2-|
D—2--2--2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2-2-|
A—0--0--------|-0--0--x-x-x-|
E—x--x--------|-x--x--x-x-x-|
Looks fine.
I started with nothing - and I've still got most of it left.
Did you know that the word "gullible" is not in any dictionary?
Greybeard's Pages
My Articles & Reviews on GN
Yea, it looks ok to me too.
So here's my first offering off that album, its a cover of a song by a band called the Vaseline's (so Mr Cobain says anyway!).
It is. So are "Molly's Lips" and "Son of a Gun". All can be found online. They are not really very different musically. (as in Nirvana doesn't go out of their way to make it sound different) Maybe a little bit happier. :)
Thanks for posting your arrangement. Who knows.. maybe I'll give it a shot. It wouldn't kill me to learn a complete song for a change.
oktay
Hi Matt,
Matt wrote:
!!!!! aaaarrrgh I am SOOO frustrated with this.
WHY on the preview does everything look perfect, then when its posted the tab is all moved???
Hate doing all this work for it to look cr*p for people looking at it.
I agree with you its very frustrating when you put the time in to type out these offerings, it goes wrong for me too, even when I code it.
Anyway,
My "Son number one" is a big Nirvana fan so I'll try and borrow one of his CD's to take a listen.
When he was living at home I used to hear Nirvana coming from his room but I never really listened, that'll teach me.
Thanks again Matt
Chris
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)
If your gonna borrow a CD from your son make sure its the MTV Unplugged in New York because that is the album that this acoustic number is from. Their other albums are a bit rougher, heh.
I'm gonna have to try it when I get home because I fiddled with it before but only used Em > D > A but this tab looks much better :)
*D'oh I noticed it said the album in the first post*
Awesome song. Would you mind doing the same thing for Lake of Fire?
Gary
I will see what I can come up with. Give me a week
Thanks
Matt
