Nirvana

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Nirvana

Key: Db

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	        Dropped D + 1/2 step down tuning (Db,Ab,Db,Gb) 
 
Rest 3 measures 
G-------|-----|-----|-----------7---|-------------------|-----------------| 
D-4-----|-----|-----|---------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
A-4-----|-----|-----|---------------|-5-----5---5-5-5-5-|-5-----5-----5---| 
D-------|-----|-----|---------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
                        Verses 
                        _______________________________ 
                       /Rhythm Fig. 1                  \ 
                        D                           D7 
G----------|---------||-----------------|-----------7---|| 
D----o-/---|---o-/---||-----------------|---------------|| 
A-----/-o--|----/-o--||-5-----5---------|-5-----5-------|| 
D----------|---------||-----------------|---------------|| 
                        What else... 
Play Rhythm Fig 1 a total of 8 times for the whole verse.   Chorus 
G--------------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
D--------------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
A--------------------|-------------------|-----------------| 
D--5p(3)-5---5-3---3-|-5p(3)-5-5-5-2-3-3-|-5---5-5---3-5-5-| 
             In the sun... 
G------------------|----------------|-------------------| 
D------------------|----------------|-------------------| 
A------------------|----------------|-------------------| 
D--5-3-5-3-5-2-3---|5---5---5-2-3-3-|-5-3-5-3-5p(2)-3-5-| 
G----________________---------------|--_________________----------------|| 
D---/--------------|-\--------------|-/---------------|-\---------------|| 
A--0---------------|(0)-------------|-0---------------|(0)--------------|| 
D------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| 
Easy so far!  Now just repeat back to the verses for verse 2 (Rhythm Fig 1 
eight times).  Thenplay the chorus.  Finally, play the outro: 
                                        _________________________________ 
  Outro                                / Rhythm Fig.2                    \ 
G------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
D------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
A--5-5---5---5-7---|-5------5---5-7---|-5-5---5---5-7---|-5-5---5----5-7--| 
D----------------7-|----------------7-|---------------7-|----------------7| 
   All in all...    Play Rhythm Fig 2 eight more times 
G--------------------------------------|| 
D--------------------------------------|| 
A--------------------------------------|| 
D--------------------------------------|| 
                                            _______________ 
                                           / Rhythm Fig 3  \ 
G-||------------------|------------------||-----------------| 
D-||o---________________----------------o||-----------------| 
A-||o--/--------------|-\---------------o||-5-5---5---5---5-| 
D-||--0---------------|(0)---------------||-----------------| 
   Play Rhytm Fig 3 17 more times, then fade 
G--------------------------------------------||| 
D--------------------------------------------||| 
A--------------------------------------------||| 
D--------------------------------------------||| 

	        

Written by Kurt Cobain

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