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
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|------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-------|
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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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_blake_babies/nirvana_tab.html ]
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
