Tabs
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Heart Shaped Box (Acoustic) - Nirvana
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Tabbed by:gbubguitar107
Email:[email protected]
Tuning:DADgbe
I Know there are already other correct tabs out there,
but I figured this out on an acoustic, and my translation is slightly
different in the way I play the chords and things.
I alter a little bit on the verses doing a
little more improvisation for fun, it makes the song more
interesting to play .
Intro x1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----1---------------------------------1-----------------------------------|
G+G|-----2--------2------------------------2-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2----2-----3--------0---3---0-3---2---2-----3-----2/4-4---4---4-5-------|
A augmentedA|-0----------3---3----0---0---0-----0---------3---3---------0---3-----------|
D MajorD|----------3-------0------------------------3-------0-----------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Let the Low D MajorD ring through the rest of the notes)
Verse x4
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----2-------------------------------2-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---2---2-----3-------0---0---0-----2---2-----3-------0---2h4-4-4---4-5-----|
A augmentedA|-0---------3---3---0---0---0---0-0---------3---3---0---0---------3---------|
D MajorD|---------3-------0-----------------------3-------0-------------------------|
(Improvise here)
Chorus(pt1)x3
e|-----------------------2---2---0-2-----------------------------------------|
BB|-1-1-------------------3---3---3-3-----------------------------------------|
G+G|-2-2-4b5~-2-2-4b5~-2-2-----2---2-2-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2-2------3-3------0-0---0---0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-0------3-3------0-0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------3-3------0-0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------|
Chorus Pt2 x2 1st time 2nd Time
e|-------------------=-----2~---2-2-=-----------------=----------------------|
BB|-------------------=-----3~---3-3-=-----------------=----------------------|
G+G|-------------------=-----2~---2-2-=-----------------=----------------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---=----------0-0-=-2/4-4---4---4-5-=----------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-=-0-0--------0-=-------0---3-----=----------------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-=-0-0--------0-=-----------------=----------------------|
Gtr Solo x2 Play at end of 2nd time
e|-----------------------------------------------=----------0----------------|
BB|-----8b9r8(6)------6b7r6(5)------5b6~5-3-1-0---=----------1----------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------=--2~------2----------------|
D MajorD|-7(0)---------5(0)----------3(0)---------------=--2~------2----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------=--0~------0----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------=---------------------------|
A augmentedA couple of side notes
During the Chorus, you don't need to play it
exactly as it is. I always play it slopily.
The only reason I tabbed it like that is
because that is how it sounded when i
actually recorded it to help me tab it
accurately.
Also, during the improvisations I talked about
I would usually do something along the lines of these.
e|-------------2--=-------------2---=-----------------2----|
BB|-----------3----=-------3-------3-=-------------3-----3--|
G+G|-------2--------=-----2-----------=-----------2---2------|
D MajorD|-2/4-5---0------=-4-4-----2-0-----=---4---4-5------------|
A augmentedA|----------------=-----------------=-0---3----------------|
D MajorD|----------------=-----------------=----------------------|
Since this is a grunge song, it is generally easy to play,
but hard to tab out because of the sloppy playing
style used so as I always will suggest for any grunge
songs, play sloppy, why not, it's more fun to play
that way.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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