Tabs
Very Ape
As recorded by Nirvana in their album "In Utero"
Tabbed by.- Daniel ([email protected])
Tune down half-step below standard tunning
Notation 🏷Legend.-
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer on
~~~~ = vibrato
Rhy fig 1
G5G5 
A5A5 G5G5 
Bb5Bb5 G5G5 A5A5 G5G5 Bb5Bb5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------X-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------X--------------X----------------X----------------X----------|
|--------------X--------------X----------------X----------------X----------|
|---5/7---7----X----5/8---8---X-----5/7---7----X----5/8----8----X----------|
|---3/5---5---------3/6---6---------3/5---5---------3/6----6---------------|
Rhy fig 1a
G5G5 A5A5 G5G5 Bb5Bb5 G5G5 A5A5 G5G5 Bb5Bb5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5----5---5---------------------------|
|--------------X--------------X-------6----6---6---X--------------X--------|
|--------------X--------------X--------------------X--------------X--------|
|---5/7---7----X----5/8---8---X-----5/7----7---7---X--5/8----8----X--------|
|---3/5---5---------3/6---6---------3/5----5---5------3/6----6-------------|
The difference between Rhy fig 1 & Rhy fig 1a is that in Rhy fig 1a
in the 3rd A5A5 you also play the lower strings, or in other words you play
an 
A augmentedA (577655) instead of an A5A5 power chord.
Intro.-
In the intro you play Rhy fig 1 or 1a several times, (alternate between
them, listen to the record so you can know when to play each one) about
four, then continue playing it while a second guitar enters playing this:
Fill A augmentedA
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--14--14~~~~-14--12---14/15-----15--|o12----12h14---14-----12--14/15--15-o|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|o-----------------------------------o|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
X4
Verse.- w/rhy figs 1 and 1a, and fill A augmentedA
I'm buried up to my neck ....
Fig 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----5---5----5--5--5--5---5\3----3-----3-------10-----9-----5----------|
|--3----3---3----3--3--3--3---3\1----1-----1--------8-----7-----3----------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------12--12--12-12-12-12--12\10--10----10--9--9--9-----7--7--7/14-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
w/fig 2
I'm very ...
Continue playing figures 1 and fill a, then continue with figures 1 but
play this instead of fill A, w/verse
Fill b
|----/17---17------15-----17/18---18----15----17--17----15---17/18---18----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
If you ever need anything ....
w/ fig 2 (without gtr 2)
I've seen it ....
use this for above on gtr 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---12-----12---12----12\10-----10---10---9--9--9--8--8/14---14--14--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|
|---12---12/15---15--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
Play figures 1 and fill a ?times then play this.-
Chorus.-
rhy fig 3 play a semi-harmonic
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------13----16----16--16----16/20------20----------------------|
|----14----14--------------------------------------------12---11---12--12--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5/8-------8----8----8----8/12--------12---------------------|
|--------------5/8-------8----8----8----8/12--------12---------------------|
|-----7---X----3/6-------6----6----6----6/10--------10---5-----4----5/7----|
|-----5---X----------------------------------------------3-----2----3/5----|
*
Chorus.- w/fig 3
Out of the ....
Play figures 1 (adjust them to the end of chorus (*))
Verse.- w/figures 1
If you ever need anything ....
w/ fig 2 (without gtr 2)
I've seen it ....
Play figures 1 w/fill b
Chorus.- w/fig 3
Out of the ....
It ends with this.-
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-----7----7----|
|-----5----5----|
| |
|---------------|
|---------------|
|----------14\--|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
Any comments, suggestions, or whatever gets in your mind e-mail me at
[email protected] or at [email protected] (it's not mine, it's a friend's account) also... if you know any place to get tabs besides ftp.nevada.edu, please e-mail me, I don't know any other place. Oh! by the way anyone who likes a geffen group may look up somethimg at: http://geffen.com there's not much to see, but if you're curious... well...
**** Very Ape **** from `In Utero` side2,track1-by Nirvana
This is one of my favorites on the album.Needless to say it's the
one I am probably most wrong on. So FWIW hert goes...
Cool biting,overdriven,make-you-break-out-in-a-cold-sweat guitar.
Verse: If you ever need anything please dont...,
**
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|-
BB|----2-2-----3-3---------2-2--------3-3--|-
G+G|-0--2-2--0--3-3----0----2-2----0---3-3--|-
D MajorD|-0--2-2--0--3-3----0----2-2----0---3-3--|-
A augmentedA|-0-------0---------0-----------0--------|-
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|-
Repeat during Verse.Every other time playing 1st A augmentedA chords
(the ones marked `*`) like this: 0
2
2
2
X
X
I use X to indicate the string not being played at all (not meaning dampened)
At the part " I'm very ape and very nice " the guitar is:
G+G 
FF
3 1
3 1
4 2
5 3
5 3
3 1
Chorus
Out of the Ground, Into the sky , Out of the sky, into the dirt.
A augmentedA 
C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA C majorC E MajorE
0 3 7
2 5 9
2 5 9
2 5 9 ..same ..same .same .............
0 X 7
X X X
Slide the barre up to the chords.
The lead guitar over this is as such:
E MajorE|----3--5-5-5---3--6-6-6--|--
BB|-------------------------|--
G+G|-------------------------|--
D MajorD|-------------------------|--
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-- Repeated untill ...
E MajorE|-------------------------|--
E MajorE|----15--16-16-16--15--17-17-17--|--
BB|--------------------------------|--
G+G|--------------------------------|--
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|--
E MajorE|--------------------------------|--
hope this is of some use.I can post the lyrics if anyone so requires.
As usual any comments and corrections to me
please.Thank you for flying with us.
Ben S.
\|[,~!@#$%^&*-=)"{>?}}!!?l? Ben Sholdice "Boat Aak"!@@#^%&&^*)%R~.,\']
Trinity college, Dublin.e-mail: as above or.. [email protected]
"After Dinner I had ice cream, I fell asleep and watched T.V,I woke up
in my mothers arms..." Kurt Donald Cobain 1967-1994 \-/@%& RIP.
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