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The Man Who Sold The World Tab by Nirvana

The Man Who Sold The World tab by Nirvana

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"The Man Who Sold The Word"
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As performed by Nirvana (MTV Unplugged video)

Some of the lyrics may be inaccurate due to Kurt mumbling them at times =B-).

Tune guitar down 1/2 step.

C  - 33555x
C# - 44555x - I think it's called a C# anyways :)
A  - 00222x
D  - xx023x
F  - 133211

Intro (with mild distortion)
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E --------------------------
B --------------------------
G --2-2-2-0--2/3\2-0--------
D --------------------------
A --------------------------
E --------------------------

{ Play Intro 6x }

                    A
We passed ...
                  D
Spoken walls ...
                  A
Although I ....
                F
Sat on ....
                    C
Which came as so ....
                 A                           D
I spoke into his eyes -- ....
                    C
A long long ....

(First chorus)

Oh no, ....
   C#                C
We never lost ...

The face, to .....
         C#
With the man .....

{ Play intro 6x }

                        A
I laughed and ....
                  D
Made my way ....
                         A
I searched from ....
                      F
Years and ...
                      C
I gazed all ....
                     A                         D
We walked a million hills -- ....
                    C
A long ....

(Second chorus)

Who knows, ....
  C#                C
I never lost ....

Your face, ...
         C#
With the man who ....

{ Play intro 6x }

Repeat second chorus.

{ Play intro 8x }

Outro:

E -------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------
G -/9-9-9-9-9-9--\2-2-2-0--2/3\2-0--2-2-2-0--2/3\2-0-----
D -------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------

E -------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------
G -/10-10-10-10-10-10-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9 \2-2-2-0 2/3\2-0
D -------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------

E -------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------
G -/10-10-10-10-10-10-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9 \2-2-2-0 2/3\2-0
D -------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------

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