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Tuning: E A D G B E
Nirvana - In Bloom
- Two versions of tab offered with both playing the
same notes and chords but in slighly different ways.
- Two versions of solo presented as options with
same notes but in different positions.
You decide what works best for you.
TAB VERSION 1 (based on Nirvana's official music video
with the Bb/A# A-string power chord on 1st fret)
Standard Tuning
[Intro]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-3--3-3-------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-------|
A|-1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6----0--|
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-4-1-4---|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-3--3-6\--------------------------------|
D|-3--3-6\-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3//6-6--|
A|-1--1-4\-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3//6-6--|
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1//4-4--|
[Verse]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-x---------------8-8-8-8-8-x--4-44--2-22--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-44--2-22--| 2x
A|-1-1-1-1-1-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--6-6-6-6-6-x--2-22--0-00--|
E|--------------2-2-2-2-2-x---------------------------|
|BASS GUITAR ONLY| 2x
(clean)'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-x---------------8-8-8-8-8-x--4-44--2-22--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-44--2-22--| 2x
A|-1-1-1-1-1-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--6-6-6-6-6-x--2-22--0-00--|
E|--------------2-2-2-2-2-x---------------------------|
[Chorus]
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-3--333------------|
D|-3-3--333---5-5-355--| 4x
A|-1-1--111---5-5-355--|
E|------------3-3-333--|
e|--------------------|
B|-------------88-88--|
G|-5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|-5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|-3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|--------------------|
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-3--333------------|
D|-3-3--333---5-5-355--| 4x
A|-1-1--111---5-5-355--|
E|------------3-3-333--|
e|--------------------|
B|-------------88-88--|
G|-5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|-5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|-3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|--------------------|
[Interlude]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-3--3-3-------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-------|
A|-1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6----0--|
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-4-1-4---|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-3--3-3------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6\\--|
A|-1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6\\--|
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-4-4\\--|
|BASS GUITAR ONLY| 2x
[Verse]
(clean)'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-x---------------8-8-8-8-8-x--4-44--2-22--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-44--2-22--| 2x
A|-1-1-1-1-1-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--6-6-6-6-6-x--2-22--0-00--|
E|--------------2-2-2-2-2-x---------------------------|
[Chorus]
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-3--333------------|
D|-3-3--333---5-5-355--| 4x
A|-1-1--111---5-5-355--|
E|------------3-3-333--|
e|--------------------|
B|-------------88-88--|
G|-5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|-5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|-3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|--------------------|
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-3--333------------|
D|-3-3--333---5-5-355--| 4x
A|-1-1--111---5-5-355--|
E|------------3-3-333--|
e|--------------------|
B|-------------88-88--|
G|-5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|-5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|-3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|--------------------|
[Interlude]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-3--3-3-------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-------|
A|-1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6----0--|
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-4-1-4---|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-3--3-3------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6-(hold)-6\\--|
A|-1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6-(hold)-6\\--|
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4-(hold)-4\\--|
[SOLO] (see two options below)
[Chorus]
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-3--333------------|
D|-3-3--333---5-5-355--| 4x
A|-1-1--111---5-5-355--|
E|------------3-3-333--|
e|--------------------|
B|-------------88-88--|
G|-5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|-5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|-3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|--------------------|
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-3--333------------|
D|-3-3--333---5-5-355--| 4x
A|-1-1--111---5-5-355--|
E|------------3-3-333--|
e|--------------------|
B|-------------88-88--|
G|-5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|-5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|-3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|--------------------|
[Outro]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-3--3-3-------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-------|
A|-1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6----0--|
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-4-1-4---|
e|--------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------||
G|-3--3-3-------------------------------------------------||
D|-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-6-7-8\\\--||
A|-1--1-1--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-6-7-8\\\--||
E|---------3--3-3-3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-4-0-4-5-6\\\--||
************************************
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| x Fret hand mute
| h Hammer
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| r Release bend
| qb Quarter bend
| / Slide up
************************************
TAB VERSION 2 (RadNews preferred option with the
Bb/A# E-string power chord on 6th fret)
Standard Tuning
[Intro]
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-0-4-5--|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--|
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--|
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--|
[Verse]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------8-8-8-8-8-x--------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--8-8-8-8-8-x--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--| 2x
A|--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--6-6-6-6-6-x--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-x--2-2-2-2-2-x---------------7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--|
|BASS GUITAR ONLY| 2x
(clean)'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------8-8-8-8-8-x--------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--8-8-8-8-8-x--9-99--7-77--| 2x
A|--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--6-6-6-6-6-x--9-99--7-77--|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-x--2-2-2-2-2-x---------------7-77--5-55--|
[Chorus]
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--8-8--888---5-5-355--| 4x
A|--8-8--888---5-5-355--|
E|--6-6--666---3-3-333--|
e|---------------------|
B|--------------88-88--|
G|--5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|--5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|--3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|---------------------|
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--8-8--888---5-5-355--| 4x
A|--8-8--888---5-5-355--|
E|--6-6--666---3-3-333--|
e|---------------------|
B|--------------88-88--|
G|--5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|--5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|--3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|---------------------|
[Interlude]
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-0-4-5--|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6-6-6-6--|
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6-6-6-6--|
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4-4-4-4--|
|BASS GUITAR ONLY| 2x
[Verse]
(clean)'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------8-8-8-8-8-x--------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--8-8-8-8-8-x--9-99--7-77--| 2x
A|--8-8-8-8-8-x--4-4-4-4-4-x--6-6-6-6-6-x--9-99--7-77--|
E|--6-6-6-6-6-x--2-2-2-2-2-x---------------7-77--5-55--|
[Chorus]
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--8-8--888---5-5-355--| 4x
A|--8-8--888---5-5-355--|
E|--6-6--666---3-3-333--|
e|---------------------|
B|--------------88-88--|
G|--5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|--5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|--3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|---------------------|
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--8-8--888---5-5-355--| 4x
A|--8-8--888---5-5-355--|
E|--6-6--666---3-3-333--|
e|---------------------|
B|--------------88-88--|
G|--5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|--5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|--3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|---------------------|
[Interlude]
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-0-4-5--|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6-(short sustain)-|
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6-(short sustain)-|
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4-(short sustain)-|
[SOLO] (see two options below)
[Chorus]
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--8-8--888---5-5-355--| 4x
A|--8-8--888---5-5-355--|
E|--6-6--666---3-3-333--|
e|---------------------|
B|--------------88-88--|
G|--5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|--5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 2x
A|--3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|---------------------|
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--8-8--888---5-5-355--| 4x
A|--8-8--888---5-5-355--|
E|--6-6--666---3-3-333--|
e|---------------------|
B|--------------88-88--|
G|--5-5-55-5//8-88-88--|
D|--5-5-53-5//8-88-88--| 4x
A|--3-3-33-3//6-66-66--|
E|---------------------|
[Outro]
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7--|
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-0-4-5--|
e|---------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------||
D|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7-8\\\--||
A|--8--8-8--5--5-5-5-5-5--3--3-3--6--6-6-6-6-7-8\\\--||
E|--6--6-6--3--3-3-0-3-0--1--1-1--4--4-4-0-4-5-6\\\--||
************************************
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| x Fret hand mute
| h Hammer
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| r Release bend
| / Slide up
************************************
[SOLO]
(Solo Option 1: (Cobain appears to play it this way in live concert video)
e|-12qb~---13qb~----------|
B|-11qb~---12qb~---14qb~--|
G|-10qb~---11qb~---13qb~--|
D|-----------------12qb~--|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
I've also seen the above done this way (and a third way in the 2nd solo option below):
e|------------------------|
B|-16qb~---17qb~---15qb~--|
G|-15qb~---16qb~---13qb~--|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------11--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-11---11h13-11--13b(15)--(15)r13-11--------11-13--13b(15)(15)(15)r13-11-13--|
A|-------------------------------------11-13----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------| -13qb--|
G|----------------------------------13qb--| -13qb--|
D|-11h13-13b(15)(15))r13--11-13-13--12qb--| or last 2 notes as -0-----|
A|----------------------------------------| or I've seen it as this:
E|----------------------------------------| -11-11--|
e|-15b(16)r15--------------------------------------------------------16b(17)--|
B|-14b(15)r14---------------------------------------------------16---15b(16)--|
G|-13b(14)r13--10~~-12-10-12/13-12-13-15--13h15-15b(17)-15b(17)(17)--14b(15)--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I've also seen the first bends just above like this:
e|-------------|
B|-19b(20)r19--|
G|-18b(19)r18--|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-15\\\\\-----------12----12-------12-----11-----10----9----8----7----||
D|---------11-11--11----11----11-------11-----10-----9----8----7----6--||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
(Solo Option 2: Cobain appears to play it this way in official music video in one part)
e|-12qb~---13qb~---9qb~--|
B|-11qb~---12qb~---8qb~--|
G|-10qb~---11qb~---7qb~--|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------7--------------------------------------------------------------------------9qb--|
G|-6---6h8-6-8b(10)--(10)r8-6-----6-8-8b(10)(10)(10)r8-6-8---6h8-8b(10)(10)r8--6-8-8--7qb--|
D|----------------------------6-8-----------------------------------------------------0----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-15b(16)r15--------------------------------------------------------16b(17)--|
B|-14b(15)r14---------------------------------------------------16---15b(16)--|
G|-13b(14)r13--10~~-12-10-12/13-12-13-15--13h15-15b(17)-15b(17)(17)--14b(15)--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------8---8------8----7----6----5----4----3----||
G|-15\\\\\\\\-6-6--6---6---6------6----5----4----3----2----1--||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------||
ENJOY!