Guitar for "From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah""From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah"



Notation:

~: bend

p: pull off

h: hammer on

x: pick scrape

/ or \: slide

PM: Palm Mute

r: release 

Chords:

A: x02220

D: x00232

G: 320003

A5: 577xxx or x022xx

A#5/Bb5: 688xxx or x133xx

B5: 799xxx or x244xx

C5: x355xx

C#5/Db5: x466xx

D5: x577xx or xx023x

D#5/Eb5: x688xx

E5: 022xxx

F5: 133xxx

F#5: 244xxx

G5: 355xxx

G#5/Ab5: 466xxx

E5 (7th fret): x799xx

F5 (8th fret): x81010xx



School:

Verse:

6:0 0 0 0h5~ 0 0 0h5~ 0 0 0 0 7

Chorus:

C5 A5 E5 G5

Bridge:

3:--------6----6----6---6/14

4:--------5----5----5---5/13

5:------------------------------

6:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 x4

Solo:

I'm not really sure, just start with this:

2:3~3~3~3~

3:2~2~2~2~

improvise in between, and end with this:

3: 9-9-9-9-\-7-7-\-6-6-\-4-\-3-\-2~~~-----*---*

4:----------------------------------------------1/7/0



Drain You

Verse: A5 C#5 F#5 B5

Chorus: F#5 E5 x1 then D5 E5 (x8 I think) then a D5 then B5 A5 Ab5 (confused?)

Bridge:

|Distorted|Clean|

1:0000000-----0---

2:3333333---00---

3:2222222000----

4:33333330-------

5:0000000---------

6:0000000---------

Just screw around with the bridge a little and you'll get it!



Aneurysm:

Intro: F#5 C5 B5 A5

Verse: PM a clean B5 then a distorted D5

Chorus: F#5 C5 B5 A5

Outro (Clean):

2:3-3-3-3-\-4-4-4-4

3:2-2-2-2-\-3-3-3-3 and keep sliding until you get to the ninth fret.



Smells Like Teen Spirit:

Intro/Chorus: 

3:------------3-3-3-------------6-6-6

4:3-3-3-x-x-3-3-3-6-6-6-x-x-6-6-6

5:3-3-3-x-x-1-1-1-6-6-6-x-x-4-4-4

6:1-1-1-x-x--------4-4-4-x-x---------

Verse:

1:--1

2:1--

Pre-chorus:

1:----1-----1

2:1-1---1-1-

Post-Chorus: F5 F#5r (play xxx3xx during the pause)C5 Bb5 Ab5 x2

Solo:

3:---8-10---8r-8~-6-5-6-5--------------------

4: 10-----6-------------------8 6 8r 8~ 6 5 x2 then,



4:6-5-6-5-6-5-6p5p3 x4



Been A Son:

Verse:

2:3 3

3:2 2

4:0 0

5:-----3-2-0

Chorus:

4:5 5 3 3 2

5:5 5 3 3 2 3 2 0

6:3 3 1 1 0



Lithium:

Verse/Pre-Chorus: E5 G#5 C#5 A5 C5/D5 B5/Db5 (the verses are clean and Kurt 

arpeggios some of the chords. The Pre-chorus is very distorted and I think kurt 

throws a few pick scrapes in between some of the chords.)

Chorus: A5 C5

Outro: B5 A5 F#5 G#5 E5



Sliver:

Verse: C5 F5 A5 A5

Chorus: A5 C5



Spank Thru:

Verse: A D G A G D

Pre-Chorus: D5 A5 F5 G5

Chorus: E5 G5

Post-Chorus: C5 D#5 A#5 B5 a bunch of times the G5 F5

Solo: If anyone has the solo, please click here and mail it to me.



Scentless Apprentice:

Intro:

1:0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 / 12

2:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verse:

4:4 4 0 4 0 4 4 4 0 4

5:4 4 0 4 0 4 4 4 0 4

6:4 4 0 4 0 4 4 4 0 4 x2 then 1:5~~~~~~~~~~~~(gradual bend)

Chorus:

5:3 3 3 3 3 / 5 5 5 5 / 7 7 7 7 / 8 8 8 8 /10 10 10 10 / 12 12 12 12 / 15 15 15 

12 15 12



Heart Shaped Box:

this is a very hard song and it is my best guess

Verse:

3:----2-----------------------------

4:--2--2-----3------2--2---2---

5:0--------3---3---2--2---2---2

6:--------1-------0----------------



Chorus:

3:2 4~- 4~

4:2----3-------2--2\1--1

5:0----3-----2--2-----1--

6:-----1---0---------------



Solo:

2:--9~--7~----6 4-----6~6

3:7----5----4------6 4



Milk It:

Any sane person wouldn't try to tab this song. I only know the chorus and there 

is of course no guitar in the verses.

Chorus: Ab5 Eb5 G5 G#5 E5 (this chord progression is tabbed out and a lot less 

confusing in the tab for the in utero album.)



Negative Creep:

Verse:

6: 0 0 / 12 0 0 0 0 12 \ 0 0 / 12

Chorus:

5:-7-7-5-------------5 8 8 5

6:--------4-4-4-7-7-----------7



New Wave Polly:

Verse: E5 G5 D5 C5

Chorus: D5 C5 G5 Bb5



Breed:

Intro:

4: 4 4 4 4 7

5: 4 4 4 4 7

6: 2 2 0 2 5

Verse:

5:-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9

6:-9--9---9---9---9---9--9--7

Chorus: D5 A5 C5 B5

Solo:

4:-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9

5:--------------------------------------

6:-9--9---9---9--9--9---9--7



tourrettes:

Verse: F#5 B5 C5 A5

Chorus:

3: --4 3 4p3p0

4: 3

5: 3

6: 1



Blew:

Intro: E5 G5 A5 Bb5 A5 G5 Bb5

Verse:

2:--------------------8-----------------------------

3:--------------------7-------------------------8 8

4:------5-7-5-7-5---6-----5--7-5-7--------6-6

5:---7---------------------7-------------------------

6: 0----------------0---0---------------0 0 0 (something like that) x4

Chorus: this part is really fast. A5 Bb5 A5 B5 Bb5 A5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5