From: KLeonard@aol.com "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana (This transcription is from my own attempts, and a little is from a Guitar World mag that I happened to be skimming thru.) First Drop D tuning (where you tune the lowest string down one whole step to D), then tune everything down 1/2 step. So, from low to high, the tuning is Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb Then the intro and verse go like this: Ab5 E5 Db5 ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------2----------------------------------------- ----2---2--------3------------0----0----------- --0------------3---3--------0----0---0--------- -------------3----------0----------------------- Ab5 E5 Bb5 ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------2----------------------------------------- ----2---2--------3--------4-4--4--------------- --0------------3---3----------0---3-3-----2----- -------------3----------0----------------------- The verse ends with that Bb5 pattern with distortion. Then the chorus is just those chords in the verse but with bent notes mixed in. Ab5 E5 Bb5 ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- --2--2----4*---------4*------4-4---4--------4* --2--2---------3--3---------------0---3-3----- --0--0---------3--3---------------------------- ---------------3--3---------------------------- *bend 1/2 Then the bridge repeats this below pattern twice, then does that famous Bb5 pattern from the chorus: E5 Db5 ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- --3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-- --3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-- --3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-- At the end of the song, the Bb5 pattern is played as normal, but let the notes ring, and that's what creates that weird guitar sound. I'm nearly positive about most of the above stuff, but I'm not exactly sure about that Bb5 pattern, but that's what that magazine said so I'm goin' with that for now . If anyone knows the solo, pleez post it! keith From: leper.messiah@njackn.com Here's the REAL way to play Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana on In Utero. The tuning is a little weird, you gotta tune the low E string so that the 8th fret is A: E A D G B e 5| 0 | | | | (the E is tuned 1 1/2 steps down) | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | 8 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | \ / | matching pitches Heart-Shaped Box Intro (Verses Riff) (Second guitar hits matching chords a little after the first guitar) (clean tone) |-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------| |-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------| |-------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------| |-----6--------2----|--------------------|-----6--------2---|--3-3---3--3-4-| |---6---6----2---2--|---------4(4)---4---|---6---6----2---2-|------2--2---2-| |-7--------3--------|-0(0)--7------7---7-|-7--------3-------|-(0)--------(0)| \_____________/ | chorus distorted before chorus (distorted) (both guitars transcribed on same staff, second guitar higher) (U-B) uni-bend U-B U-B 6x |------|-----|--|------------|---|-------------------------------------| |-----0|----0|--|-----------0|---|-------------------------------------| |.----3'----3'--|-----------3'--.|.-----------------------------------.| |.--------------|-3-3-3-3-------.|.-----------------------------------.| |---------------|---------2-2(2)-|--9---9---9--9--9--9--6--6-6-6--6-6--| |-7-7---3-3-----|----------------|-10--10--10-10-10-10--7--7-7-7--7-7--| Hey! Wait! Your.. (uni-bend: [unison bend] note is bent up to match higher note's pitch) solo: (no second guitar behind it) |-bend and return---------------------|-----------|--------------| |-------------------------------------|-----------|--------------| |.----9/\-----5/\------2/-\--0-------.|-----------|--------------| |.7-7------3-3------0-0--------4-2---.|-----------|--------------| |-------------------------------------|-6-(6)-----|*6-(6)--------| |-------------------------------------|-7-(7)-----|*7-(7)--------| * chord is hit w/fingers outro U-B |--------------------------------|-----|----------------------|---------| |-------------------------------0|-----|----------------------|---------| |.------------------------------3'\---.|----------------------|---------| |.------------------------------------.|-3-3-3-3--3-3-(3)-----|---------| |--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--6--6-6-6--6-|----------2-2-(2)-----|---------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7--7-7-7--7-|----------------------|-X/------| pick slide If anyone has the bass part for this, please post it! _________________________ |Leper.Messiah@Rushnet.com| |Leper.Messiah@njackn.com | \\\\\\\\\\\////////////// By Kurt Cobain Here is another song from Nirvana, "Heart-shaped box". The rhy.fig.1 includes slight (I mean very slight) variation in each line he says, but you can just play it like that, it sounds the same. I heard in a report that this HE wrote it because or influenced (I don't really remember) by a gift Courtney gave to Kurt, a Heart-shaped box with chocolates in it, I don't really know so if you don't believe it maybe you're right. It's a nice song. Key Notation.- /=slide up p=pull up \=slide down h=hammer on 1/2 / / = bend 1/2 or full, etc. / 1/2 / \ = bend and release 1/2 or full, etc. Tune down.- Db, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb or in other words dropped Db tunning or some shit like that rhy.fig.1 Gtr.1 ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------2---------------------------------------- ----2---2---------3-------------0-----0-------- --0------------3-----3-------0-----0-----0----- ------------3-------------0-------------------- Gtr.2 ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------3-------------0-------------------- Gtr.1 (end of rhy.fig. 1) ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- -------2--------------------------------------- --2--2---2-------3----------/4--4----4-----4-0- --0------------3-------------------0----3--3--- -------------3-------3---0--------------------- Gtr.2 ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- --2-------------------------------------------- --0-------------------------------------------- -------------3-----------0--------------------- Fill A w/distortion ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- --/4--4-----4---------------------------------- ---------0-----3--3p0-------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- rhy.fig. 2 w/distortion 1/2 1/2 ------------/--------------/------------------- 1/2 -----------/--------------/-------------------- / --2--2----4--------------4--------------------/ --2--2------------3--3------------4--4---4---4- --0--0------------3--3-----------------0---3--- ------------------3--3----------0-------------- Fill B 1/2 (hold bend) -------------------------------------/----\---- ------------------------------------/------\--- -----------------------------------4--------4p0 -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------0--0-------------- -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------0--0-------------- -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0--0--0-------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------/4--4--4--4-------- -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----------------3--3p0- -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------------------------ -3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---0-------------------- w/rhy.fig. 1 She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak. I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks I was drawn into your magnet tar pit treap I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black (use Fill A instead of the end of rhy.fig. 1) w/rhy.fig. 2 Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. your advice (w/Fill B) w/rhy.fig.1 Meat eating orchids forgive no one just jet Cut myself on angels hair and baby's breath. Broken hymen of your highness, I'm left black Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back (use Fill A instead of the end of rhy.fig. 1) w/rhy.fig. 2 Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. your advice (w/Fill B) Solo w/distortion and chorus pedal full 1/2 ------/--\--*--------/--\--*------------------- -----8---(8)p7------6---(6)p5------------------ ----------------------------------------------- * play both notes --7--------------5----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 1/2 ------/---\------------------------------------ -----5-----5---3--1p0-------------------------- --3-------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- full 1/2 ------/--\--*--------/--\--*------------------- -----8---(8)p7------6---(6)p5------------------ ----------------------------------------------- * play both notes --7--------------5----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 1/2 ------/---\------------------------------------ -----5-----5---3--1p0-------------------------- --3-------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- dist. off chorus off ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- --2----------------2--------------------------- --2----------------2--------------------------- --0----------------0--------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- w/rhy.fig. 1 She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak. I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks I was drawn into your magnet tar pit treap I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black (use Fill A instead of the end of rhy.fig. 1) w/rhy.fig. 2 Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint. Forever in debt for your priceless advice. your advice (w/Fill B) X ? times (I don't have the tape here so... I don't really know how many times) And it ends with this fdbk. ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- -----4---4---4---4-----------(4)--------------- --0------------------3-------(3)--------------- --0-------------------------------------------- Maybe your asking (or maybe not) why I don't leave an e-mail or some shit like that for errors, it is because I don't have a damn modem and I don't understand nothing about computers, in fact I hate them except for the edit (in which I write all this), and I'm not interested in learning 'cause I rather play guitar or read. My name it's not important, I'm just another fan of Nirvana , it's my favorite group,(really?). I send this TAB through a friend of mine that does have all that stuff of the comuputer and likes it, and maybe I shall ask him for that "e-mail" or I don't know what it is, but I see it in all the tabs I've seen in the computer, if I do I'll put it. And one more special message to go then I'm done and I can go home, let's remember Kurt not as a "stupid" guy who killed himself, but a guy that described our lives (at least mine) in his songs and made us pass a REALLY good time during his lifetime. Other tabs I've written: abtagirl.tab breed .tab (the one that starts: oh my God!) pissings.tab drainyou.tab polly .tab (my first tab) sonofagn.tab rape_me .tab (which my friend changed it to "rape_me2.tab" 'cause I don't know why) tourette.tab (in which I have a correction) Note: My friend's e-mail address is daid@m-net.arbornet.org, you can send any corrections, suggests or comments to that address. correction.- rhy.fig 2 ------------------------------------------ ------------------------p----------------- -------4---3------4---3---0--------------- --4--------------------------------------- --4--------------------------------------- --2--------------------------------------- it's not like that is like this ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ -------4---3------3--4p3-p0--------------- it's a little error --4--------------------------------------- but if we're going to --4--------------------------------------- play something we like --2--------------------------------------- at least let's try to do it the more perfect we can ... And coming soon "Frances Farmer will get her Revenge at Seattle" (Frances_.tab)