NIRVANA - "heart-shaped box" Tablature

Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:06:23 -0400
From: cowguy4017@att.net
Subject: n/nirvana/heart-shaped_box.tab

Song: Heart-Shaped Box
Artist: Nirvana (u.s)
Album: In Utero
Camparisong: All the other versions were incomlete or
inadiquit, so I decided to sit down and make my own, oh yeah, this thing
was a bitch to make so enjoy it for gods sake, and my name is Mike
B. i tabed this

Ok, heres a great song by the greatest musician ever.
If you want to play the song along with the record,
your gunna have to tune down half a step and then drop
D tuning, so, from lowest to highest, its

D flat,A flat,D flat,G flat,B flat, E flat

But when my band plays it, I just drop D, its a lot
easier that way, ok, and off we go, but keep in mind this is my first
tab thang, so excuse some mistakes, but I think this is almost
100% correct...oh yes this song was written for two guitars,
but it can be easily played with one, I'll point out where and what not
B=bend 1/2 step

/=slide

Main Jig, and intro (when plyed live, kurt adds a few
notes here and
there, but I am far to lazy to tab that)

------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
-------2------------------------------2---
-----2---2-----3---------0----0-----2---2-
---0---------3---3-----0----0---0-0-------
-----------3-------0----------------------

-----------------------
-----------------------
-----------2/4-4-4--4--
-----3-------------3--3
---3---3---------------
-3-------0-------------

Play the main "jig" once for the intro, and then four
times for
the 1st verse, and on the last time, when he slides from
the
A to the B, distortion kicks in

And now the chours, distorted
------------------------------------------
-------B---------B-----------------B------
--2-2--4---------4---------4-4-4---4------
--2-2-------3-3---------0--------3--------
--0-0-------3-3---------0-----------------
------------3-3---------0-----------------
Hey! Wait! (let the sound of the D cord
ring)

Play the chours 6 times I believe, each time

And then, after the sixth time, play this, well call
this
"Thing C", also distorted
-----------------------------------------------------

----------------B------------------------------------
----------------4-4-4-4----------------2/4-4-4---4---
--3--3--3--3--0---------3--3--3--3--0----------3---3-
--3--3--3--3--0---------3--3--3--3--0----------------
--3--3--3--3--0---------3--3--3--3--0----------------
Your Advice..............! (again, let the two D cords
ring)

And heres the SOLO
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
------B-------B----------------------------------
-0-0-12------10--3--8--7-5-3-2-------------------
---------5-5-----3-------------------------------

Solo (continued) I think the whole solo is distored,
but,
if you want to get the athentisitie of it all, play the
solo with a chorus/flanger pedal up on high, you get
this
really cool sound, and its how kurt plays it live
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
------B-------B----------------2--------
-0-0-12------10--3--8--6-5-3-2-0--------
---------5-5-----3----------------------

Let the last A cord ring out as the bass and drums go
through there parts twice by them selfs, and then, come
in with this

-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
------------------------2-------------2/4-4-4---4------
----------------------2---2-----3-------------3---3----
--0-----------------0---------3---3--------------------
--------3-----0-------------3-------0------------------
She eyes me...

After the last chours, play this first part three times and
then the second part once Let the last note ring for a while,
this is the outro. And now your done!

(first part) (second part)
------------------------|-----------------------------
----------------B-------|-----------------------------
----------------4-4-4-4-|---------------4-4-4-4-------
--3--3--3--3--0---------|3--3--3--3--0----------3-3---
--3--3--3--3--0---------|3--3--3--3--0----------------
--3--3--3--3--0---------|3--3--3--3--0----------------

Now lets put all this Jibber Jabber,
as Mr. T would say, in order

Intro- One time
Verse- 4 times
Chorus- 6 times
Thing C- One time
Verse- 4 times
Chorus- 6 times
Thing C- One time
Solo
Special Verse
Chorus- 6 times
Then that outro thang

What a wild ride.....OK, so if got any Questions,
comments, suggetions, E-mail me at
Cowguy4017@worldnet.att.net, and, uh, if your ever
in Wisconsin and need a band to play, E-mail me to,
thanks, speacial thanks to lukas