NIRVANA - "son of a gun" Tablature

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By Eugene Kelly
and Francis McGee

This song (Son of a gun) is from the "Incesticide"
album and wasn't written by Kurt but it is in one
of his records, so let's begin.

Intro
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(the giutar goes slower in the verse)

w/rhy.fig. 1
Up, up, up and down.
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round a bout and over again.
gun, gun son of a gun.
You are the only one
that makes any difference
to what I say.

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w/rhy. fig 2
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away

w/rhy.fig. 1
Up, up, up and down.
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round a bout and over again.
gun, gun son of a gun.
You are the only one
that makes any difference
to what I say.

w/rhy. fig 2
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away


Interlude
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w/rhy.fig. 1
Up, up, up and down.
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round a bout and over again.
gun, gun son of a gun.
You are the only one
that makes any difference
to what I say.

w/rhy. fig 2
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away
The sun shines in the bedroom
when we play.
The rain, it always starts
when you go away

And it ends like this.-

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