NIRVANA - "You Know Youre Right" Tablature

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Author: Nirvana
Title: You Know You're Right Transcribed by: Jeffrey Garcia
Harmonics= lightly place finger on string and strike
you will get a ringing sound. Kurt plucks this behind the bridge.
U= strum to the far left away from bridge p= pull off
n= Not palm muted b= bend r= release h= hammer on m= mute
v= strum down (can be ignored)
^= strum up (can be ignored)
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Guitar 1 tuned down 1\2 step EbAbDbGbBbeb Guitar 2 standard tuning

Guitar 2 intro Harmonics
e|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|---------------5-----------------5-----------------
D|----------5-----------------5---------5--5---------
A|--5h(7)-------------5--5----------------------5h(7)
E|---------------------------------------------------
v v v v ^ v v v ^ v
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---------5-------------------5---------------------
----5---------7--5---5------------5--5-------------
------------------------5-----------------5h(7)----
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v v v ^ ^ v v v ^ v
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-----5-------7----7-------5-------------------------5--|
5------------------------------5--5------------5-------|
----------5----------5-----------------5h(7)-----------|
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v v v ^ ^ v v v ^ v v v

Guitar 1 intro
eb|-------------------------------------------------
Bb|-------------------------------------------------
Gb|-------------------------------------------------
Db|-------------------------------------------------
Ab|-------------------------------------------------
Eb|-0h(2)-------0h(2)-------0h(2)-------0-----2--2--

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--0h(2)-------0h(2)-------0h(2)-------------------|


Guitar 1 slightly palm muted
F5
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
|-------------4-------4-------------4----------
|--4-----4---------4--------4--4------------4--
|--0h(2)-----------------2---------------2-----
v v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v ^
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------4----------------4----------------------4--
---2-----2----2p(0)-0-----0--2--2----2p(0)-0-----
v ^ v v v ^ v ^ v v v ^
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-----------------------4-------------------------
------4-------4--------------4----------------4--
---0-----2----2p(0)-0-----0-----2----2p(0)-0-----
v ^ v v v ^ v ^ v v v ^
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-----------------------4-----4----------------|
---0--2--2----2p(0)----0--0--2--2----2p(0)-0--|
v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v v


Guitar 1 verse slightly palm muted
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|-------2--------------------------------------------
|-------4----4----4-------4p2-------------------4----
|--4----4------------4------------4-----4-------4----
|--2---------------------------2-----2-----2---------
v v ^ ^ v v v ^ v ^ v v
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-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
------4----------------------------------------------
------4---------------------4----------------------4-
---2-------2--2----2p(0)-2-----2----2----2p(0)--2----
v ^ ^ v v v ^ v v v v ^
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----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------2-------------
----------------------4---------------4----4--------
------4------------------4----4----4----------4-----
---2-----2----2p(0)-----------2---------------------
v ^ v v h h v ^ v ^ v
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----------|
----------|
----------|
---4----4-|
---2----0-|
v v

Guitar 1 Interlude 1 w/Distortion
Db Eb
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|-----7----7---7--7--7--7--7----7--7--7-------
|-----7----7---7--7--7--7--7----7--7--7---9---
|--5--5----5---5--5--5--5--5----5--5--5---7---
|--5------------------------------------------
^ v v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v m v

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---9---9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9-\-----|
---7---7--7--7--7--7---7--7--7-\-----|
-------------------7---7--7--7-\-----|
v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v

Verse not palm muted
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------4--------------------2---------2----2--------2--
|------------------------------------------------------------
|-------4----------------------------------------------------
|--2--------------2--2----2--2---------2---------------------
v ^ v v ^ ^ v v v ^ ^ ^
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-----------------------------|
--2----2--------2----2----2--|
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^

First picking part
Db Eb
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7--------------7---------9---------------------------|
|------------7------------------------9----------------------|
|-----------------7------------------------9--9-/(11b12)\----|
|--5------------------------7--------------7--7-/(10b11)\----|
|------------------------------------------7--7-/(10b11)\----|
v v ^ ^ v v v ^ ^ v

Guitar 1 Chorus 1
F5 Chorus riff
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|--4-----4--4--4----2--2--4-----4--4--4-----2-----
|--4-----4--4--4----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4-----
|--0h(2)-2--2--2----0--0--0h(2)-2--2--2p(0)-0-----
v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^

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---4-----4--4--4----2--2--4-----4--4--4-----2-----
---4-----4--4--4----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4-----
---0h(2)-2--2--2----0--0--0h(2)-2--2--2p(0)-0-----
v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^
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---4-----4--4--4----2--2--4-----4--4--4----
---4-----4--4--4----4--4--4-----4--4--4----
---0h(2)-2--2--2----0--0--0h2---2--2--2----
Pain,
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---4-----4--4--4----2--2--4-----4--4--4-----2-----
---4-----4--4--4----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4-----
---0h(2)-2--2--2----0--0--0h(2)-2--2--2p(0)-0-----
End of chorus riff


Db Mid chorus riff
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-7----7--7--7----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-
-5----5--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-
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vpainv ^ v v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ End of Mid chorus riff

Eb
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-9--9--9--9------------------------4~~~~~~~
-7--7--7--7--7--7------------------x-------
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----7/(10)--\--2~~~~~~~
v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v



--14~~~~~~~~~(/15b17)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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v Feed back^

---r--(15)-17~~~14~~~~~~~~|
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v v
Bass arr. for guitar verse 2
eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------|
Eb|-0h(2)-2--2--2----0--0--0h2--2--2--2p0--0----|
v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v


Guitar 1
Second picking part
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7--------------7--------------9-----------------9--\------|
|-------------7------------7-------------------9-------------------|
|-----7------------7----------------9-------9-------9--------------|
|--5-------------------------5/(7)---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^

Then this. Most of it is palm muted except when there is an (n)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------4b--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------4----------------------------4-------4-----4-----4-----
--4----------4--4----4-----------------------4----4--------------------
--2----------2--2----2--2----2p(0)-0----2---------------2-----2-----2--
v n v ^ ^ v v v v v v ^ v ^ v ^ v
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------4b--------------------------------------------2--
---------------------------4-----4-------4b-------4-------------4--
-------------4----------4-----4-----4----------4--4-----4--4----4--
--2p(0)-0----2---------------------------------------2-------------
v v v v v ^ v ^ v n v ^ v ^ v n
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2---------------------------------------------------------------
-----4----4-------4-------7----7--7---7--7---7--7----7---7----9----9-
--4--4-------4----4---4---5----5--5---5--5---5--5----5---5----7----7-
------------------2---0---------------------------------------7----7-
^ n ^ vDis.v v v ^ v v ^ ^ v v v v ^
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-9---9--9---9--9-----9--9--9--9-|
-7---7--7---7--7-----7--7--7--7-|
-7---7--7---7--7-----7--7--7--7-|
v v ^ ^ v v ^ v ^

Chorus riff 2x Mid chorus riff once

Eb
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|------------------------------------
|-------------9--9--9----------------
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------------
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7----7---6---7---
v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v v

-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------4b(5)r(4)-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-
-4--4--4--4--4--------------4--4--4--------------------------------
-x--x--x--x--x--------------x--x--x--------------------------------
-2--2--2--2--2p(0)--0--0----2--2--2--------------------------------
v ^ v ^ v v ^ ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-9-9-10-10-8-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------4--4--4--4--4--------------4--4--4--4----------4--4--4--4-
-------------x--x--x--x--x--------------x--x--x--x----------x--x--x--x-
-------------2--2--2--2--2p(0)--0--0----2--2--2--2p(0)-0----2--2--2--2-
v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ ^ v ^ v v v ^ v ^
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-------------------------4----
-------------------------x----
-----2--2--2--2p(0)-0----2-\--
^ v ^ v ^ U
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-------------------------------------------9b(10~)r(9)--
--(9)b10b11r10r(9)/--3~~~~-4---3---4---3~~-9b(10~)r(9)--
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--------------------------------------------------------
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v v v v v ^ v ^ v
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--4---3---4---3~~-9b(10~)r(9)---|------------------- 9b(10~)r(9)----
--------------------------------|---9---8---9---8~\-----------------
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Play 2x Play 4x

------------------------------------15~~~~~~18~~~~~~~~~~~~------------|
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------------------- 9b(11~~~)----------------------------------9b10---|
---9---8---9---8~\---------------------------------------------9b10-4-|
---------------------------------------------------------------x----x-|
---------------------------------------------------------------7b8--2-|
v v v ^m
Guitar 2 Outro Harmonics
e|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|---------------5-----7----------5-----------------5--
D|----------5----------------5-----------------5-------
A|--5h(7)------------------------------5h(7)-----------
E|-----------------------------------------------------

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-----7------5-----------------5--------------5---------
-----5-------------------5-----------7-----------------
-----------------5h(7)---------------5------------5h(7)
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--------5-----------5--------------------|
---5-----------5-------------------------|
-------------------------5h(7)-----------|
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