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  Sender: "KLeonard" 
  To: guitar@nevada.edu
  Date: Fri, 26 Aug 94 15:11:22 EDT
  Subject: Tab for "On a Plain" by Nirvana
  
  "On a Plain" by Nirvana
  
  h = hammer on
  p = pull off
  
  This is undoubtedly the hardest song to figure out on the album and it's
  still a pain in the arse when you know how to play it.  This transcription is
  taken from the Nevermind tablature book thing.
  
  Intro (w/distortion)
  B(b5)/D# (fdbk pitch D#)
  ----------------|---------------------------
  ----------------|----------------------h12--
  --10------------|------------------h10------
  ---9------------|----------------h9---------
  ----------------|---------------------------
  --11------------|--10h11p10h11-------------
  
  play that second part three times and hammer-on all notes with the fretting
  hand.
  
  Verse
      D                   G              F                    E5       F5  E5
  --2--------------------------------------------------
  --3---3-------0----0---------------------------------
  --2---2---0---0----0---2---2----2----------------0--
  --0---0---0---0--------3---3----3----------------0--
  --0--------------------4---3----3---2--2--3--2------
  --------------3------------1----1---0--0--1--0------
  
  it goes like this (dashes included to line up some syllables with notes):
  D       G              F    E5           F5 E5
     I'll start this off with-out an-y words...
  
  then the "I love myself line...":
      D               C5                  B5              A5
  --2---------------------------------------------
  --3---3-----------------------------------------
  --2---2--0--5--5--5--5--4---4--0--2--2--2--0--
  --0---0--0--5--5--5--5--4---4--0--2--2--2--0--
  ------------3--3--3--3--2---2-----0--0--0------
  ------------------------------------------------
  
  D      C5         B5     A5
       I love myself    better than you...
  
  So the verse follows the first rythym figure twice, then the second figure
  for the refrain, then back to the first figure for the "I know it's wrong..."
  line.
  D     G      F      E5  F5  E5
  D     G      F      E5  F5  E5
  D     C5    B5    A5
  D     G      F      E5  F5  E5
  
  As the chorus starts, play this figure and repeat it for the chorus:
      D5             G5                  Bb6sus2
  --------------------------------------------------
  --3---3-----3---3----------1--1--1--1--1--1------
  --2---2-----0---0----------0--0--0--0--0--0--0---
  --0---0--0--0---0--0----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--
  ---------0---------0--0h1--1--1--1--1--1--1------
  ------------3---3---------------------------------
  
  D5   G5   Bb6sus2           D5   G5   Bb6sus2
                         I'm on a plain                  I can't complain
  
  The bridge is the only easy part:
  F5 (133xxx)  E5 (022xxx)  A5 (x022xx)  G5 (355xxx)
  
  Lyrics:
  I'll start this off without any words
  I got so high [that] I scratched 'till I bled
  I love myself better than you
  I know it's wrong so what should I do
  The finest day that I've ever had
  Is when I learned to cry on command
  
  I'm on a plain, I can't complain
  
  My mother died every night
  It's safe to say don't quote me on that
  The black sheep got blackmailed again
  Forgot to put on the zip code
  
  Somewhere I have heard this before
  In a dream my memory has stored
  As defense I'm neutered and spayed
  What the hell am I trying to say
  
  It is now time to make it all clear
  To write off lines that don't make sense
  One more special message to go
  And then I'm done and I can go home
  
  -keith
  
  
             - On a Plain, stage version -
  Transcribed by Tom Perrine... fu838@po.cwru.edu
  If you like this, and want any other nirvana tunes
  like this, i'll be happy to help, other than that...
  Enjoy:
  
  Drop D tuning.
  
  ----------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------
  ---7-7-7--7-7-7-------------------------7-----------
  ---7-7-7--7-7-7--3-3-3------------------7-----------
  ---5-5-5--5-5-5--3-3-3---2---3----2--0--5-----------
  ----------5-5-5--3-3-3---2---3----2--0--------------
       I'll start this off Without any words...
       I got so high...Scratched till i bled
  
  Please Note: spacing above may look funny, i just put the
  chord in with the syllables (sp?) in the song.. listen to it
  you'll see what i mean.
  
  -----------------------x-x-x------------------------
  -----------------------3-3-3------------------------
  --7-7-7--5-5-5--4-4-4--2-2-2--7-7-7-----------------
  --7-7-7--5-5-5--4-4-4--0-0-0--7-7-7--5-5--5--3--3---
  --5-5-5--3-3-3--2-2-2--0-0-0--5-5-5--5-5--5--3--3---
  -------------------------------------5-5--5--3--3---
    Love myself   Better than you    I know it's wrong
  
  ----------------------------------------------------
  ----------------------------------------------------
  -------------------7-7-7-7-7-7->>-10-10-10-10-10-10-
  -------------------7-7-7-7-7-7->>-10-10-10-10-10-10-
  --2--3----2---0----5-5-5-5-5-5->>-8--8--8--8--8--8--
  --2--3----2---0----------5-5-5->>-8--8--8--8--8--8--
   But what should i do
  
  
  
                      Bridge........................
  ------------------|-----------------------------------
  ------------------|-----------------------------------
  -10--7-7-7-7-7-7--|-----------------------------------
  -10--7-7-7-7-7-7--|-----------------------------------
  -8---5-5-5-5-5-5--|-/17-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-----
  -8---------5-5-5--|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-----
   I'm on a plain..      Somewhere i have Heard this
  
  
  -------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------------------------------
  --2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------
  --0-0-0-0------5-5-5-5---------------------------------
  ---------------5-5-5-5---------------------------------
   Before_____
  
  More notes: during the bridge, you can pick out the notes
  to make it sound more like unplugged, but this is the electric
  distorted version like on Roma, or "Live Tonight sold out"
  Remember this is the stage version, not album..
  Have fun
   - Tom

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