Nirvana - Plateau Tabs

"Plateau" - Nirvana with the Meat Puppets
From Nirvana's Unplugged
Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)



INTRO - Main riff

  --3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----
  ------------------------------------------------------1-
  ----------------------------------------------------0---
  ------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------
  ----2-------5-------2-------5-------2-------5-----------
  --3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----

  This is played with the following (movable) shapes:
  G        320x33
  Bb       650x66
  Fsus2    1xx011
  Sometimes the riff is varied by playing the highest note
  on string 2 (B) instead of string 1 (E). Takes a bit of
  practising at first. Play it fingerstyle and use you thumb 
  to rake the E, A and D strings. 


VERSE - w/ main riff

  
PRE-CHORUS - 2/4 time, chordshape is similar to main riff.

  --4---------
  ---------4--
  -------0----
  ------------
  ------------
  --4---------


CHORUS

  'Nothing on top but a bucket and a mop and an..

  --1/3--------------------------------------------------
  --1/3------------------------3---------3---------------
  -----------------------------3---------3---------------
  ------------5---x------------3---------3---------------
  ------------5---x-----1--------------------------------
  ---------3-------------------------1-------------------

   ..illustrated book about birds'

  ---------------3---------------------------------------
  ---------------3-----------------6---------------------
  ---------------------------------7---------------------
  ---------------------------------8---------------------
  ---5---------------------------------------------------
  ---3----------------------/6---------------------------

  etc.


PRE-OUTRO

  --4----------------4---6-----------------6-------------
  ---------4-------4------------6--------6---------------
  -------------------------------------------------------
  ------0-------0------------0-------0-------------------
  ----3-------3------------5-------5---------------------
  --4--------------------6-------------------------------


OUTRO

          *                                 repeat from *
  ------------------------------0-----|------------------
  --------------0-------2---------1p0-|-----2------------
  ------2-----2---2---2-------2-------|---2--------------
  ----2-----2-------0-------0---------|-2----------------
  --0-----0---------------3-----------|------------------
  ------------------------------------|------------------

  While the line above is played by a Meat Puppet, Krist plays:

  --------0-------------2-------0-----
  ------------2-----------3-----1-----
  --------------2---------------------
  ----------------2-------------------
  ------------------------------------
  ------------------------------------