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Spank Thru Tabs

(ver. 1)
Nirvana
Also availaible in: Wired, Seventh heaven, Smells like punk 
spirit, Complete radio sessions, etc..


I have tabbed this because, looking for it in OLGA, 
i found no good version of this song. 
I hope it's gonna help you play it. 
I think the lyrics aren't wrong, but the solo (??) surely is.
It's the solo of the Complete radio session version. Maybe 
you've got a different version of it. I tabbed it out just to 
give an idea of what Kurdt played. If you got a better 
version, please, E-mail it to me!

Version of The Complete Radio Sessions.

Intro:
  A       op G  op D op A       op G  op D op
E---0------------0-2-0----0------------0-2-0-
B-2-2-2--2-0---0-0-3-0--2-2-2--2-0---0-0-3-0-
G-2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-2-0--2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-2-0-   play
D-2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-0-0-   twice
A-0---0--0---2-2--------0---0--0---2-2-------
E------------3-3-------------------3-3-------

Rythm fig 1
  A       op G  op D op A       op G  op D op
E---0------------0-2-0----0------------0-2-0-
B-2-2-2--2-0---0-0-3-0--2-2-2--2-0---0-0-3-0-
G-2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-2-0--2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-2-0-   play
D-2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2--2-0-0-0-0-0-0-   twice
A-0---0--0---2-2--------0---0--0---2-2-------
E------------3-3-------------------3-3-------
  PM ---------------------------------------|

Verse:
w/rythm fig 1
A            G       D        A         G     D
   there's a soft pretentious mountain

etc ...

Bridge:
D           A               F                G
I can't explain just why we lost it from the start
D           A               F(let ring)
with or without you girl you'll only break my heart
(drums)
YEEEEAAAAAHHH !!!

Chorus part one:
E--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------
D-2-X-5----(let ring)-----2--X-5----(let ring)-----
A-2-X-5----(let ring)-----2--X-5----(let ring)-----
E-0-0-3(b1/2)-3-3(b1/2)-3-0--0-3(b1/2)-3-3(b1/2)-3-
                I   can feel it !  etc..


Chorus part two:
  B                D         N.C
E----------------------------------
B----7-----7--7----7--7--7---------
G-8--8--8--8--8----7--7--7---------  Repeat
D-9--9--9--9--9----7--7--7---------  3 x's
A-9--9--9--9--9----5--5--5---------
E-7--7--7--7--7---------------5-5-6-
  I been looking for day glow

  B                G                    F             E
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-----7-------7--7--------------------------------------
G-8---8---8---8--8--------------------------------------
D-9---9---9---9--9--5----5-----5-----5--3--3--3--3----2-*
A-9---9---9---9--9--5----5-----5-----5--3--3--3--3----2-
E-7---7---7---7--7--3----3-----3-----3--1--1--1--1----0-
  I can make it do things you wouldn't think it ever could

*First time, E chord is the beginning of Chorus part one,
second and third time, let it ring (beginning of the solo or 
end of the song).

Solo:

E-12(b1/2)-12--12(hb1/2)-12-12-12-12-12-12|-12-
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------
  |----x5----|

E-12(hb1/2)-12-12-12-12-12-12|-12----------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------6-6(bg1/4-1/2-full)-4-
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
D--6-6(bg1/4-1/2-full)-4----------------------------------
A------------------------4-----------------7-8-9-10-11-12-
E--------------------------3-4-5-3-5-6-7-5----------------

E---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------
G----------------------------12(bg1/2-full)-X-
D----------------14(b1/2)-14------------------
A-12-12-12(b1/2)------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------
                             |------4 x's-----|

I know the last line is completly wrong (as the rest of the 
solo) but Kurt plays in this place of the guitar.


verse:
There's a soft pretentious mountain
Listen to the light of the trees
And all the flowers judge brights
And the birds fly happily
We're together once again my love
I need you back oh baby babe

bridge:
I can't explain just why
We lost it from the start
With or without you girl
You'll only break my heart

chorus part one:
I can feel it! I can hold it!
I can bend it, I can shape it, I can mould it!
I can kill it! I can taste it!
I can spank it, beat it, masturbate it!

chorus part two:
I been looking for day glow
Always hearing the same ode
Singing on the graceful (??)
I can make it do things you wouldn't think it ever could

3rd time: I can make it do things you wouldn't think it ever
                            you wouldn't think it ever could

Intro, verse, bridge, chorus 1&2, chorus 1&2, solo, chorus 2

Tab explanation:
b1/2: bend until the pitch is one half step higher.
bfull: bend until the pitch is one step higher.
bg: gradual bend.
hb: hold bend until the |.
PM: palm muting until the |.
X: sciors sounds.

If there's something you don't understand, if you got 
corrections or comments to do, if you got the right solo, 


DUCHET Jean-Louis             Tel. : (33) 49.45.32.09
Universite de Poitiers        
            
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