Nirvana : "Heart shaped box" Guitar tabs

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Artist :Nirvana
Song   :Heart Shaped Box
Tab By :Arin Crandell

This is my first transcription, so if it's wrong... oops.
I read a different tab for this song by Mike B but it just
didn't sound right to me, sorry who ever Mike B is. The other

b  = bend
rb = release bend
\  = slide down
...= let ring





Main Riff (clean)
e--------------------------|------------------------
B--------------------------|------------------------
G------2-------------------|------------------------
D----2---2-------4---------|---0---0----------------
A--0-----------4---4-------|-----0---0--------------
E------------2--------0...-|------------------------

Main Riff Continued
e-------^---^---^----------|------------------------
B-------^---^---^----------|-------------------0----
G-------^---^---^----------|----------------4--0----
D----(same as above)-------|--2\4-4---4-----4-------
A--------------------------|--------0---4-----------
E--------------------------|------------------------


Riff A (play this distorted before the chorus kicks in)
e------------------
B------------------
G------------------
D-4-4-4-4------0---
A---------4-4--0---
E------------------


Chorus (distorted)
e-------b---------b-----------------b---
B-------3---------3-----------------3---
G--2-2----------------------------------
D--2-2------4-4---------2---4-4-4-------
A--0-0------4-4---------2---------4-----
E-----------2-2---------0---------------


Bridge
e----------------|---b------------
B----------------|---3---3-3------
G----------------|----------------
D--4--------2----|----------------
A--4-(8x)---2----|----------------
E--2--------0----|----------------

Bridge Continued
e---^---^----^---|----------------
B---^---^----^---|----------------
G---^---^----^---|----------------
D-(same as above)|-(play Riff A)--
A----------------|----------------
E----------------|----------------


SOLO!
e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-0-0-b12-rb-p10---0-0-b10-rb-p8---0---b8-rb----5-------
D----------------------------------0---------------8-7--
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Repeat 2x

then just end it with a
E---------
B---------
G---0-----
D---0...--
A---------
E---------


Outro (same as the bridge part, but different)
e----------------|---b------------
B----------------|---3...---------
G----------------|----------------
D--4--------2----|----------------
A--4-(8x)---2----|----------------
E--2--------0----|----------------

e---^---^----^---|----------------
B---^---^----^---|----------------
G---^---^----^---|----------------
D-(same as above)|-4-4-4-4--------
A----------------|---------4-4...-
E----------------|----------------

There you go, this took me a few hours of messing around...
but i think its pretty close. I'm not sure about a few things,
like those high notes in the chorus and bridge. But when I play
along with the song it sounds good to me :)


Song: Heart shaped box
Artist: Nirvana
Album: In Utero

Tabbed by Peter Gordon (pete@shagged.org)

You can play this in a simple drop-d tuning, but if you want to play along
to the CD, you'll have to drop all the strings down 2 semitones from there.

I can't claim its perfect, but it does sound OK with the CD playing.

I haven't tabbed the solo, i'm afraid.

Play the riffs in this order:

1 2 1 3, then repeat 1 & 3 until the chorus.


RIFF 1

D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
F|-----2----------------0---0----
C|---2---2-----3----------0---0--
G|-0---------3---3---------------
C|---------3-------0-------------


RIFF 2

D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
F|-----2--------------3/4---4----
C|---2---2-----3----------0---3--
G|-0---------3---3---------------
C|---------3-------0-------------


RIFF 3

D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
F|-----2-------------3/4444---4---
C|---2---2-----3------------0---3-
G|-0---------3---3----------------
C|---------3-------0--------------


CHORUS
D|-----3/5-------3/5---------------3/5-
A|-----3/5-------3/5---------------3/5-
F|-2-2---------------------------------
C|-2-2-------3-3-------0-0-4-4-4-------
G|-0-0-------3-3-------0-0-5-5-5-0-----
C|-----------3-3-------0-0-------------
       Hey,      Wait   ....


RIFF 4 (leading into the solo)
D|---------------------------------
A|---------------------------------
F|---------------------------------
C|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
C|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

ad-VIIIIICEEEE .....



ALTERNATIVE CHORUS
This is slightly easier to play, and also sounds pretty good:

D|-----3/5-------3/5-------------------
A|-----3/5-------3/5-------------------
F|-2-2-----------------------------6/7-
C|-2-2-------3-3-------0-0-4-4-4---6/7-
G|-0-0-------3-3-------0-0-5-5-5-0-----
C|-----------3-3-------0-0-------------
       Hey,      Wait   ....

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