Dinosaur Jr - Never Bought It Chords & Tabs

Dinosaur Jr. - Never Bought It
From the album 'Hand It Over' (1997)

Standard tuning


===intro

E|----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------x-3-----------------x-3--x-3---|
G|---------------x-0-----------------x-0--x-0---|  x2
D|--2--2--2--2---x-2-----2--2--2--2--x-2--x-2---|
A|--0--0--0--0---x-3-----0--0--0--0--x-3--x-3---|
E|----------------------------------------------|

palm mutes, followed by using some tremelo on the un-muted chords to get the 'shimmer' effect

===verse
(0:13)

(flute part, used to be played on guitar as an intro solo when played live)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------12-13--12----12----------12-13--12-13--12/15~--------12-13---12----12-----------|
G|-12~--12-14----------14----12---12-14-----------------------12-14-----------14----12--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-12-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                              end variation 1      variation 2.
E|------------------------------------3---| |-----------------| |--3----2h3----|
B|--------3-----0---------1-------------3-| |-3-3-------------| |----3--3---3--|
G|------0---0-----------2------0----------| |---2h4p2-5-4-2p0-| |-------2------|
D|----0-------0-------2-----0h2-----2-----| |-----------------| |--------------|
A|------------------0-------------3-------| |-----------------| |--------------|
E|--3-------------------------------------| |-----------------| |--------------|


===pre-chorus
(0:52)
         (-this bit x2-)
E|-----------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------3p0-0-----|
B|--------0-------------5-0-3--||--------0-------------5-5/7-3---------0h1p0----3p0---------0---|
G|------0---0---------0--------||------0---0---------0---------------0-------0------0---------0-|
D|----2-------2-----4----------||----2-------2-----4---------------2-----------0----------------|
A|-3------------3/5------------||-3------------3/5---------------3------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------|


===chorus
(1:06)

strum pattern is fairly easy, so here's the chords.
E|--0--|--0--|--3--|--5--|
B|--3--|--5--|--3--|--5--|
G|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|
D|--0--|--4--|--2--|--4--|
A|--2--|--5--|--3--|--5--|
E|--3--|-----|-----|-----|


===solo
(2:21)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dinosaur_jr/never_bought_it_tab.html ]
technically if you really want to play it like J does, then this is where you
improvise some crazy screaming fuzzed out solo for a couple of minutes.but here's
something that's close enough to what's on the record:

E|-15-15-15-15~--15-15-15~---15-15-15p14---15-15-15p14------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------15b--15*~--12-15-12-15-p12---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------12/13-12--13-12--13-13/15~-|
--------------------------------------12-14-12-14b-12-14----------------------------|
------------------12-10-9---10--12/14-----------------------------------------------|
12b-r-10-12-10-12-------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


----12----12-----12----12-------------------------------------------------------|
-15----15----15--15b---15b~~--15-15-15-13-12-13-12-13b-13b~---------------------|
-----------------------^--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------hold bend^ and slowly release across next few notes, fast picking-|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


---------------------------------12------17b-r-15h17-16h17-16----16---------|
-15b-r-13\11-----------12-13-15b----15b~----------------------15----15-15~--|
-------------12-14-14b------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

vocals come back in here, with the solo quietly carrying
on underneath, so you can either carry on busting out
rad lead lines, or you can go back to doing the chorus rhythm.
when the vocal line 'not just me threw it away' ends, stick
to the third chord in the chorus chords above until the verse starts.

then after that, play the verse, then the pre-chorus, then end on G. (320033)

voila! hopefully you can now play what is one of Dino's more underrated songs.


|--------------------------------------------------------
|p - pull-off
|h - hammer-on
|s - slide
|b - bend; release bend before next note, unless...
|r - release bend after holding it for a little
|~ - vibrato
|x - muted string strum
|* - pinch harmonic
|--------------------------------------------------------