Artist: Nirvana
Song: Drain You
Album: Nevermind
Tabbed by: King Buzzo
(You need a distortion pedal for this song
If you don’t have one this isn’t going to work)
Intro/Verse (clean guitar)
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|-5-5-5/9-9-9-------7-7-7--5-5-5/9-9-9-------7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5/9-9-9-7-7-0-7-7-7--5-5-5/9-9-9-7-7-0-7-7-7----|
|-3-3-3/7-7-7-7-7-0-5-5-5--3-3-3/7-7-7-7-7-0-5-5-5----|
|-------------5-5-0--------------------5-5-0----------|
One baby to another says I’m lucky to met you
(Distortion) 6x
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|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5/9-9-9---------------|
|-5-5-5/9-9-9-7-7-0-7-7-7---|
|-3-3-3/7-7-7-7-7-0-5-5-5---|
|-------------5-5-0---------|
I don’t care what...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nirvana/drain_you_tab_ver_6.html ]
Chorus (Distortion) 6x
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|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-5---3--------------|
|-5-5-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-5---3---7~~--------|
|-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-3---1---7~~--------|
|-3-3-1-1-------------------|---------5~~--------|
Chew your meat... I like you
Then go back and play the Verse than the chorus again
Than play this,
(Distortion) Last A5 chord play with a clean tone (4x)
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|-777777777777777--7~~---777777777777777--7~~----|
|-555555555555555--5~~---555555555555555--5~~----|
Distortion.....| Distortion.....|
Then play this, Distortion, (A5 chord 40 times!)
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|-7777777777777777777777777777777777777777------|
|-5555555555555555555555555555555555555555------|
|.........This is forty strums.........|
After all of that go back and play the verse than the
Chorus and than you’re done.
