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Return of the Rat as performed by Nirvana from the compilation "Eight Songs for Greg Sage & the Wipers" written by Greg Sage & the Wipers tabbed by Lee Harvey OswaldI don't think a decent tab of this song exists so I've written one. It's a simple song to play and fun, too. One of my favorite Nirvana ditties. Here goes nothin'. Standard tuning [verse 1] A5 C5 G5 e|----------------------------------| B|---------------------------------o| G|----------5-5-5-X-----------------| D|--7-7-7-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| A|--7-7-7-X-3-3-3-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o| E|--5-5-5-X---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| You better watch out You better beware They're coming from all sides of the country You better beware [chorus] *1 Return of the rat Return of the rat Return of the rat Ah no no no no *2 Return of the rat Return of the rat Return of the rat Ah no no no no no no no no no no *1 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 A5 e|----------------------------------------- B|----------------------------------------- G|----------------------------------------- D|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7- A|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7- E|--7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--5-5-5-5- *2 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 A5 G5 Em A5 e|------------------------------------------------------- B|------------------------------------------------------- G|------------------------------------------------------- D|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5\\2//7- A|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5\\2//7- E|--7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3\\0//5- [the slide from Em to A5 is a sort of bridge from chorus to verse Just roll right into the verse without slowing down] [verse 2] A5 C5 G5 e|----------------------------------| B|---------------------------------o| G|----------5-5-5-X-----------------| D|--7-7-7-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| A|--7-7-7-X-3-3-3-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o| E|--5-5-5-X---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| You better confess Oh You better confess You try to confess and I've seen em do it You better confess [chorus] same as before [solo] e|------------------------------------------- B|--9-7--------7-9-7----9-7--------7-9-7----- [play twice, I think] G|------9--7-9-------9------9--7-9-------9--- D|------------------------------------------- A|------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------- e|-------------------------------------------- B|--11-9--------9-11-9---11-9--------9-11-9--- [play this twice G|-------11-9-11------11-----11-9-11-------11- then play the D|-------------------------------------------- first bit twice A|-------------------------------------------- more] E|-------------------------------------------- Repeat the first verse [an old Nirvana trick] and that's it. I hope you have found this usefull. If you come across any glaring errors mail me and I'll fix them. I don't have my guitar right here so the solo may be fucked. If you have difficulties mail me and I'll get you a proper copy. From v7b39@unb.ca Wed Apr 30 09:42:05 1997 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 08:35:25 GMT-400 From: OSWALD LEE HARVEY To: guitar@olga.net Cc: icumalot@hotmail.com Subject: Return of the Rat - Nirvana (solo correction) Yep, I scewed up the solo. It's not played on the 2nd and 3rd strings but on the 3rd and 4th strings. Everything else is ok. e|------------------------------------------- B|------------------------------------------- G|--9-7--------7-9-7----9-7--------7-9-7----- [play twice, I think] D|------9--7-9-------9------9--7-9-------9--- A|------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------- e|-------------------------------------------- B|-------------------------------------------- G|--11-9--------9-11-9---11-9--------9-11-9--- [play this twice D|-------11-9-11------11-----11-9-11-------11- then play the A|-------------------------------------------- first bit twice E|-------------------------------------------- more]
At the start...you turn off your guitar volume...stand close to your amp...then play the second string and slowly turn up the volume and get feedback
I'm pretty sure the
e|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------o|
G|----------5-5-5-X-----------------|
D|--7-7-7-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
A|--7-7-7-X-3-3-3-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o|
E|--5-5-5-X---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------o|
G|----------5-5-5-X------------------|
D|--7-7-7-X-5-5-5-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/6--|
A|--7-7-7-X-3-3-3-X-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/6-o|
E|--5-5-5-X---------3-3-3-0-3-0-3/4--|
Part is supposed to go
but I'm probably wrong. It sounds good to me though. Nice tab.
I also play the 7 as a 0 on the a but its the same.
5 2
5 2
Opps, missed a thing. thee|-------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------
D|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5\\2//7-
A|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5\\2//7-
E|--7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3\\0//5-
e|-------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7\2
D|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7\2
A|--9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-X-9-9-9/10-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5\0
E|--7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--X-7-7-7/8--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3------------------
part sounds like it goes like this
the 022 being the begining of the core riff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er2T4_9pNcA