'Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol' by Nirvana - Guitar Tutorial

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GaLLoNS oF RuBBiNG aLCoHoL FLoW THRouGH THe STRiP - NIRVANA
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-This is a bonus track on the 1993 album IN UTERO.
To find, it fast-forward All apologies to 23:58 and let it play.

Tabbed by: Sol Pachner
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: About 1/4 step higher, slightly high on the D and low on the G :)

This is a COMPLETELY different Method from anything I've seen before
but it's easier and it sounds good

And ARGHHHH Andrew morris Drain you! You put your tab of this song EVERYWHERE and its really annoying!!
 
Basic Riff - (play it half assed to make it sound authentically messed up) :)

e |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
G |-------(5)---------(5)-------(5)---------(5)|
D |---8----5------8----5---8-----5------8----5-|
A |----8--(7)------8--7-----8---(7)------8--7--|
E |-6----0----6-6----0---6-----0----6-6----0---|
Then Play 

e |----------------------|
B |----------------------|
G |----x--------x--------|
D |----x--------x--------|
A |---(8)(7)--(8)--(7)--|
E |-6-(6)--0-0--6-6--0-0-|

Then the Basic riff again:

e |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
G |-------(5)---------(5)-------(5)---------(5)|
D |---8----5------8----5---8-----5------8----5-|
A |----8--(7)------8--7-----8---(7)------8--7--|
E |-6----0----6-6----0---6-----0----6-6----0---|
Then The Chorus is:

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-10------9--9----9----8----7-|
D|-10------10-10---9----8----7-|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|


Then the Basic riff AGAIN:

e |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------------------|
D |---8----5------8----5---8-----5------8----5-|
A |----8---7-------8--7-----8----7-------8--7--|
E |-6----0----6-6----0---6-----0----6-6----0---|

Then Play 

e |----------------------|
B |----------------------|
G |----x--------x--------|
D |----x--------x--------|
A |----x--------x--------|
E |-6-(6)--0-0--6-6--0-0-|
 
Then the 2nd chorus is just
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7------5----5--5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|
D|-7------6--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|
A|-------------5--5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
More.........
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------|
D|-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------|
A|-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--5-5-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Then The 1st solo is (the eighteenth fret not one eight one eight)
  (*play the B string randomly at the same time as the e)

e |-2/18-16-16-16-18-16-16-16-18-16-16-18-16-16-14-1211-------------|
B*|-2/18-16-16-16-18-16-16-16-18-16-16-18-16-16-14-1211-------------|
G |-2/18-------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------|

There's More...... 

e|-x-x-x-129-/18^-1514---------------------------------------|
B|----------------------11-14----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------11--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------11------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------131197---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------6--------------------|

Umm that's as much as I can work out before My guitar explodes(??)

Oh, and if your trying to do a bass tab for this song then Krist is also playing a 6-string guitar


| ^ bend
| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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