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Nevermind
In Utero
Bleach
Insecticide

Nevermind

1...Smells Like Teen Spirit
2...In Bloom
3...Come As You Are
4...Breed
5...Lithium
6...Polly
7...Territorial Pissings
8...Drain You
9...Lounge Act
10..Stay Away
11..On A Plain
12..Something In The Way

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Smells Like Teen Spirit

1:-------------------------------------------
2:-------------------------------------------
3:-------------------------------------------
4:--3-3-3-xxxx-8-8-8-x-6-6-6-xxxx-11-11-11---
5:--3-3-3-xxxx-8-8-8-x-6-6-6-xxxx-11-11-11---
6:--1-1-1-xxxx-6-6-6-x-4-4-4-xxxx-9--9--9----

After the last power chord there is a slight up stroke open on the 6,5 &4 that you can barely hear.

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In Bloom

Intro: A#5 G5 F5 G#5
Verse: A#5 F#5 D#5 B5 A5
Chorus: A#5 G5 play that 4x then : C5 D#5

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Come As You Are

Tune down 1 whole step
Intro/Verse:

1:---------------------------------
2:---------------------------------
3:---------------------------------
4:---------------------------------
5:----------0---0---------2-----2--
6:--0-0-1-2---2---2-2-1-0---0-0----

Pre Chorus:

1:-----2---------------------------
2:-----0-0-------------------------
3:-----4-4-4-2^0------6---6----0---
4:--4-----------------7-7-7--7-----
5:-----------------/7---7-7--7-----
6:--2--------------/5---5----5-----

Chorus: B5 D5

Solo

1:---------------------------------------------------
2:--------------------------------------12/----------
3:--6~~~-9-11\6-6~~~-9-11\6-6~~~-9-11-11-11-11~~-9-6-
4:---------------------------------------------------
5:---------------------------------------------------
6:---------------------------------------------------

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Breed

Intro:

1:----------------------
2:----------------------
3:----------------------
4:----------/-----------
5:-4-4---4-7------------
6:-2-2-0-2-5--0---------
play 8x

Verse:

1:--------------------------------------------------------------
2:--------------------------------------------------------------
3:-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--
4:-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--
5:--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--
6:--------------------------------------------------------------

1:------------------------------
2:------------------------------
3:-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---/-----
4:-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9-9-7--
5:--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---------
6:------------------------------

Chorus: D5 A5 C5 B5

Solo

1:----------------------------------------------------------------
2:----------------------------------------------------------------
3:-11------11-10-9-7--14-------14-13-12-10---17-------17-16-15-13-
4:----------------------------------------------------------------
5:--9-------9--8-7-5--12-------12-11-10--8---15-------15-14-13-11-
6:----------------------------------------------------------------

1:----------------------------------------------------------------
2:----------------------------------------------------------------
3:-19-------20----20/---------------------------------------------
4:----------------------------------------------------------------
5:-17-------18----18/---------------------------------------------
6:----------------------------------------------------------------

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Lithium

Tune down 1 whole step

Verse:

1:------------------------------------------------------------------
2:------------------------------------------------------------------
3:-------------------------------5--5-5-5/7-7-7-7-4--4-4-4/7-7-7-7--
4:-----------------6---------7---5--5-5-5/7-7-7-7-4--4-4-4/7-7-7-7--
5:---------6-----4-4-------7-----3--3-3-3/5-5-5-5-2--2-2-2/5-5-5-5--
6:-0-x-0-4---x-0-----x-0-5-----0------------------------------------

Chorus: E5 G#5 C#5 A5 C5 D5 B5 D5
Bridge: A5 C5

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Polly

Verse: E5 G5 D5 C5
Chorus: D5 C5 G5 Bb5

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Territorial Pissings

Verse And Chorus: A5 F5(8th fret) D5

Bridge:

1:--------
2:--------
3:--------
4:-7-7-7--
5:-7-7-7--
6:-5-5-5--
---PM-|

play that 15x then play this:

1:-------
2:-------
3:-7-----
4:--7----
5:---7---
6:----5--

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Drain You

Verse: A5 C#5 F#5 B5
Chorus: A5 G5 F#5 -- A5 F#5 play that 3x -- E5 D5 D#5

Solo

feedback for a few bars then this:
_dist. on___dist. off
1:-------------------
2:-3--------------3--
3:-2--------------2--
4:-3--------------3--
5:-------------------
6:-------------------

play that 4x, then play this:

1:------------------------------------------------------
2:-7\6\5\4\3--------------------------------------------
3:-6\5\4\3\2--------6/7~~-4~~-5-6~~-7-8~~-9-10~~~~~~~---
4:-7\6\5\4\3--------------------------------------------
5:------------------------------------------------------
6:------------------------------------------------------

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Lounge Act

Verse: B5 C5 G5
Chorus: E5 A5 D5 C5 play that 4x then -- A5 G#5 G5 play that 2x

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Stay Away

Intro/Chorus:

1:-----------------------------
1:-----------------------------
3:-2-2--4-4-4--------5----5-6--
4:-0-0--4-4-4---3-3--5----5-6--
5:-0-0--2-2-----3-3--3--0-3-4--
6:------------0-1-1------------

Verse:

1:---------------
2:----------/\---
3:-4/5-5-5-5-(5)-
4:---------------
5:---------------
6:---------------

Bridge:

1:-------------------------------
2:-3-----------------------/\----
3:-2------------------3-3-3--(3)-
4:-0---0---4---4---4-------------
5:-----0---4-----4-4-------------
6:-------0-2---------------------

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On A Plain

Intro:

1:------------------------------------------------------
2:--------------------12----------------12--------------
3:-10---------------10----------------10----------------
4:--9--------------9-----------------9------------------
5:------------------------------------------------------
6:-11--10^11^10^11-------10^11^10^11-------10^11^10^11--

Verse:

Riff A

1:-2-----------------------------------
2:-3--3-----0----0---------------------
3:-2--2--0--0----0--2------------------
4:-0--0--0--0-------3--3---3-----------
5:-0----------------4--3---3--2-2-3-2--
6:----------3----------1---1--0-0-1-0--
play that 2x then play:

Riff B

1:-2------------------------------
2:-3--3---------------------------
3:-2--2-0-5-5-5-5-4--4-0-2-2-2-0--
4:-0--0-0-5-5-5-5-4--4-0-2-2-2-0--
5:--------3-3-3-3-2--2---0-0-0----
6:--------------------------------
play that once, then Riff A once again

Chorus:

1:--------------------------------
2:-3--3---3--3-----1-1-1-1-1-1----
3:-2--2---0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
4:-0--0-0-0--0-0---3-3-3-3-3-3-0--
5:------0------0-0^1-1-1-1-1-1----
6:--------3--3--------------------

Bridge: F5 E5 A5 G5

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Something In The Way

Drop D tuning down two whole steps

Verse:

1:---------
2:---------
3:---------
4:-4----0--
5:-4----0--
6:-4----0--

Chorus:

1:---------
2:------3--
3:------2--
4:-4----0--
5:-4----0--
6:-4-------

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