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Song: "Dumb (Unplugged)"
Artist: Nirvana
Album: MTV Unplugged in New York
Guitar Tab | Bass Tab | Drums Tab 

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

                                   DUMB (Live)
                           As recorded by Kurt Cobain
                     (From the 1994 Album NIRVANA UNPLUGGED)

Words and Music by Kurt Cobain
Transcribed by Mike Collins

          Em                    G                    E                    B
      0 2 2 0 0 0          3 x 0 0 0 3          0 x x x x x          x 2 4 4 4 x

          G/A                   C                    A                G(type 2)
      x 0 0 0 0 x          x 3 5 5 5 x          x 0 2 2 2 0          x x x 0 0 x

          E5
      0 2 2 4 0 0

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Kurt Cobain'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Pat Smear'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lori Goldston'

   Verse
    Moderately Q=110
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
    PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o------------2---|-------------5---|------------2---|-------------5--|
||-----2-------2-0-|-----5-------5---|----2-------2-0-|-----5-------5--|
||-----------2-----|-----5-----5---0-|----------2-----|-----5-----5---0|
||o--------0-------|-3-3---3-3-------|--------0-------|-3-3---3-3------|
||--0----0---------|-3-3---3---------|-0----0---------|-3-3---3--------|


  PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
  Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|------------2---|-------------5---|------------2---|-------------5-0-||
|----2-------2-0-|-----5-------5---|----2-------2-0-|-----5-------5-0-||
|----------2-----|-----5-----5---0-|----------2-----|-----5-----5-----||
|--------0-------|-3-3---3-3-------|--------0-------|-3-3-----3-------||
|-0----0---------|-3-3---3---------|-0----0---------|-3-3---0---------||


 Chorus
  E    Em           G                    E    Em           G
  Gtrs I, II
  Q  E E +E E E E    Q   E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E E E E    Q   E E +E  E E E
  |  | |  | | | |    |   | |  |  | | |   |  | |  | | | |    |   | |  |  | | |
  /  / /  / / / /    /   / /  /  / / /   /  / /  / / / /    /   / /  /  / / /

  Gtr III
  H       E E E E   +Q.    E +H          H       E E E E   +Q.    E +H
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2-------5-4-2---|--------------------|-2-------5-4-2---|--------------------|
|---------------5-|-(5)----2-(2)-------|---------------5-|-(5)----2-(2)-------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|


  E    Em           G
  Q  E E +E E E E    Q   E E +E  E E E
  |  | |  | | | |    |   | |  |  | | |
  /  / /  / / / /    /   / /  /  / / /

  H       E E E E   +Q.    E +H
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2-------5-4-2---|--------------------|
|---------------5-|-(5)----2-(2)-------|
|-----------------|--------------------|


                              To Coda
  E    Em           G
  Q  E E +E E E E    Q   E E +E  E E E
  |  | |  | | | |    |   | |  |  | | |
  /  / /  / / / /    /   / /  /  / / /

  H       E E E E   +Q.    E +H
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-2-------5-4-2---|---------------------||
|---------------5-|-(5)----2-(2)-------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||


 Bridge
  B              G/A C              G/A B              G/A C              G/A
  Gtr I
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
  |  | |  |  | | |   |  | |  |  | | |   |  | |  |  | | |   |  | |  |  | | |
  /  / /  /  / / /   /  / /  /  / / /   /  / /  /  / / /   /  / /  /  / / /

  Gtr II
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2---|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0---|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2---|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0---|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1-0-|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1-0-|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-0-|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-0-|
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-0-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-0-|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-0-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H       H          W                  W                  H       H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-5----------------|
|------------------|------------------|-5----------------|---------8--------|
|---------4--------|-5----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


                                                              D.C. al Coda
  B              G/A C              G/A B                 G/A    C
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q   E E +E  E  E   E     W
  |  | |  |  | | |   |  | |  |  | | |   |   | |  |  |  |   |     |
  /  / /  /  / / /   /  / /  /  / / /   /   / /  /  /  /   /     /

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q   E E +E  E  E   E     W
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2---|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0---|-2---2-2-(2)-2--2-------|-0---------|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-1--1-1-(1)-1-1-0-|-4---4-4-(4)-4--4---0---|-1---------|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-4---4-4-(4)-4--4---0---|-0---------|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-0-|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-0-|-4---4-4-(4)-4--4---0---|-2---------|
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-0-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-0-|-2---2-2-(2)-2--2---0---|-3---------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|-----------|
|
| Q  Q    H          W                  H.            +E   E     H    H
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|-5---------|
|-7----------------|------------------|-5-------------(5)-(5)\-|------8----|
|---------4--------|-5----------------|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|-----------|


   Out-Chorus
    &
    Em     A   G/G         G/C     G(typeE5)
    Gtrs I, II
    Q  E E E E E E   +Q  E E E E E E     W
    |  | | | | | |    |  | | | | | |     |
    /  / / / / / /    /  / / / / / /     /

    Gtr III
    H      H          H      H        6x W
||-----------------|------------------||------*|
||o----------------|-----------------o||------*|
||-----------------|------------------||------*|
||-----------------|------------------||------*|
||o--------0-------|---------3-------o||------*|
||--0--------------|--3---------------||-0----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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