From: Jason M Heim Okay, I suck at tabbing things out on the pc, but here goes. D-7 is absolutely my favorite song that Nirvana played (I know it's not theirs, but it rules the way they play[ed] it). D-7 as played by Nirvana on the "Hormoaning" EP: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (apparently this song is originally by Greg Sage) Lyrics: verse 1: Straight as an arrow, defect, defect. Not straight, not so straight, reject, reject. Towards anti-social, solo, solo. verse 2: Standing on the stairs, cold cold morning. Ghostly image of fear, mayday, mayday. Gonna leave this region, they'll take me with them. Dimension Seven tuning: standard (although drop D would work very well) slow part (no distortion): E---0--------0--1--------1-- this sequence is played twice before the drums A------2-----------3-------- come in, then twice more with the drums, then D---------2-----------0----- all throughout the first two lines of each G--------------------------- verse. B--------------------------- E--------------------------- E---5-----5-----6-----6-----5-----5-----6--6-------- this is played during A------7--7--7-----8--8--8-----7--7--7--8--8-------- the third line of each D---------7-----------8-----------7-----8--8-------- verse, after which it G--------------------------------------------------- returns to the riff B--------------------------------------------------- above. E--------------------------------------------------- Then there is that pause where the last chord (E) rings out for about four to eight beats,and then Kurt turns the distortion on and doubles the tempo. He uses the following power chord progression: (REALLY FAST--X MEANS MUTED CHORD) E,E,X,X,E,E,E,E,F,F,F,G,G,G,F,F x2 then he repeats verse 1 (screaming of course) use the above chords for the first two lines, and then this for the third line: A,A,X,X,A,A,A,A,A#,A#,A#,C,C,C,A#,A# x2 repeat the first power chord progression twice with no lyrics. scream verse 2 (same chords as verse 1) guitar solo (improvise your own, it's pretty easy) scream verse 1 again repeat first chord progression 8 times more, screaming "dimension seven" in each. Sorry if this is confusing, unconventional, or even wrong. If anyone has any pointers or corrections, let me know. Eric Moreau wrote: >Subject: REQ:D-7, Nirvana > >Anyone have tab to this incredible song? > > Stoney > your welcome in advance, -Jase- . .;' Who wants .d"' .dP gMP to go to gMP .odb dMM OM IMM. ;M" heaven? "MMb IP ""b..P I'""Mb. d' "MMb. dM "MMb Not me, dM" MMP MO gMP "OP' gMP I'm afraid .dP" .oP" ,." of heights. From: Keith17NJ@aol.com "D-7" as performed by Nirvana (originally written by Greg Sage, performed by the Wipers) This is a great cover tune. For those who don't know about it, it's on some demos and on the Hormoaning import ep. I think it's on one of the import singles too (probably Lithium UK import). standard tuning ~ = let ring hb = half bend Intro E5 F5 (G5) F5 ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- --------2-------------0------ -----2-----2-------3-----3--- --0-------------1------------ (it's probably easier to play the intro in Drop D, but, whatever floats your boat...) then that almost-chorus-like part of the intro (strumming): A5 (x022xx) G5 (355xxx) the intro ends with a strummed E5. Verse E5 F5 G5 ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- --2--2-----2---2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5-- --2--2-----2---2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5-- --0--0--0--0---0--0---1--1--1---3---3--3--3-- Chorus A5 A#5 C5 ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- --2--2--2---2--2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5-- --2--2--2---2--2--2---3--3--3---5---5--5--5-- --0--0--0---0--0--0---1--1--1---3---3--3--3-- ----------------------------------------------- Solo (at least the beginning) --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --9~--------9-9-------9hb--9--7------------- ------------------------------------7--9----- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- the rest of the solo shouldn't be too hard to figure out, but i'm too lazy to do that myself right now : ) keith ======================================= D - 7 - NIRVANA ======================================= This is the way I play Nirvanas D-7. I hope someone read this, so I can hear some opinions about it... Tune down a half step (Eb Ab Db .....) Riff 1 (Chorus 1st part): Riff 2 (Chorus 2nd part): e ------------------------------- ----------------------------- A ------------------------------- ----------------------------- D ------------------------------- -3------3-------------------- G ---------3--------------------- -3---3-----3-----4---6---4--- H -----3-------3------4---6---4-- -1------------2-------------- E -1---------------2------------- ----------------------------- Staight.... arrow Play so: -> Riff 1 x2 Drum enters Slow part: -> Riff 1 x2 -> Riff 1 x4 -------------> Straight as an arrow -> Riff 2 x2 --| deflect, deflect | Not straight, not so straigth | Reject, reject | -----------> No time to .....? Solo, solo ..? -> Riff 1 x2 (first time strumm 133xxx instead of the 1xxxxx) -> Riff 1 x4 -------------> Standing on the stairs -> Riff 2 x2 --| Come, Come on now | Go sleep (?) into fear ..? | Mayday, mayday | |----------> Don't leave this region They'll take you with them -> Riff 1 x2 (first time strumm 133xxx instead of the 1xxxxx) -> Riff 1 -------------> Demand your selfish ..? -> Riff 1 -> Pick (1xxxxx) Hard part: The hard part use powerchords instead of the picking: Instead of Riff 1: Instead of RIFF 2: e ------------------------------------- Pretty the same like the left A ------------------------------------- one, but one string higher: D ------------------------------------- G -3--3--3--3--3--3--4--4--6--6--4--4-- 133xxx -> x133xx H -3--3--3--3--3--3--4--4--6--6--4--4-- 244xxx -> x244xx E -1--1--1--1--1--1--2--2--4--4--2--2-- 466xxx -> x466xx d d u u d u d d u u d u d ... Strum Down u ... Strum Up -> Repeat the slow part but, instead of the Riffs use the powerchords shown above... (thats the thing I call 'hard part') -> Instead of the last pick (1xxxxx) play the solo (someone who know how to play it?) -> Powerchords for Riff 1 x2 -> Repeat the hole hard part -> Repeat the "Demand your selfish ..?" line 7 times. Thats it!! !! Is there anyone, who can help me with the vocals (who the hell !! !! understand this guy?) or with the solo? !! !! Or do anyone have corrections or such a stuff (maybe his own version?) !! !! !! !! Please Mail me: kasy@miraculix.htl-tex.ac.at (Kasra Seirafi) !! !! --------------- !!