From: hyperfreem@aol.com (HyperFreem)
Subject: TAB: Spank Thru (Kurdt CoBain)

Here's some tab for you. I noticed that there is no good tab for Spank out
there on the net so here's mine.

Spank Thru
by Kurt Cobain
Tabbed by Alex "Zole" Michaud and Ben LeClair

The intro is played two ways; on demo versions it's something like:
     A          G        D
E-|----------------------2---2-2--|-
B-|--2---2-2-2-----------3---3-3--|-
G-|--2---2-2-2--0---0-0--2---2-2--|-
D-|--2---2-2-2--0---0-0--0---0-0--|-
A-|--0---0-0-0--2---2-2-----------|-
E-|-------------3---3-3-----------|-
But on some live versions it's just A-open-A like this:
     A          open       A  open
E-|------------------------------|-
B-|--2---2-2-2--0---0-0-0--2--0--|-
G-|--2---2-2-2--0---0-0-0--2--0--|-
D-|--2---2-2-2--0---0-0-0--2--0--|-
A-|--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0--0--|-
E-|------------------------------|-
The verse is the intro riff with palm muting. For the masturbation
part (I can feel it! I can hold it!) I prefer to just play E and G
but it's really something like: E-|--0--0--3-3--5-3----|- and then
the chorus:

E-|------------------------------------------|-
B-|---------------4--4--4--4/7--7------------|-
G-|---------------4--4--4--4/7--7--pause,----|-
D-|---------------4--4--4--4/7--7--repeat-3x-|-
A-|--0--0--1--2---2--2--2--2/5--5------------|-
E-|------------------------------------------|-

E-|-----------------------------------------------|-
B-|---------------4--4--4--4--4-------------------|-
G-|---------------4--4--4--4--4-------------------|-
D-|---------------4--4--4--4--4--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-|-  and back to
A-|--0--0--1--2---2--2--2--2--2--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-|- the masturbation
E-|------------------------------3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-|- part.

Also the solo-??? if you have the solo or the mystery line in the
lyrics _PLEASE_ post them!!

There's a soft, pretentious mountain
Listen to the light of the trees
And all the flowers in the minor
And the birds fly happily
We're together once again my love
I need you back oh baby baby

I can't explain just why
We lost it from the start
With or without you girl
You'll only break my heart...YEAH!!!!!!

I can FEEL it! I can HOLD it!
I can bend it, I can shape it, I can mould it
I can KILL it! I can TASTE it!
I can SPANK it! I can beat it, masturbate it!
     (2nd time: I can beat, ejaculate it!)

I been looking for day glow
Always hearing the same old
MYSTERY LINE
I can make it do things you wouldn't think it ever could...

There you go. Email at hyperfreem@aol.com if you want.



<><><>zole<><><>
<positive creep>


From: zink@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan Zink)

Nirvana - Spank Thru
Transcribed by Dan Zink

intro: A,G,D,A,G,D,A,G,D...
       There's something ?????... (these lyrics are hard to understand)

then:

D           A
I can't explain just why

   F                G
we lost it from the start.

D              A
Living without you girl, 

    F             G
you only break my heart.

Yeah!!!!

verse:

E,G,E,G

I can feel it
I can hold it
I can bend it
I can shape it 
I can fold it
I can count it
I can taste it
I can spank it
???
?????


Chorus: (I can't figure out these lyrics)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------7-----------------7---R-----------------7-------------------
-9--------7---7-----9-------7---E---7-----9-------7---7-----9------5--
-9--------5---7-----9-------5---S---7-----9-------5---7-----9------5--
-7------------5-----7-----------T---5-----7-----------5-----7------3--

verse repeated

chorus repeated

solo - not transcribed here

chorus repeated

ends on an 'E' chord


If you can figure out the solo or any of the lyrics not included here,
please repost this song or write to me at "zink@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu".

-Dan Zink