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Return of the Rat Guitar Tablature
Band: Nirvana
Song: Return of the Rat
Tabbed by: Daniel Smilevski
Tuning: Standard E A D G B E 

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This is a great song! People should tab more Nirvana rarities ;P
Courtney Love claims that she has 120 Nirvana Rare songs.
Hope we hear something about them soon :)
So far i haven't seen any good tab for this song so here goes nothing:

Intro:
-= Let the feedback ring =-

Guitar sound OFF
   | | |-=Then ON
E]-0--0-------------------------------------------------------[
B]-0--0-------------------------------------------------------[
G]-0--0-------------------------------------------------------[
D]-0--0-------------------------------------------------------[
A]-0--0-------------------------------------------------------[
E]-0--0-------------------------------------------------------[

Verse:
-= Played with a lot of distortion and a low tone =- 

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]---------5-5-5-x--------------------------------------------[
D]--7-7-x--5-5-5-x-5555555-x----------------------------------[
A]--7-7-x--3-3-3-x-5555555-x----------------------------------[
E]--5-5-x----------3333333-x----------------------------------[

Chorus:

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]------------------------------------------------------------[
D]-7-7-x-10-10-10-x-7-7-x-10-10-10-x-7-7-x-10-10-10-x--7-7-7--[
A]-7-7-x-10-10-10-x-7-7-x-10-10-10-x-7-7-x-10-10-10-x--7-7-7--[
E]-5-5-x-8--8--8--x-5-5-x-8--8--8--x-5-5-x-8--8--8--x--5-5-5--[

Bridge:
-= You play this instantly after the Chorus =-

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]------------------------------------------------------------[
D]-7-7-7-/10-10-10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12-12--------------------[
A]-7-7-7-/10-10-10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12-12--------------------[
E]-5-5-5-/8--8--8--8--8--8-/10-10-10-10-10--------------------[

Solo:

*- Screeching feedback

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]----------------------2/5-5b~4-5b~~4-5b~4-2-2-2--2/5-5b~4---[
D]-/7-7b~~~~~~~~--*--*----------------------------------------[
A]------------------------------------------------------------[
E]------------------------------------------------------------[

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]-5b~~4-5b~4-2-2-2--6b-4--------------6b-4-------------------[
D]------------------------5-5-4-4h5-2-------5-5-5-4-4h5-4-2---[
A]------------------------------------------------------------[
E]------------------------------------------------------------[

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]-6b-4----------------6b-4-----------------------------------[
D]------5-5-4-4h5-2---------5-5-5-4-4h5-4-2--7-5-2-1----------[
A]---------------------------------------------------5-3------[
E]------------------------------------------------------------[

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]------------------------------------------------------------[
D]-7-5-2-1-----7-5-2-1-----7-5-2-1----------------------------[
A]---------5-3---------5-3---------5-3------------------------[
E]------------------------------------------------------------[

Outro:

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]---------7-7-x----------------------------------------------[
D]--9-9-x--7-7-x--4444444-x-----------------------------------[
A]--9-9-x--5-5-x--4444444-x-----------------------------------[
E]--7-7-x---------2222222-x-----------------------------------[

Outro 2:

E]------------------------------------------------------------[
B]------------------------------------------------------------[
G]------------------------------------------------------------[
D]-5555555-6666666-777777777-7--------------------------------[
A]-5555555-6666666-777777777-7--------------------------------[
E]-3333333-4444444-555555555-5--------------------------------[

Timing:

Intro
Verse x8
Chorus x2
Bridge
Verse x8
Chorus x2
Bridge
Verse x2
Solo
Verse x8
Chorus x2
Bridge
Verse x4
Outro x4
Outro2

Lyrics:

You better watch out
You better beware
They're coming from all sides of the country
You better beware

Return of the rat 
No, no, no, no! 

You better confess
You had better confess
You start to confess and see them through it
You better confess

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