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/ Nirvana / In Utero (1993) / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter guitar tab
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From: doctorx@rain.org (Yarg Niquoj) 

I've seen a few interesting version of Radio Friendly Unit Shifter by 
Nirvana, and so far I haven't seen one that I could see was correct. 
I have tabbed' out this one from the Live New Years' concert from a year 
ago. I hope someone can use it.. 


(Remember, that if you want to be correct, tune your instrument down 
 half a step. I tabbed it out in the chords you're "supposed" to be 
 playing.) 


RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER 
--------------------------- 


THE GUITAR PART 
--------------- 
During verses: (A) 
e o--5--       --0-- 
B o--5--       --2-- 
G o--6--   Or  --2-- 
D o--7--       --2-- 
A o--7--       --0-- 
E o--5--       --0-- 

"Use Just Once And Destroy 
 Invasion Of Our Piracy 
 Afterbird Of A Nation 
 Starve Without Your Skeleton Key" 


During chorus: 
e o----------------|---------------0-| 
B o----------------|---------------0-| 
G o------5---4-----|-4-4-4---------0-| 
D o--7-7-5---4-5---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-| 
A o--7-7-3---2-5---|-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-0-| 
E o--5-5-------3---|-------2-2-2-2-0-| 
     1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 ^  
     A A C   B G     B B B F#  F#  +-let the last 1/8 ring on 0 

                    "What is Wrong with me.." 

I guess this might be called the bridge: 
e o------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B o------------------------------------------------------------------ 
G o--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------------- 
D o--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- 
A o--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- 
E o----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- 
     C C C C C C C C e e e e e e e e A A A A A A A A G G G G G G G G 

     "Hate,          Hate       your enemies.."        

The Rhythms may be different, but it's the right chords. 

THE BASS PART    
------------- 

Bass_most:   (during the whole song except bridge) 
G o--------------------------------- 
D o--------------------------------- 
A o-0-0-3---2-------2-2-2----------- 
E o-----------3-3-3-------2-2-2-2-0- 

Bass_bridge:   (simplified, play some other notes to spice up) 
G o----------------------------------------------------------------- 
D o-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------- 
A o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- 
E o----------------------------------------------------------------- 


THE DRUM PART 
------------- 
Snare on every beat, Bass between the snare (all eigth notes) 


TABBED BY 
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doctorx@rain.org 
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  (' |(' )('-|-||-(' )('r' >|<          (Yarg Niquoj (doctorx@rain.org)) 
   ~~  ~~  ~~  ~~  ~~  ~   ~ ~ 
 Things I like: Kurt Cobain, Jay Miner, Anarchy, Howard Stern, Myself 
û 



Sender: "KLeonard"  
To: guitar@nevada.edu 
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 94 13:24:04 EDT 
Subject: TAB for "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" by Nirvana 

"Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" by Nirvana 
tune down 1/2 step  (Eb  Ab  Db  Gb  Bb  Eb) 

p = pull off 
h = hammer on 

the intro is something like this but with some weird effects.  this is the 
closest i could get: 

---------------11p10h11p10-- 
--11p10h11p10--------------- 
----------------------------- 
----------------------------- 
----------------------------- 
----------------------------- 

then the main riff: 

   B5         F#5              A#5              F5 
------------------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------------------- 
--5--5---------------4---4--4------------------- 
--5--5---5----5--5---4---4--4--4--4--4--4---4-- 
--3--3---5----5--5---2---2--2--4--4--0--2---4-- 
---------3----3--3--------------2--2--0--2---2-- 

that last chord (F5) is played out a little longer than the other chords 
(listen to the cd for timing).  plus, i'm not sure if that chord in the 
middle of F5 is what i have listed or  044xxx, but it shouldn't really 
matter. 

bridge: 

  B5    D#5   G#5   F#5 
-------------------- 
-------------------- 
--5----9------------ 
--5----9----7----5-- 
--3----7----7----5-- 
------------5----3-- 

there's a slide between B5 and D#5.  and on the last line of the bridge, only 
B5 and D#5 are played. 

to even mention the verse is a joke. 

-keith 


From: SPEX49D@Prodigy.com (John Vettese) 
Subject: TAB: "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" by Nirvana 

Intro : keep bending the notes up and down with lots of 
feedback 


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
2- 
3-  14  14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 
4- 
5- 
6- 

2- 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 
3- 
4- 
5-                                                    4 4 4 
1- 
2-               x 
3-               x 
4-                       3                x    x    x    x 
5-4 4 4 4 4 4 4    x x x   x x x x  x  x  7 x  7 x  7 x  7 
6-                 x x x   x x x x  0  17   17   17   17 




next > 
1- 
2-                                  4 0 5 0 5 
3- 
4-    x               x 
5- x  7 x  x  x x  x  7 x   5 
6- 17   17 17 x x  17   17  5 xx 5 5           5 / 12 \ 

3-     5 5         4 4 
4- 7 7 5 5   5 5   4 4   4 4           play that a few times 
5- 7 7 3 3 x 5 5   2 2   4 4    4 
6- 5 5       3 3 x      x2 2  0 2 0 

Verse : with the exeption of the first note, and the first 
chord, play the note like you did in the intro ( keep 
bending them up and down ) 

1- 
2-            13 
3-            14 
4-            14 
5-  0          0        0                            11 11 
6-                          4    4   4  4  4  4 4 4 

1- 
2- 
3-                                 0 
4-                                 0 
5- 11  11  11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 0 
6- 

Bridge: 
1- 
2- 
3- 5  5  5  5  5  5  5    8 8 8 9 9 9 
4- 5  5  5  5  5  5  5    8 8 8 9 9 9  0  7 7 7 7      5  5 
5- 3  3  3  3  3  3  3 /6 6 6 6 7 7 7     7 7 7 7      5  5 
6-                                        5 5 5 5   4  3  3 
                                                       >>>> 
1- 
2-                                  9 
3-             5 5 5 5 5 5/ 8  8/ 9 9 
4-  5 5 5 5 5  5 5 5 5 5 5/ 8  8/ 9 9          7  7 7 7 7 7 
5-  5 5 5 5 5  3 3 3 3 3 3/ 6  6/ 7 7 7/ 12 0  7  7 7 7 7 7 
6-  3 3 3 3 3                                  5  5 5 5 5 5 

1- 
2-                                  9 9 9 9 9 9\ 7 
3-               5 5 5 5 5 5 5      9 9 9 9 9 9\ 7 
4- 5 5 5      0  5 5 5 5 5 5 5      9 9 9 9 9 9\ 7  7 7 7 7 
5- 5 5 5  /13 0  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 /7   7 7 7 7 7 7\ 5  7 7 7 7 
6- 3 3 3                                            5 5 5 5 

1- 
2-                                            9 9 9 
3-                    5  5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5/ 9 9 9 9 
4-       5 5 5 5 5    5  5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5/ 9 9 9 9 
5-       5 5 5 5 5    3  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3/ 7 7 7 7 /12 11\ 
6- /7 0  3 3 3 3 3 0 


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