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Song Title: On A Plain

Artist: Nirvana

Album: 	Nevermind (1991, DGC)

	Unplugged (1994, DGC)





Great song, couple different versions.  

About the only difference is the tunings are different.  Nevermind is in E (From what I recall...)

and Unplugged is in Eb.  Either way both are in dropped-D tuning.  (Low E string

detuned 1 step).  And of course, one version's electric, and the other is acoustic.(duh)

Everything else should be the same.



Tuning:	Nevermind - Standard E tuning, Drop-D

	Unplugged - Eb tuning, Drop-D



Verse: 

Riff A

     D5        G5     D   F        E

E:---5--5--------------------------------------|

B:---7--7---0----------------------------------|repeat 2x

G:---7--7---0----------------------------------|until

D:---7--7---0---5--5--0---3--3--0--2--3--2--0--|Riff B

A:---5--5-------5--5--0---3--3--0--2--3--2--0--|

D:--(0)---------5--5--0---3--3--0--2--3--2--0--|

            I'll start this off    without any words...



   Riff B

     D        C     B             A

E:----------------------------------------|  

B:---7--7--0--5--5--4---4--4--0---2---2---|

G:---7--7--0--5--5--4---4--4--0---2---2---|

D:---7--7--0--5--5--4---4--4--0---2---2---|

A:---5--5--0--3--3--2---2--2--0---0---0---|

D:----------------------------------------|

	    Love myself,         Better than you...



The way this works is...Riff A 2x, Riff B 1x, Riff A 2x, Riff B 1x into chorus



Chorus:

     D         G         F

E:--------------------------------------------------------|

B:---7--7--0-------------10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|repeat 4x

G:---7--7--0---7--7------10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|

D:---7--7--0---7--7--0---10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---|

A:---5--5------5--5--0----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|

D:---0---------5--5--0------------------------------------|

			              I'm on a plain...



Interlude:

     F                  E                   A                   G

E:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|repeat

G:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|3x

D:---------3-----3------------2-----2-------------7-----7-------------5-----5-----|

A:------3-----3-----3------2-----2------2------7-----7------7------5-----5-----5--|

D:---3------------------2-------------------7-------------------5-----------------|

           Somewhere    I  have heard this before...

     F                   E                    A

E:-----------------------------------------------------------------

B:-----------------------------------------------------------------

G:-----------------------------------------------------------------

D:---------3-----3-------------2-----2--------------7-----7---0----

A:------3-----3-----3-------2-----2------2-------7-----7------0----

D:---3-------------------2--------------------7--------------------

            What the    hell am I tryin'  to  say...



     G

E:---------------------------|

B:---------------------------|

G:---------------------------|

D:---5--5--5--5--5-----------|

A:---5--5--5--5--5-----------|

D:---5--5--5--5--5--3--2--0--|



End:

     D5     D

E:---5------2--|

B:---7------3--|

G:---7------2--|

D:---7--OR--0--|

A:---5------0--|

D:---0------0--|





Progression:



Verse

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Interlude

Verse

Chorus

End



Lyrics:



I'll start this off without any words 

I got so high I scratched till I bled 

I love myself better than you 

I know it's wrong so what should I do? 



The finest day that I've ever had 

Was when I learned to cry on command 

I love myself better than you 

I know it's wrong so what should I do? 



I'm on a plain 

I can't complain 

I'm on a plain 



My mother died every night 

It's safe to say don't quote me on that 

I love myself better than you 

I know it's wrong so what should I do? 



The black sheep got blackmailed again 

Forgot to put the proper zip code 

I love myself better than you 

I know it's wrong so what should I do? 



I'm on a plain 

I can't complain 

I'm on a plain 



Somewhere I have heard this before 

In a dream my memory is stored 

As defense I'm neutered and spayed 

What the hell am I trying to say? 



It is now time to make it unclear 

To write off lines that don't make sense 

I love myself better than you 

I know it's wrong so what should I do? 



One more special message to go 

And then I'm done and I can go home 

I love myself better than you 

I know it's wrong so what should I do? 



I'm on a plain 

I can't complain