"Plateau" - Nirvana with the Meat Puppets
From Nirvana's Unplugged
Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
INTRO - Main riff
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This is played with the following (movable) shapes:
G 320x33
Bb 650x66
Fsus2 1xx011
Sometimes the riff is varied by playing the highest note
on string 2 (B) instead of string 1 (E). Takes a bit of
practising at first. Play it fingerstyle and use you thumb
to rake the E, A and D strings.
VERSE - w/ main riff
PRE-CHORUS - 2/4 time, chordshape is similar to main riff.
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CHORUS
'Nothing on top but a bucket and a mop and an..
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..illustrated book about birds'
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PRE-OUTRO
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OUTRO
* repeat from *
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While the line above is played by a Meat Puppet, Krist plays:
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Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands
Nothing on the top but bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you've got words?
Finish with the mop then you can stop
And look at what you've done
The plateau's clean no dirt to be seen
And the work - it was fun
Nothing on...
Many a hand's begun to scan around for the next plateau
Some say it was Greenland and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
Those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could
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