The Man Who Sold The World – Nirvana – Bass cover with tabs (4k)

I don't own any rights for the song or any part of it. Who owns? Not me.

"The Man Who Sold The World" is an original song by David Bowie from his 1970 album of the same name. This LP was on Kurt's list of 50 best albums.

Nirvana covered the song during their "MTV Unplugged" show in autumn 1993, and the song was also released as a promotional single for the live album in 1995. For the performance, Kurt had run his acoustic guitar through a fuzz box that he could trigger with a pedal. He switched back and forth between the strumming acoustic sound and the electric dark sounds of his guitar on the song’s lead licks.

After "Unplugged", Nirvana performed "The Man Who Sold The World" during their normal electric shows. The song was played at the final Nirvana concert, March 1, 1994, Munich.

Bowie said of Nirvana's cover: "I was simply blown away when I found that Kurt Cobain liked my work, and have always wanted to talk to him about his reasons for covering 'The Man Who Sold the World'" and that "it was a good straight forward rendition and sounded somehow very honest. It would have been nice to have worked with him, but just talking with him would have been real cool." Bowie called Nirvana's cover "heartfelt", noting that "until this, it hadn't occurred to me that I was part of America's musical landscape. I always felt my weight in Europe, but not in the US. In the wake of its release, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself, he would encounter "kids that come up afterwards and say, 'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, 'Fuck you, you little tosser!'

Lyrics:

We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend
Which came as such surprise I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone, a long long time ago

Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With The Man Who Sold The World

I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home
I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazley stare, we walked a million hills
I must have died along, a long long time ago

Who knows? not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the Man who Sold the World

Who knows? not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With The Man Who Sold The World

[YoutubeWach]

Tabs for me lol
00:22 intro
00:30 Verse
00:59 Chorus
01:17 interlude
01:34 Verse
02:03 Chorus 2
02:22 interlude 2
02:30 chorus 3
02:44 Interlude
02:52 Solo

[martim]

the bass puts the sound on another level !!

Ps: Those hello kitty stickers are DOPE ASF

[mateusbraga]

Awesome bass with those stickers! nice cover btw love your channel

[Dovafish.]

Very nice warm tone considering its played with a pick. Well done.

[calvitorey]

really good mate !!!! the sound is perfect

[vtsnowrider]

beautifully done. you make it look so easy!
thank you.

[nikinthemud]

Thanks so much for this! This is by far the hardest song I have ever tried to practice and I learned it from your video! Keep rocking!!!

[staceyhernandes]

Great bass cover! You played so smoothly

[eduardoandrew]

Valeu mano, ótimo cover! Thank you bro, good cover! :)

[jan]

amazing cover. i have a question, could u tell me what s the model name of that bass?

[nadinnnaaahhh]

cool cover, is the tuning 1/2 step down?

[o.peace]

Good cover and nice bass. Just an advice, you should practice with metronome.

[socomftw]

Great job 🤘🏼 what kind of amp you playing through?

[Leitefsj]

"Are rushing or are you dragging?" - Terence Fletcher

[_Davour_]

Ik this is an old video but i’m new to bass and wondering what those X’s mean is it open?

[stevenordstedt]

You need to work with a metronome on your timing and practiced to the Drumer because your time is off a little bit other than that the notes and playing sounds decent but you have to have it together keep practicing

[marcoelectroncecea]

The man who sold the Word no es de Nirvana es de David bowie

[leyeet]

2:51

timestamp for practicing, ignore me : )

[jonathanalmendra]

Creo es medio tono más abajo y en algunas partes vas a destiempo pero muy bueno

[aidengaming]

Man how do I mute while playing with a pic because I usually play with just fingers