Blew Nirvana
As recorded by Nirvana
(From the 1989 Album BLEACH)
Transcribed by boddha666
Words and Music by Kurt cobain
[E5]0 2 x x x x
[G5]3 5 x x x x
[A5]5 7 x x x x
[Bb5]6 8 x x x x
[B5]7 9 x x x x
[A7]x x 7 6 8 x
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=120
[E5] [G5A5Bb5] [A5] [G5] [Bb5]
[4/4] Gtr I
Wx4 Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|------------|---------------|------------------| |------------|---------------|------------------| |------------|---------------|------------------| |------------|---------------|------------------| |------------|-2--5-7S8--8-7-|-(7)-5-----/8--/8-| |------------|-0--3-5S6--6-5-|-(5)-3-3-0-/6--/6-|
[E5]Q [G5A5Bb5]E E Q E [A5]E +E [G5]E E E [Bb5] Q Q
|---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|-------------------|| |---------------|-------------------|| |-2--5-7S8--8-7-|-(7)-5-----/8--/8--|| |-0--3-5S6--6-5-|-(5)-3-3-0-/6--/6--||
Verse
N.(E5) A7
~~~~~~~~
E E E E Q E E +Q E E a Q E E +Q. S S E E Q
||---------------------|-------------------|------------------| ||o--------------------|-------------------|---------------8--| ||---------------------|-------------------|---------------6--| ||------5-7-7b8===7r-7-|-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5-|-(5)---7s5s7-7-7--| ||o---7--------------7-|-(7)---------------|------------------| ||--0------------------|-------------------|------------------|
N.C(E5) A7 N.(E5)
~
Q. S S E E Q E E E E Q E E +Q E E a Q E E
|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------8--|--------------------|--------------------| |------------6-6--|------------------7-|-(7)----------------| |------7s5s7------|-----5-7-7b8===7r-7-|-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5--| |-----------------|---7----------------|--------------------| |-0---------------|-0------------------|--------------------|
N.C.(E5) A7 N.(E5) A7 N.(E5)
~~~
+E Q S S E E Q Q E S S E E Q E E E E Q E E
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-------------------|--------------8--|---------------------| |----------------6--|-----------------|------------------7--| |-(5)----7s5-5-7----|------7s5s7-7----|-----5-7-7b8===7r-7--| |-----7-------------|-----------------|---7-----------------| |-------------------|-0--0------------|-0-------------------|
A7 N.C(E5) A7
~~~~~~~~
+Q E E a Q E E +Q. S S E E Q Q. S S E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|---------------8--|--------------8--| |-(7)---------------|---------------6--|------------6-6--| |-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5-|-(5)---7s5s7-7-7--|------7s5s7------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|------------------|-0---------------|
N.(E5)
~~~
E E E E Q E E +Q E E a Q E E
|--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------|-------------------| |------------------7-|-(7)---------------| |-----5-7-7b8===7r-7-|-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5-| |---7----------------|-------------------| |-0------------------|-------------------|
A7 N.(E5) A7
~~~~~
+E Q S S E E Q Q E S S E E Q
|-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|--------------8---| |----------------6--|------------------| |-(5)----7s5-5-7----|------7s5s7-7-----| |-----7-------------|------------------| |-------------------|-0--0-------------|
Chorus
$
[G5A5]Gtr I[G5E5G] [G5A5] [G5Bb5] [G5A5] [G5E5G5]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / o o / / / / / / / / / / / o o
Gtr II
W W W
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
[G5A5]E E E E E [G5Bb5]E Q [G5A5]E E E E E [G5E5G5]E E E [G5A5]E E E E E [G5A5]E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / o o / / / / / / /
W W W
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
[B5]
[E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]|
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
W W
|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
H.. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------| |-10b12========10r|=(10)-10-10-10-10-8-0-8-| |-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------|
~~~~
E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------------| |-10-10b12r(10)-10b12-(10)---10b12==|=10r10-10b12-10-8-0------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------8-10-| |-----------------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~
|---3---|
+Q a Q Q E a Q E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------8-10-10s13--12-|-(12)-12s15-15-15s17-17-15-| |-(10)-8h10----------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------|
E Q E Q E E
|-----------------------------------| |----18b19r=(18)-18b20--18--18b20===| |-15-----------------------(18)b19==| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~
+E E E E E E S E. +E E Q Q E E
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-(18)r(18)-18b20r(18)--18b20r=(18)-18--18b20===|=(18)r(18)-18b20===18r--18-18-| |-(18)r(18)------------(18)b19r(18)----(18)b19==|=(18)r(18)--------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--3--|
+E E S E S E E S S S E
|-----------------------------------| |-(18)-16-16s15-15s13-15-13h15p13-0-| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
~~
E E E E +E E E. S E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|------------------------| |-11s12-13-13-(13)-11-------|------------------------| |---------------------12s11-|-11-9-10-10-10-8-10b12--| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |-10b12-10-8-------------8-|-8-10b12-10-8------------| |------------10s8-0-8-10---|--------------10-8-10-10-| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E Q Q Q +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------11--11b13===|=(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r\-| |-8-10-10b12--------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------------|
Outro
&
N.C.
E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E 3x
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------|| |------------------||o--------------------|--------------------o|| |------------------||---------------------|---------------------|| |------------------||---------------------|---------------------|| |------------------||o--------------------|--------------------o|| |-0-0-3-5-5b6-5--5-||----0-3-5-5b6==5r--5-|---0-3-5-5b6==5r--5--||
E E E E Q Q W Wx4 [E5]Q Q H
|-------------------|----------|------------|------------*| |-------------------|----------|------------|------------*| |-------------------|----------|------------|------------*| |-------------------|----------|------------|-2----------*| |-------------------|----------|------------|-2----------*| |---0-3-5-5b6--5b6--|-0--------|------------|-0----------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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