Big Cheese Nirvana
As recorded by Nirvana
Transcribed by Doetje2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=120
[C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5]
[4/4] Gtr I
< > < > < > <
A Q. E H A Q. E H 3x A Q. E H A Q. E +H
||-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------|----------------o||----------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------------| ||o-0h10----9------|-0h10----9------o||-0h10----9------|-0h10-----(9)----------| ||--0h=8----7------|-0h=8----7-------||-0h=8----7------|-0h=8----([7])-([7])---|
[C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5]
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E S S Q Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| |-------------0---|-------------0---|---------------0--|-------------0---| |-------------0---|-------------0---|---------------0--|-------------0---| |-10----9-9-9---0-|-10----9-9-9---0-|-10----9---9-9-0--|-10----9-9-9---0-| |-10----9---------|-10----9---------|-10----9-9--------|-10----9---------| |--8----7---------|--8----7---------|--8----7----------|--8----7---------|
Verse
$
[C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5]
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------0---| ||--------------0---|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------0---| ||--10----9-9-9---0-|-10----9-9-9---0-|-10----9-9-9---0-|-10----9-9-9---0-| ||o-10----9---------|-10----9---------|-10----9---------|-10----9---------| ||---8----7---------|--8----7---------|--8----7---------|--8----7---------|
[C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5] [C5] [B5]
PM--| PM--| PM--|
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------------| |-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------------------| |-10----9-9-9---0-|-10----9-9-9---0-|-10----9-9-9---0-|-10----10-9-9------| |-10----9---------|-10----9---------|-10----9---------|-10----10-9-9------| |--8----7---------|--8----7---------|--8----7---------|--8-----8-7-7-0-0--|
Chorus
[F#5]Q Q E Q E +E E E E [G5]Q E E [F#5]Q Q E Q E +E E E E [G5]Q E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------| |--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------| |--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------| |-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5---|-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5----| |-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5---|-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5----| |-2--2--2-2--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-3--3-0-|-2--2--2-2--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-3--3-0--|
To Coda
[F#5]Q Q E Q E +E E E E [G5]Q E E [F#5]Q Q E Q E +E E E E [G5]Q E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------|| |--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------o|| |--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------|| |-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5---|-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5-----|| |-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5---|-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5----o|| |-2--2--2-2--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-3--3-0-|-2--2--2-2--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-3--3-0---||
[B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-4--0-------------|-4--0-------------|-4--0-------------|----0--------------| |-4----1-(1)-0-----|-4----1-(1)-0-----|-4----1-(1)-0-----|------1-(1)-0------| |-2------------3-0-|-2------------3-0-|-2------------3-0-|-2------------3-0--| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Interlude
Q E E E E E E Q E E +S S E E E
|--------------------|--------------------| |----------8--8------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-9--9-10-10-10-10---|-9s=7-9-(9)-9-7-7-5-| |--------------------|--------------------| |-7--7--8--8--8--8-5-|-7s=5-7-(7)-7-5-5-3-|
E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------| |-----------8--8--8--8---|---------------2--| |------------------------|------------------| |-/9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-0-|-9s7-7-9-9s7-7-4--| |----------------------0-|------------------| |-/7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8---|-7s5-5-7-7s5-5-2--|
E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------| |----------8--8--8--8---|---------------2-| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-0-|-9s7-7-9-9s7-7-4-| |---------------------0-|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8---|-7s5-5-7-7s5-5-2-|
D.S. al Coda
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|--------------------|| |--------8--8--8--8-7-|--8-7--8-7--8-7-7---|| |---------------------|------------------0-|| |-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-9-|-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-0-|| |---------------------|--------------------|| |-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-7-|--8-7--8-7--8-7-7---||
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nirvana/big_cheese_tab_ver_3.html )
&
[B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |-4--0-------------|-4--0-------------| |-4----1-(1)-0-----|-4----1-(1)-0-----| |-2------------3-0-|-2------------3-0-| |------------------|------------------|
[B5]Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-4--0-------------|----------------------| |-4----1-(1)-0-----|------1-(1)-0---------| |-2------------3-0-|-2--0---------3-(2)/--| |------------------|----------------------|
Interlude
[E] [E] [E] [E] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------------|-----------------| |--------8--(8)--8--8---|---------------2-| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-9-9-9-10-(10)-10-10-0-|-9s7-7-9-9s7-7-4-| |---------------------0-|-----------------| |-7-7-7--8--(8)--8--8---|-7s5-5-7-7s5-5-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7--8--8--8--8---|-------7-7s5-5---| |---------------------|-----------------| |-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-0-|-9s7-7-9-9s7-7---| |-------------------0-|-----------------| |-7-7-7--8--8--8--8---|-7s5-5-7-7s5-5---|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|-----------------| |--------8--8--8--8---|---------------2-| |---------------------|-----------------| |-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-0-|-9s7-7-9-9s7-7-4-| |-------------------0-|-----------------| |-7-7-7--8--8--8--8---|-7s5-5-7-7s5-5-2-|
E S S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|| |-7-7-7-7--8--(8)--8--8-7-|--8-7--8-7--8--8\-----|| |-------------------------|----------------------|| |-9-9-9-9-10-(10)-10-10-9-|-10-9-10-9-10-10\-----|| |-------------------------|------------------0-0-|| |-7-7-7-7--8--(8)--8--8-7-|--8-7--8-7--8-----0-0-||
Chorus
[F#5]Q Q E Q E +E E E E [G5]Q E E [F#5]Q Q E Q E +E E E E [G5]Q E E 4x
||---------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|| ||o--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------o|| ||---------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|| ||--4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5---|-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5----|| ||o-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5---|-4--4--4-4--4-|-(4)-4-4-4-5--5---o|| ||--2--2--2-2--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-3--3-0-|-2--2--2-2--2-|-(2)-2-2-2-3--3-0--||
Outro
[B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-4----------------|-4----------------|-4----------------|-4--0--------------| |-4----1-(1)-0-----|-4----1-(1)-0-----|-4----1-(1)-0-----|-2----1-(1)-0------| |-2--0---------3-0-|-2--0---------3-0-|-2--0---------3-0-|--------------3-0--| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
[B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E [B5]Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-4--0-------------|-4--0-------------|-4--0-------------|----0--------------| |-4----1-(1)-0-----|-4----1-(1)-0-----|-4----1-(1)-0-----|------1-(1)-0------| |-2------------3-0-|-2------------3-0-|-2------------3-0-|-2------------3-0--| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| PM--| PM--| PM---| PM|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-------9-------9-|-(9)-----9-----9-9-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-7-7-7---7-7-7---|--7--7-7---7-7-----| PM--| PM---| PM---| PM---|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------9-(9)-----9-|-(9)-----9-(9)-----9--| |-9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|-(9)-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9--| |-7-7-7----7--7-7---|--7--7-7----7--7-7----| PM---| PM---| PM---| PM---| PM---| PM---|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |-(9)-----9-(9)-----9-|-(9)-----9-(9)-----9-|-(9)-----9-(9)-----9-| |-(9)-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|-(9)-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-|-(9)-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-| |--7--7-7----7--7-7---|--7--7-7----7--7-7---|--7--7-7----7--7-7---| |---5---|
E E E E +E E E E H Q Q E E E E E +H
|---------------------|------------|------------------*| |---------------------|------------|------------------*| |---------------------|------------|------------------*| |-(9)-----9-(9)-9-9-0-|-9----------|------------------*| |-(9)-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-0-|-9----------|------------------*| |--7--7-7-7-(7)-7-----|-7S===6S=5--|-4S3S2S1S0-(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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