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BIG CHEESE
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 G5 F#5 G5
Q Q E Q E +E E E E Q E E Q Q E Q E +E E E E 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 G5 F#5 G5
Q Q E Q E +E E E E Q E E Q Q E Q E +E E E E 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 B5 B5
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E 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: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nirvana/big_cheese_tab_ver_3.html ]
&
B5 B5
Q E E +E E E E 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 G5 F#5 G5
Q Q E Q E +E E E E Q E E Q Q E Q E +E E E E 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 B5 B5 B5
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E 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 B5 B5
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E 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
