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BLEW
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 G5A5Bb5 A5 G5 Bb5
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--||
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 G5E5G G5A5 G5Bb5 G5A5 G5E5G5
Gtr I
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 G5Bb5 G5A5 G5E5G5 G5A5 G5A5
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E 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||
|-----------------|------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nirvana/blew_tab_ver_6.html ]
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--||
E5
E E E E Q Q W Wx4 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
