Nirvana - Big Cheese Chords & Tabs

 

Big Cheese Chords & Tabs

Nirvana Chords & Tabs

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Big Cheese Tab

   
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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