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Girlfriend

Bikini Kill
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Bikini Kill -- "Girlfriend" (?)

The first song off the first album

Tabbed by Tim Nevaker: tnevak2@gl.umbc.edu

Verse, doubled on bass:

e:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A:--0-0-0---7-7-7---|-6-6-6---5-5-5---|-0-0-0---7-7-7---|-6-6-6---5-5-5---||
E:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

Sometimes the guitar plays this variation:

e:------------------|-----------------||
B:------------------|-----------------||
G:------------------|-----------------||
D:------------------|-------------7b--||
A:--0-0-0---7-7-7---|-6-6-6---5-5-----||
E:------------------|-----------------||

Chorus:

|1 |

| |

e:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4---4-4---|
G:--4-----4---4-2---|-4-----4---4-2---|-4-----4---4-2---|-4-----4---4-4---|
D:--4-----4---4-2---|-4-----4---4-2---|-4-----4---4-2---|-4-----4---4-4---|
A:--2-----2---2-0---|-2-----2---2-0---|-2-----2---2-0---|-2-----2---2-2---|
E:------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|2

|

e:|-----------------||
B:|-----------------||
G:|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-||
D:|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-||
A:|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-||
E:|-----------------||

part after the 2nd chorus:

|1

|

e:------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B:------------------|-----------------|-------4-----5b(7)--|
G:--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-----4------------|
D:--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4------------------|
A:--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2------------------|
E:------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

|2

|

e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B:-----5---4-------|-----x-4---x-4---|---x-4---4---4---||
G:-----4-------2---|-4---x-4---x-4---|---x-4---4---4---||
D:-----------------|-4---x-4---x-4---|---x-4---4---4---||
A:-----------------|-2---x-2---x-2---|---x-2---2---2---||
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

Slow triplet part:

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

e:--------------------------|-------------------------||
B:--4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
G:--4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
D:--4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-|-4-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
A:--2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
E:--------------------------|-------------------------||

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

e:-------------------------|-------------------------||
B:-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
G:-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D:-2-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-|-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
A:-0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
E:-------------------------|-------------------------||

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