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Big Cheese

Nirvana
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Song

Guitarist:Kurt Cobain

Band:Nirvana

Album:Bleach

Song:Big Cheese

Tuning:Standard

(E-A-D-G-B-e)

.=palm mute

\=slide

[]=natural harmonic

v=vibrato

Intro

e-------------------------------------------------------

B-------------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------------------------

E--8--\7------8--\7------8--\7------8--\7-----8--\7-----

e-----------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------0-------------------------0------------
G---------------------------0--------------------0----------
D-------------10--9-----------0---10--9----------0----------
A-------------10--9---------------10--9---------------------
E--8--\7-------8--7--7--[7]--------8--7--[7]--7-------------

e--------------------------------------------------------

b----------------0------------------0--------------------
g----------------0------------------0--------------------
d--10--9-----------0---10--9----------0------------------
a--10--9---------------10--9-----------------------------
e---8--7--[7]-[7]-------8--7--[7]--[7]-------------------

Verse

e----------------------------------------------

B----------------0------------------0----------
G----------------0------------------0----------
D--10--9-----------0---10--9----------0--------
A--10--9---------------10--9-------------------
E---8--7--[7]-[7]-------8--7--[7]-[7]----------

play that 4 times, then

Chorus

e------------------------------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------------------------

D--4--4--4--4-4-4--4--4--4--5--5--4--4--4--4-4-4--4--4--4--5--5----
A--4--4--4--4-4-4--4--4--4--5--5--4--4--4--4-4-4--4--4--4--5--5----
E--2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2--3--3--2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2--3--3----

play that 2 times, then after the second time chorus is played,

e-------------------------------------------------

B-------------------------------------------------

G-----0------------------0------------------------
D--4----1v--0---------4----1v--0------------------
A--2-----------3--0---2-----------3--0------------

E-------------------------------------------------

play that 2 times, then

e---------------------------------------------------------------

B--12--12--13-13-13-13-10--12\10--10--12-12\10--10--7-----------
G--11--11--12-12-12-12--9--11\-9---9--10-10\-9---9--6-----------
D---9---9--10-10-10-10--7---9\-7---7---8--8\-7---7--4-----------

A---------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------

play that 3 times, then

e-------------------------------------------------------

B--12--12--13-13-13-13-10--13-12-13-12-13-12-12-0-------
G--11--11--12-12-12-12--9--12-11-12-11-12-11-11-0-------
D---9---9--10-10-10-10--7--10--9-10--9-10--9--9---------

A-------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------

Outro

e----------------------------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------

D--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---9--9--9----------
A--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---9--9--9----------
E--7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7---7--7--7----------

. . . . . . . . .

End

e----------------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------

D--9\--8\-7\-6\--------------------------------

A--9\--8\-7\-6\--------------------------------

E--7\--6\-5\-4\--------------------------------

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