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AERO ZEPPELIN
As recorded by Nirvana
Transcribed by Doetje2
Words and Music by Kurt Cobain
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro Moderate Rock Q=108 4/4 Gtr I Q E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E|----0-0-------------|--------0-----------0-||--------3-(3)---3---|------3---3-(3)---3---||--------------3---3-|------3---------3-----||--------------------|----------------------||-2------------------|-2-2------------------||-0------------------|-0-0------------------|
Q E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E|----0-0-------------|------0-0-----------0--||--------3-(3)---3---|----------3-(3)---3----||--------------3---3-|----------------3------||--------------------|-----------------------||-2------------------|-2-2-------------------||-0------------------|-0-0-------------------|
Verse S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E||-------0-0-----------0-|--------0---------0---|||o----------3-(3)---3---|------3---3-(3)---3-3-|||-----------------3-----|------3---------3---3-|||-----------------------|----------------------|||o-2-2------------------|-2-2------------------|||--0-0------------------|-0-0------------------|
S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E|--------0---------0---|--------0---------0----||------3---3-(3)-3-3-3-|------3---------3-3-3--||------3---------3---3-|----------3-(3)-3---3--||----------------------|-----------------------||-2-2------------------|-2-2-------------------||-0-0------------------|-0-0-------------------|
S E. E S S +E E E E S E. E S S +E E E E|--------0---------0---|--------0---------0---||------3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|------3---------3-----||------3---3-(3)-3---3-|------3---3-(3)-----3-||----------------------|----------------------||-2-2------------------|-2-2------------------||-0-0------------------|-0-0------------------|
S E. E S S +E E E E Q E S S +H|--------0---------0---|-----------------||------3---------3-----|----3-3----------||------3---3-(3)-----3-|--------3-(3)----||----------------------|-----------------||-2-2------------------|-2---------------||-0-0------------------|-0---------------|
Q E S S +H Q E S S +H Q E S S +Q E. S|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|||----3-3----------o||----3-3----------|----3-3-3-(3)--3----|||--------3-(3)-----||--------3-(3)----|----3---3-(3)--3----|||------------------||-----------------|--------------------|||-2---------------o||-2---------------|-2----------------0-|||-0----------------||-0---------------|-0----------------0-||
~~ Q E S S +E E Q Q. S S +E E E S S|--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||----2---------------|----------------------||-2----2-2-(2)s5-5\--|-2----2S1-(1)---1-----||-0------------------|-0------------3---3---|
Gtr II ~~ Q E. S +E E Q Q. S S +E E E E|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-2--2--2-(2)s5-5\--|-2----1-1-(1)---1---||-0-----------------|-0------------3---3-|
~~ Q E. S +E E Q Q E S S +E E E S S|-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-2--2--2-(2)s5-5\--|-2--2-2S1-(1)---1-----||-0-----------------|-0------------3---3---|
~~ Q E S S +E E Q Q E E +E E E E|--------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-------------------|||-2--2-2-2-(2)s5-5\--|----2-1-(1)---1----|||-0------------------|-0----------3---3--||
Bridge S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||----------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|||----------------7---7---7---9-9s7-|||--7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7---7---9-9s7-|||o-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5---5---7-7s5-|||--5s7-7-7-7s5-x-------------------|
PM PM S E S S E S S E S E +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------7---7---7---9-9s7-||-----------------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7---7---9-9s7-||-3-----2-----1s2-------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5---5---7-7s5-||---4-0---3-0-----0-1b2-(1)---|-5s7-7-7-7s5-x-------------------|
PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------7---7-x-7---9-9s7-||----------------------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7-x-7---9-9s7-||-3-----2-----1--------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5-x-5---7-7s5-||---4-0---3-0---2-0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-x-------------------|
PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------7---7---7---9-9---||----------------------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7---7---9-9---||-3-----2-----1--------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5---5---7-7p0-||---4-0---3-0---2p0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-x-------------------|
PM PM PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-3-----2-----1--------------------|-3-----2-3---1---------------------||---4-0---3-0---2-0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|---4-0-----0---2-0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0--|
PM PM PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-3-----2-----1h2------------------|-3-----2h3---1---------------------||---4-0---3-0-----0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|---4-0-----0---2-0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0--|
Q S E S +S E S E E Q S E S +S E S E E|------------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------1-|----------------------------1-||----1-------------------------|----1-------------------------||-0----4b4.5-4b4.5-(4)-0-0-4---|-0----4b4.5-4b4.5-(4)-0-0-4---|
Q S E S +S E S S S E Q S E S +S E S E E|--------------------------------|------------------------------|||--------------------------------|------------------------------|||--------------------------1---1-|------------------------------|||--------------------------1---1-|----------------------------1-|||----1-----------------------2---|----1-------------------------|||-0----4b4.5-4b4.5-(4)-0-0-------|-0----4b4.5-4b4.5-(4)-0-0-4---||
Verse H. E E H. S E S H. E E|-------------|---------------|--------------||-------------|---------------|--------------||---------3-3-|---------------|-1-------3-3--||-2-------3-3-|-2-------5-5---|-2-------3-3--||-2-------1-1-|-2-------5-5---|-2-------1-1--||-0-----------|-0-------3-3---|-0------------|
Q Q +Q S S E H. E E Q Q +Q S S E|------------------|-------------|------------------||------------------|-------------|------------------||-1--1--(1)--------|-1-------3-3-|-1--1--(1)--------||-2--2--(2)--5-5---|-2-------3-3-|-2--2--(2)--5-5---||-2--2--(2)--5-5---|-2-------1-1-|-2--2--(2)--5-5---||-0--0--(0)--3-3---|-0-----------|-0--0--(0)--3-3---|
1. 2. H. E E H E E E E H. S E. W|-------------|---------------||--------------|------||-------------|--------------o||--------------|------||-1-------3-3-|-1------3-3----||-1------------|-1----||-2-------3-3-|-2----5-3-3----||-2-------5-5--|-2----||-2-------1-1-|-2----5-1-1---o||-2-------5-5--|-2----||-0-----------|-0----3-----0--||-0-------3-3--|-0----|
+W +W +H.. E Wx3 H Q E E|------------|------------|----------------|------------|-------------|||------------|------------|----------------|------------|-------------|||-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)------------|------------|-------------|||-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)------------|------------|-------------|||-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------/11-|------------|---------0-0-|||-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)------------|------------|---------0-0-||
Guitar Solo ~~ S +E. +E a +E a +E +E E S S|---------------------------------------------------------------------||-11b14==(11)-(11)r-[11]pb14==([11])r([11])pb13==([11])r([11])-11-----||-----------------------------------------------------------------3-3-||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| E +Q a +E +S S S S E. S S S S S S E +S S S a +E. a +E +E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||-3b5-(3)--3pb5==(3)r(3)p1h3p1------|-----0----------------------------------------||------------------------------2--0-|-[2]---2p0------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------0----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------4-(4)/-0-4-4b6-(4)-4b6==(4)r(4)--|
~~~ ~ a +Q E E +E E S S S S Q S S S S S S E E S S|----------------------x/-x-x-x-x-|------------------------------||----------------------x/---------|------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------------|-7--7h9-[9]-[9]-9p7-9S10-9-10-||-4b5-(4)--4b4.5-0-(0)------------|------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~ a E S S S E. S S S S E. S|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------12-14-------||--------------------12-14-12----14--x-||-10s12-10-12-12s14--12-14-------------||--------------------------------------|
~~ S S a +E +Q +E +E E S S|--------------------------------------0---||----12-15b16==(15)-(15)--(15)r(15)-16---0-||----12-15b16==(15)-(15)--(15)r(15)-16-----||-14---------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
~
|-3--| |----6----|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S|-0-0-10-0-3---------[4]p0---3p0-0-5p3p0-||------------2-2-0-1-------0-------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
~~~
|-3--|
S S S S S S +S S S +E E +E. S|-0-------------------------------------||---3p(0)-3-x---------------------------||-------------2b3-(2)-------------------||-----------------------2-(2)-----------||---------------------------------------||-----------------------------3b5-(3)-0-|
|-3-| +E. S E E S E. S S E S S S S S E. S S E E E E|------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|----------------[7]s9-9-9-9-9-||---------<5>----------5-|-<4>---5h7-7s9----------------||-(0)-4s5-----5s7--5h7---|------------------------------|
~ ~ Q S E S +S E S +E S S|--------------------------||--------7-(7)-------------||------7-7-(7)h9-9-(9)-9-9-||-9--9---------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E +Q a +E +E +E +Q Q Q +Q +Q|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|||-10b12-(10)--10pb12==(10)-(10)r(10)pb11r(10)--|-----(12)--(12)--(12)---|||-------------10pb11==(10)-(10)r(10)-----------|-10--(10)--(10)--(10)\--|||----------------------------------------------|------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|------------------------|||----------------------------------------------|------------------------||
~~ Q E S S +E E Q Q E S S +E E E S S|--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||--------------------|----------------------||-2--2-2-2-(2)s5-5\--|---2--1-1-(1)---1-----||--------------------|-0------------3---3---|
Gtr II ~~ Q E. S +E E Q Q. S S +E E E E|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-2--2--2-(2)s5-5\--|-2----1-1-(1)---1---||-0-----------------|-0------------3---3-|
~~ Q E. S +E E Q Q E S S +E E E S S|-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-2--2--2-(2)s5-5\--|-2--2-2S1-(1)---1-----||-0-----------------|-0------------3---2---|
~~ Q E S S +E E Q Q E E +E E E E|--------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-------------------|||-2--2-2-2-(2)s5-5\--|----2-1-(1)---1----|||-0------------------|-0----------3---3--||
Bridge PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S E +S S|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------7---7---7---9-9s7-|-----------------------------||-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7---7---9-9s7-|-----------------------------||-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5---5---7-7s5-|-3-----2-----1s2-------------||-5s7-7-7-7s5-x-------------------|---4-0---3-0-----0-1b2-(1)---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------7---7---7---9-9s7--||-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7---7---9-9s7--||-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5---5---7-7s5--||-5s7-7-7-7s5-x--------------------|
PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------7---7-x-7---9-9s7-||----------------------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7-x-7---9-9s7-||-3-----2-----1--------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5-x-5---7-7s5-||---4-0---3-0---2-0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-x-------------------|
PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------------7---7---7---9-9---||----------------------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-7---7---7---9-9---||-3-----2-----1--------------------|-7s9-9-9-9s7-x-5---5---5---7-7p0-||---4-0---3-0---2p0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-x-------------------|
PM PM PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-3-----2-----1--------------------|-3-----2-3---1---------------------||---4-0---3-0---2-0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|---4-0-----0---2-0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0--|
Gtr I PM PM PM PM S E S S E S S E S S +S +S S S E S S E S S E S S S E|----------------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------------|-------------------------||-3-----2-----1h2------------------|-3-----2-----1---------2-||---4-0---3-0-----0-1b2==(1)r(1)p0-|---4-0---3-0---2-2-2---0-|
Outro Q E S S +E E E E Q E S S +E E E E|------0-------------|----0-0-----------0-||----0---0-(0)---3---|----3---3-(3)---3---||--------------3---3-|--------------3-----||--------------------|--------------------||-2------------------|-2------------------||-0------------------|-0------------------|
Q E S S +Q E E Q E S S E E E E +H. +q|----0-0------------|----0-0---------(0)-|-(0)------(0)--*||----3---3-(3)--3---|--------3-3---3-----|---------------*||-----------------3-|------------3-------|---------------*||-------------------|--------------------|---------------*||-2-----------------|-2------------------|---------------*||-0-----------------|-0------------------|---------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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