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BEEN A SON
As recorded by Nirvana
Transcribed by Doetje2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=152
D5
4/4
Gtr I
Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||-3--3--3-------3-|-(3)-3-3------------||-2--2--2-------2-|-(2)-2-2--2---------||-0--0--0-----0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0---------||---------3-2-0---|------------3-2-0-0-||-----------------|--------------------|
Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E|-----------------|---------------------|||-3--3--3-------3-|-(3)-3-3-------------|||-2--2--2-------2-|-(2)-2-2--2----------|||-0--0--0-----0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0----------|||---------3-2-0---|------------3-2-0-0--|||-----------------|---------------------||
Verse $ D5 Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E||------------------|--------------------|||o-3--3--3-------3-|-(3)-3-3------------|||--2--2--2-------2-|-(2)-2-2--2---------|||--0--0--0-----0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0---------|||o---------3-2-0---|------------3-2-0-0-|||------------------|--------------------|
Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E|-----------------|---------------------||-3--3--3-------3-|-(3)-3-3-------------||-2--2--2-------2-|-(2)-2-2--2----------||-0--0--0-----0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0----------||---------3-2-0---|------------3-2-0-0--||-----------------|---------------------|
Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E|-----------------|--------------------||-3--3--3-------3-|-(3)-3-3------------||-2--2--2-------2-|-(2)-2-2--2---------||-0--0--0-----0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0---------||---------3-2-0---|------------3-2-0-0-||-----------------|--------------------|
Q E. S E E E E +E E E. S E E E E Q Q E E E E|-----------------|--------------------|---------------|||-3--3--3-------3-|-(3)-3-3------------|-3--3----------|||-2--2--2-------2-|-(2)-2-2--2---------|-2--2----------|||-0--0--0-----0-0-|-(0)-0-0--0---------|-0--0----------|||---------3-2-0---|------------3-2-0-0-|-------3-2-0-0-|||-----------------|--------------------|---------------||
Chorus G5 F5 E5 G5 F5 E5 Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||-5--5---3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------------|-5--5---3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------------||-5--5-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)---------3-2-0-0-|-5--5-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)---------3-2-0-0-||-3--3-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0---------|-3--3-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0---------|
To Coda G5 F5 E5 Q E E E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E|----------------|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||-5--5---3-3-3-2-|-(2)-------------------||-5--5-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------3-2-0-0-||-3--3-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---------|
G5 F5 E5 Q E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E S S|------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|---------------------3-3-o|||------------------|---------------------2-2--|||-5--5-----3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------------0-0--|||-5--5-0-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)---------------------o|||-3--3-0-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
Interlude D5 Q E E E E E E +Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q|----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||-3--3-----0---3-|-(3)--3---------|-3--3--------3-|-(3)--3---------||-2--2-0---0---2-|-(2)--2---------|-2--2--------2-|-(2)--2---------||-0--0-0-------0-|-(0)--0---------|-0--0--------0-|-(0)--0---------||--------3-2-0---|---------3-2-0--|-------3-2-0---|---------3-2-0--||----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
Q Q E E E E +H E E Q Q Q E E E E +H E E E E|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|||-3--3--------3-|-(3)-----------|-3--3--------3-|-(3)------------|||-2--2--------2-|-(2)-----------|-2--2--------2-|-(2)------------|||-0--0--------0-|-(0)-----------|-0--0--------0-|-(0)------------|||-------3-2-0---|--------3-2-0--|-------3-2-0---|--------3-2-0-0-|||---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
Chorus G5 F5 E5 G5 F5 E5 Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------||-5--5---3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------------|-5--5---3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------------||-5--5-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)---------3-2-0-0-|-5--5-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)---------3-2-0-0-||-3--3-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0---------|-3--3-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0---------|
G5 F5 E5 Q E E E E E E +E S S E S S E E E E|----------------|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||-5--5---3-3-3-2-|-(2)-------------------||-5--5-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------3-2-0-0-||-3--3-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0---------|
D.S. al Coda G5 F5 E5 Q E S S E E E E +E S S E S S E E E S S|------------------|-------------------------|||------------------|---------------------3-3-|||------------------|---------------------2-2-|||-5--5-----3-3-3-2-|-(2)-----------------0-0-|||-5--5-0-0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)---------------------|||-3--3-0-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
H.=H & G5 F5 E5 Q E E E E E E +Q +Q +Q. S S E E Q H|----------------|---------------------|---------------*||----------------|---------------------|---------------*||-0--0-----------|---------------------|---------------*||-0--0---3-3-3---|---------------------|---------------*||------0-3-3-3-2-|-(2)--(2)--(2)---x-x-|---------------*||-3--3-0-1-1-1-0-|-(0)--(0)--(0)---x-x-|-<4>-----------*|
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
