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COCAINE GIRL
As recorded by Nirvana
Transcribed by Andrew Chart
Music by Nirvana
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Electric 1 (distortion)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric 2 (distortion)'
Intro
Q=120
N.C.(Bm) (G#5) (A5)
4/4
Gtr I
~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7---|
|-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
(Bm) (G#5) (A5)
~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7----|
|-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
(Bm) (G#5) (A5)
~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7---|
|-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
(Bm) (G#5) (A5)
~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7---|
|-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
Verse
(Bm) (G#5) (A5)
~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||--------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7---|
||--7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7-|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|
(Bm) (G#5) (A5)
~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7-----||
|-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7---||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
Chorus
(Em) (G)
E E E a E +E Q E E E E a E +E Q E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|
||--9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
(F#5) (A)
E E E a E +E Q E a E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------12-10b12==(10)-10r-10-----o||
|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|-9s11-11-----------------------11---||
|-9-----------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
2.
(F#5) (A)
\0.5
E E E E Q E E +Q Q Q q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-------10----10-----10-|-(10)----10--10--10--|
|-11-11----11-----11-11-|-(11)----11--11--11--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
Verse 2
(Bm) (G#5) (A5) (Bm)
~ ~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E a E E E E a Q E E
||---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||--------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7---|-------7---7s9--7---|
||--7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7-|-7s9-9---9--------9-|
||o--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
(G#5) (A5) (Bm) (G#5) (A5)
~
E E E E +E E E E a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E Q
|--------------------||--------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------|---------------------|
|-----7---------7----||-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7\----|
|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7--||-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7-------|
|-------------------o||--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
(Em) (G)
E E E a E +E Q E E E E a E +E Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|
|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
(F#5) (A)
E E E a E +E Q E a E E E E +S S E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|-9s11-9-7-9-(9)p7---7----|
|-9-----------------------|------------------9---9--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
(Em) (G)
Gtr I
E E E a E +E Q E E E E a E +E Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|
|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#5 A5
W W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E +Q Q. E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-4-4-x-4-(4)-4-(4)--|-7----7-(7)-7-7-7---|
|-4-4-x-4-(4)-4-(4)--|-7----7-(7)-7-7-7---|
|-2-2-x-2-(2)-2-(2)--|-5----5-(5)-5-5-5---|
Guitar Solo
B5 A5 F#5 G5
Q +Q +E +E E a +E +H E +E E E
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10b12--(10)-----(10)pb12r==(10)-7-10b12-(10)---|-(10)----------5b7r(5)-3---|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------4-|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Q E S S S S E E S S E E S S E +E E E E
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|--9-------9--x-x---x------x---7--7---------x--x-|---4--4-x-x-5-(5)---5--5-5-|
|--9-------9--x-x---x------x---7--7---------x--x-|---4--4-x-x-5-(5)---5--5-5-|
|--7-------7--x-x---x------x---5--5---------x--x-|---2--2-x-x-3-(3)---3--3-3-|
B5 A5 F#5 G5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E
|----------------------------|-----------------7-7-7-|
|----------------------0-----|-(0)---------(0)-------|
|-(4)--------(4)---2-4-5b7---|-(5)---------(5)-------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q E S S S S E E S S E E S S E +E E E E
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|--9---9-x-x--x--x-7-7-x---x-|--4--4-x-x-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|--9---9-x-x--x--x-7-7-x---x-|--4--4-x-x-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|--7---7-x-x--x--x-5-5-x---x-|--2--2-x-x-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
B5 A5 F#5 G5
|-3--| |-3--| |--3---| |-3--| |-3--| |--3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E +E
|-7h10p7------7h10p7------7h10p==7------7h10p7------|-7h10p7------7h10p==7-------7----10----(10)-|
|--------7h10--------7h10----------7h10--------7h10-|--------7h10----------7h10-------13b15r(13)-|
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E S S S S E E S S E E S S E +E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------9------x--x-x----x---7----7------x--x-|-4------4----x----x---5----(5)-5--5------5--|
|-9-----------9------x--x-x----x---7----7------x--x-|-4------4----x----x---5----(5)-5--5------5--|
|-7-----------7------x--x-x----x---5----5------x--x-|-2------2----x----x---3----(3)-3--3------3--|
B5 A5 F#5 G5
|-3-|
E +E E +E E +E E E +E E E E +E S S S E E
|--------------------------------------|-----------7-(7)--------------|
|-7----(7)-7----(7)---7------(7)-------|-----------x------------------|
|-9b11r(9)-9b11r(9)---9b11r==(9)-7-----|-----------7-(7)-7-9-7--------|
|----------------------------------9---|-(9)-7-9---------------9-7----|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q E S S S S E E S S E E S S E +E E E E
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9--------9-----x--x-x----x--7--7-x-x-|--4--4-x-x-5-(5)-5-----5-5----|
|-9--------9-----x--x-x----x--7--7-x-x-|--4--4-x-x-5-(5)-5-----5-5----|
|-7--------7-----x--x-x----x--5--5-x-x-|--2--2-x-x-3-(3)-3-----3-3----|
Bridge/Verse 3
B5 (G#5) (A5) (Bm)
~ ~
a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E E E a E E E E a Q E E
|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||o--------------------|
|-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7---||--------7---7s9--7---|
|-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7-||--7s9-9---9--------9-|
|--------------------|-------------------||o--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|
|
| E E Q Q Q W W
|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||o--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||---------------------|
|---9-9--------------|-------------------||---------------------|
|---9-9--------------|-------------------||o--------------------|
|---7-7--------------|-------------------||---------------------|
(G#5) (A5) (Bm) (G#5) (A5)
~
E E E E +E E E E 5x a E E E E a Q E E E E E E +E E Q
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------|-------------------|
|-----7---------7----||-------7---7s9--7---|-----7---------7\--|
|-6-6---7-(7)-7---7--||-7s9-9---9--------9-|-6-6---7-(7)-7-----|
|-------------------o||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| W 5x W W
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------o||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
Chorus
(Em) (G)
E E E a E +E Q E E E E a E +E Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|
|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
(F#5) (A)
E E E a E +E Q E a E E E E +S S E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|-9s11-9-7-9-(9)p7---7----|
|-9-----------------------|------------------9---9--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
(Em) (G)
E E E a E +E Q E E E E a E +E Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|---7-9-9b11==9-(9)r-9--7-|
|-9-----------------------|-9-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
(F#5) (A)
\0.5
E E E E Q E E +Q E E +H
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------10----10-----10-|-(10)----10-10-(10)----|
|-11-11----11-----11-11-|-(11)----11-11-(11)----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Snowman Bit
(B5) (A5)
E E +Q +H +E E E E E E +E +E
|---12b14==(12)--(12)r===|=(12)-12-10------------------------|
|------------------------|------------12-10-12b15==(12)-(12)-|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
H.=H Q=60
(G5) (E5)
+Q S S +E +Q S S S S Q Q Q Q Q H.
|------------------------------------|-------------|----------*|
|-(12)r--10h12-(12)-(12)--12----10---|-------------|----------*|
|----------------------------11----9s|=7-----------|----------*|
|------------------------------------|----9s=7s=4s=|=2--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
