Blew Tab

3,857 views, added to favorites 14 times
Capo:	no capo
Author tonedeafidiot 49,008. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
We have an official Blew tab made by UG professional guitarists.
Check out the tab
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
BLEW
As recorded by Nirvana
(From the 1989 Album BLEACH)
 
Transcribed by boddha666
	
 
Words and Music by Kurt cobain
 
E5
0 2 x x x x
	
G5
3 5 x x x x
	
A5
5 7 x x x x
	
Bb5
6 8 x x x x
 
B5
7 9 x x x x
	
A7
x x 7 6 8 x
 
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
 
 Intro
  Moderately Q=120
               E5 G5A5Bb5  A5      G5    Bb5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          Q  E E Q  E E   +E  E E E  Q   Q
|------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------|---------------|------------------|
|------------|-2--5-7S8--8-7-|-(7)-5-----/8--/8-|
|------------|-0--3-5S6--6-5-|-(5)-3-3-0-/6--/6-|
 
 
  E5 G5A5Bb5  A5      G5    Bb5
  Q  E E Q  E E   +E  E E E  Q   Q
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-------------------||
|-2--5-7S8--8-7-|-(7)-5-----/8--/8--||
|-0--3-5S6--6-5-|-(5)-3-3-0-/6--/6--||
 
 
   Verse
    N.(E5)                                                 A7
                                         ~~~~~~~~
    E E E E Q     E  E   +Q   E E a Q  E E   +Q.   S S E E Q
||---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|---------------8--|
||---------------------|-------------------|---------------6--|
||------5-7-7b8===7r-7-|-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5-|-(5)---7s5s7-7-7--|
||o---7--------------7-|-(7)---------------|------------------|
||--0------------------|-------------------|------------------|
 
 
  N.C(E5)      A7   N.(E5)
                                                         ~
  Q.   S S E E Q    E E E E Q     E  E   +Q   E E a Q  E E
|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------8--|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------6-6--|------------------7-|-(7)----------------|
|------7s5s7------|-----5-7-7b8===7r-7-|-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5--|
|-----------------|---7----------------|--------------------|
|-0---------------|-0------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  N.C.(E5)       A7   N.(E5)       A7   N.(E5)
   ~~~
  +E  Q  S S E E Q    Q  E S S E E Q    E E E E Q     E  E
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|--------------8--|---------------------|
|----------------6--|-----------------|------------------7--|
|-(5)----7s5-5-7----|------7s5s7-7----|-----5-7-7b8===7r-7--|
|-----7-------------|-----------------|---7-----------------|
|-------------------|-0--0------------|-0-------------------|
 
 
                                    A7   N.C(E5)      A7
                  ~~~~~~~~
  +Q   E E a Q  E E   +Q.   S S E E Q    Q.   S S E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------8--|--------------8--|
|-(7)---------------|---------------6--|------------6-6--|
|-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5-|-(5)---7s5s7-7-7--|------7s5s7------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-0---------------|
 
 
  N.(E5)
                                       ~~~
  E E E E Q     E  E   +Q   E E a Q  E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------7-|-(7)---------------|
|-----5-7-7b8===7r-7-|-(7)--7-5-5s7--7-5-|
|---7----------------|-------------------|
|-0------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                 A7   N.(E5)       A7
 ~~~~~
  +E  Q  S S E E Q    Q  E S S E E Q
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|--------------8---|
|----------------6--|------------------|
|-(5)----7s5-5-7----|------7s5s7-7-----|
|-----7-------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-0--0-------------|
 
 
 Chorus
  $
  G5A5      G5E5G   G5A5      G5Bb5  G5A5      G5E5G5
  Gtr I
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
  | |   | | | | |   | |   | | | |    | |   | | | | |
  / /   / / / o o   / /   / / / /    / /   / / / o o
 
  Gtr II
  W                 W                W
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  G5A5      G5Bb5  G5A5      G5E5G5  G5A5      G5A5
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | |   | | | |    | |   | | | | |   | |   | | | | |
  / /   / / / /    / /   / / / o o   / /   / / / / /
 
  W                W                 W
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
                           To Coda
  B5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /
 
  W                 W
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
 Guitar Solo
  N.C.
   H..          E     E   E  E  E  E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-10b12========10r|=(10)-10-10-10-10-8-0-8-|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
 
 
                        ~~~~
   E  E      E   E     +Q.    E        E  E  E     E E E E  E
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10b12r(10)-10b12-(10)---10b12==|=10r10-10b12-10-8-0------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------8-10-|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
                         ~~~~~~~~~
    |---3---|
   +Q  a  Q Q  E  a  Q   E    +E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------8-10-10s13--12-|-(12)-12s15-15-15s17-17-15-|
|-(10)-8h10----------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 
   E  Q       E   Q      E   E
|-----------------------------------|
|----18b19r=(18)-18b20--18--18b20===|
|-15-----------------------(18)b19==|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
 
 
                                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~
   +E    E   E      E    E       E   S   E.        +E    E   Q       Q    E  E
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(18)r(18)-18b20r(18)--18b20r=(18)-18--18b20===|=(18)r(18)-18b20===18r--18-18-|
|-(18)r(18)------------(18)b19r(18)----(18)b19==|=(18)r(18)--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
 
 
                          |--3--|
   +E   E  S  E  S  E  E  S  S  S E
|-----------------------------------|
|-(18)-16-16s15-15s13-15-13h15p13-0-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
 
 
            ~~
   E  E  E  E  +E   E  E. S    E E  E  E  E E  Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-11s12-13-13-(13)-11-------|------------------------|
|---------------------12s11-|-11-9-10-10-10-8-10b12--|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
 
 
   E     E E  S S E E  E E   E  E     E E  E E  E  E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10b12-10-8-------------8-|-8-10b12-10-8------------|
|------------10s8-0-8-10---|--------------10-8-10-10-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
                                       D.S. al Coda
  E  E  Q      Q   Q         +E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------11--11b13===|=(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r\-|
|-8-10-10b12--------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
 Outro
  &
                       N.C.
  E E E E E   Q  E     E E E E E    Q   E   E E E E E    Q   E  3x
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------||
|------------------||o--------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------||
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------||
|------------------||o--------------------|--------------------o||
|-0-0-3-5-5b6-5--5-||----0-3-5-5b6==5r--5-|---0-3-5-5b6==5r--5--||
 
 
                                              E5
  E E E E Q    Q      W          Wx4          Q  Q  H
|-------------------|----------|------------|------------*|
|-------------------|----------|------------|------------*|
|-------------------|----------|------------|------------*|
|-------------------|----------|------------|-2----------*|
|-------------------|----------|------------|-2----------*|
|---0-3-5-5b6--5b6--|-0--------|------------|-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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X
By helping UG you make the world better... and earn IQ
Create correction
Please rate this tab
Blew – Nirvana
How to play
"Blew"
Font
1 comment
Not very accurate. Doesn't fit the original (Album version) of the song (Mainly cause it is in the wrong tuning). There already good enough tabs available on the site. Next time listen to the song and try get it as close as possible.