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Pen Cap Chew by Nirvana
Pen Cap Chew
tuning: drop d
Inrto and main riff
this riff is played in a lot of different orders so just mix it up a bit
E|--------------|-------------|---------------|
B|--------------|-------------|---------------|
G|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D|--------------|-------------|---------------|
A|--2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-3sb-|-2-2-2-2-3p2---|
e|--0-0-0-0-3sb-|-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-----5-|
PM....... ....... .......
then for the first verse when kurt just mumbles
play this almost completly PALM MUTED
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-2-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0---|
HEAVY PALM MUTE
Second verse(where he actually sings)
E|--------------|-------------|---------------|
B|--------------|-------------|---------------|
G|--------------|-------------|---------------|
D|--------------|-------------|---------------|
A|--2-2-2-2-----|-2-2-2-2-3sb-|-2-2-2-2-3p2---|
e|--0-0-0-0-3sb-|-0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-----5-|
PM....... ....... .......
CHORUS
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-5-5/8-8-8--|
|--9-9-7-7-4-4-7-7-2-2-5-5--5-5-5/8-8-8--|
|--9-9-7-7-4-4-7-7-2-2-5-5--3-3-3/6-6-6--|
|--7-7-5-5-2-2-5-5-0-0-3-3---------------|
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
You get, you get, you get, you get to me
Holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go
You get, you get, you get, you get to be
Hide the struggle in the skin under a fingernail
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes
This decade is the age of red eye shame
Protest and then go to jail for trespassing
To me it's home... go... home... go...
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version 2
intro - start w/some harmonics then straight into this:
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------)~~~~~~~(-|
A|--2222----)---2222--)----2222--)----2222-5----------|
E|--0000---3----0000-3-----0000-3-----0000------------|
|____p.m.____|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------)~~~(--------------------------|
A|-2222--)---2222-5-----5/3/-0--2222--)--2222-----|
E|-0000-3----0000---------------0000-3---0000-3---|
|_p.m._|
first half of verse(ooh lies a gun) - palm mute all the way through:
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|-2222--)----------------|
E|-0000-3-----------------|
second half of verse(you get...) - start with feedback/harmonic to begin:
e|---------|--------------|
B|---------|--------------|
G|---------|--------------|
D|------0--|------0-0--55-|
A|-2222-0--|-2222-0-0--55-|
E|-0000-3b-|-0000-3b~~~33-| - prechorus(you're lonely)
(just repeat)
chorus - have at it!
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------777/101010-0---------|
D|---99---77---44-77-------5-5--777/101010-0---------|
A|---99---77---44-77---2-225-5--555/-88888-0---------|
E|---770--550--22/550--0-003-3-----------------------|
postchorus - slide some harmonics in there:
e|------------------------------|
B|-------------*----------------|
G|-------------*---777/101010-0-|
D|---9--9-99--*----777/101010-0-|
A|---9--9-99-*-----555/-8-8-8-0-|
E|---7--7-77--------------------|
repeat a combination of the verses for the outro
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
You get, you get, you get, you get to me
Holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go
You get, you get, you get, you get to be
Hide the struggle in the skin under a fingernail
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes
This decade is the age of red eye shame
Protest and then go to jail for trespassing
To me it's home... go... home... go...
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version 3
Tuning: standard
Notation:
. = palm mute
/ = slide up
~ = let it ring
b = bend
Intro
e|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|
G|------------|---------7b-|
D|-2-2-2-2-5~-|-2-2-2-2-7b-|
A|-2-2-2-2-5~-|-2-2-2-2-5b-|
E|-0-0-0-0-3~-|-0-0-0-0----|
. . . . . . . .
Verse
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-5~-|
A|-2-2-2-2-5~-|
E|-0-0-0-0-3~-|
. . . . .
Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-2-2-----2-2---------7-7-7-7/10-10-10-10-|
D|-4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5/10-10-10-10-|
A|-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5/-8--8--8--8-|
E|---------2-2-----0-0-3-3---------------------|
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
You get, you get, you get, you get to me
Holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go
You get, you get, you get, you get to be
Hide the struggle in the skin under a fingernail
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes
This decade is the age of red eye shame
Protest and then go to jail for trespassing
To me it's home... go... home... go...
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version 4
s- slide to next chord
^- bend whole chord.
A5 C5
e|---------------------|
b|---------------------|
g|---------------------|
d|--7--7--7--7--s--10--|
a|--7--7--7--7--s--10--|
e|--5--5--5--5--s---8--|
^
Play this three times then play the following once:
A5 D5
e|---------------------|
b|---------------------|
g|---------------------|
d|--7--7--7--7--s--12--|
a|--7--7--7--7--s--12--|
e|--5--5--5--5--s--10--|
^
Verse/Chorus:
A5 C5
e|------------------|
b|------------------|
g|------------------|
d|--7--7--7--7--10--|
a|--7--7--7--7--10--|
e|--5--5--5--5---8--|
Just repeat this until end of chorus.
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
You get, you get, you get, you get to me
Holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go
You get, you get, you get, you get to be
Hide the struggle in the skin under a fingernail
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes
This decade is the age of red eye shame
Protest and then go to jail for trespassing
To me it's home... go... home... go...
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version 5
INTRO-part 1
||---------------||
||---------------||
||---------------||
||---------------||
||-2-2-2-2-------||
||-0-0-0-0-3rvsb-||
(rvsb=let note ring and use a very slight bend)
INTRO-part 2
||----------------||
||----------------||
||----------------||
||----------------||
||-2-2-2-2----/4b-||
||-0-0-0-0-3/-----||
(/=slide up)
(b=bend note)
INTRO-part 3
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||-2-2-2-2---5sb--3b-0-||
||-0-0-0-0-------------||
(sb=slight bend)
VERSE
||------||
||------------||
||------------||
||-2-2-2-2-5r-||
||-2-2-2-2-5r-||
||-0-0-0-0-3r-||
CHORUS-part 1
||------------------||
||------------------||
||--4-4-2-2-----2-2-||
||--4-4-2-2-4-4-2-2-||
||--2-2-0-0-4-4-0-0-||
||-----------2-2----||
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||----------7-7-7/10101010-||
||-2-2-5-2-7-7-7/10101010--||
||-2-2-5-2-5-5-5/-8-8 -8-8-||
||-0-0-3-0-----------------||
(/=slide up)
CHORUS-part 2
||-------------------------||
||-------------------------||
||-------7-7-7-7/10101010--||
||-9-9-x-7-7-7-7/10101010--||
||-9-9-x-5-5-5-5/-8-8 -8-8-||
||-7-7-x-------------------||
Intro 1-3 times
Intro 2-1 time
Intro 1-1 time
Intro 3-1 time
intro 1 faded into verse-26 times
chorus part 1-6 times
chorus part 2-4 times
verse fades to intro 1-17 times to fade out completely
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
You get, you get, you get, you get to me
Holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go
You get, you get, you get, you get to be
Hide the struggle in the skin under a fingernail
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Lesser god, loathe me
Lesser god, you're lonely
Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes
This decade is the age of red eye shame
Protest and then go to jail for trespassing
To me it's home... go... home... go...
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version 6
[Intro]
E5 G E5 G E5 G E5 D
E5 G E5 D C# A E5 G E5 G
[Verse]
E5 G
Oh, lesser God
E5 G
Oh, you're lonely
E5 G
Oh, lesser God
E5 G
Oh, you're lonely
E5 G
Oh, lesser God
E5 G
Oh, you're lonely
E5 G E5 G
Oh, oh
[Chorus]
E5 G E5 G
You get, you get, you get, you get to me
E5 G E5 G
Holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go
E5 G E5 G
You get, you get, you get, you get to me
E5 G E5 G
Hide the circle in the skin under a fingernail
[Verse]
E5 G
Oh, lesser God
E5 G
Oh, you're lonely
E5 G
Oh, lesser God
E5 G
Oh, you're lonely
E5 G
Oh, lesser God
E5 G
Oh, you're lonely
E5 G
Oh, lesser God
E5 G
Oh, you're lonely
[Instrumental]
B5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 G5 D5 F5
[Mid-section]
B5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 G5 D5 F5
Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles
B5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 G5 D5 F5
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes
B5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 G5 D5 F5
This decade is the age of rehashing
B5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 G5
Protest and then go to jail for trespassing
D5 F5 B5 D5 F5
Throw me inside
B5 D5 F5
Oh,
B5 D5 F5
oh,
B5 D5 F5
oh,
[Outro]
E5 G (Repeat to fade)
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version 7
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
[Intro] x2
Eb|------------------------||------------------------|
Bb|------------------------||------------------------|
Gb|------------------------||------------------------|
Db|------------------------||------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2----------------||-2-2-2-2----------------|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-3b-------------||-0-0-0-0-3b-------------|
PM......................
Eb|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Gb|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Db|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2-4b-------------|-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2-5b-------3bp0-|
Eb|-0-0-0-0----------------|-0-0-0-0-3b-------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|
Eb|------------------------|------------------------|
Bb|------------------------|------------------------|
Gb|------------------------|------------------------|
Db|------------------------|------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2----------------|-2-2-2-2----------------|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-3b-------------|-0-0-0-0-3b-------------|
PM......................
[Verse] x8 x16
Eb|------------------------||------------------------|
Bb|------------------------||------------------------|
Gb|------------------------||------------------------|
Db|------------------------||------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2----------------||-2-2-2-2----------------|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-3b-------------||-0-0-0-0-3b-------------|
HPM.....................
[Chorus] x6
Eb|------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-4--4--2--2--------2--2----------------7-7-7/10-10-10-|
Db|-4--4--2--2--4--4--2--2--2--2--5--5--x-7-7-7/10-10-10-|
Ab|-2--2--0--0--4--4--0--0--2--2--5--5--x-5-5-5/8--8--8--|
Eb|-------------2--2--------0--0--3--3--x----------------|
x4
Eb|---------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------|
Gb|-4----4---x-7-7-7/10-10-10-|
Db|-4----4---x-7-7-7/10-10-10-|
Ab|-2----2---x-5-5-5/8--8--8--|
Eb|---------------------------|
[Outro] x2
Eb|------------------------||------------------------|
Bb|------------------------||------------------------|
Gb|------------------------||------------------------|
Db|------------------------||------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2----------------||-2-2-2-2----------------|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-3b-------------||-0-0-0-0-3b-------------|
PM......................
x8 Play until it fades out
Eb|------------------------||------------------------|
Bb|------------------------||------------------------|
Gb|------------------------||------------------------|
Db|------------------------||------------------------|
Ab|-2-2-2-2----------------||-2-2-2-2----------------|
Eb|-0-0-0-0-3b-------------||-0-0-0-0-3b-------------|
HPM.....................
| PM Palm muting
| HPM Heavy palm muting
| b Bend
| p Pull-off
| x Dead note
| / Slide up
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