Year: 1989 - Album: Bleach
Written by Kurt Cobain
ABOUT A GIRL Tuning:Standard *The main riff is easy to play with alternate picking (seen on the pattern down) with hitting more bottom strings with every downstroke and the top strings with every upstroke. Play just open strings w/every second upstroke. And let everything ring out. VERSE RIFF d=downstroke u=upstroke E5 G5 ---0-------3------I ---0---0---3----0-I -------0------0-0-I -----2-0-0----0-0-I -2---2-0--------0-I -0-------3---3----I d u d u d u d u 1ST AND 2ND Chorus ES C#5 C#5/G# F# ---------------|---------0-0---| ---------------|---------0-0---| ----6------6---|---------X-X-0-| -6--6------6-6-|4-4-X-4--4-4-0-|twice -4--4-4--------|4-4-X-4--4-4-0-| --------4----4-|2-2-X-2--------| E5 A5 C5 ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| --------9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5--5-5-0-| -2--2-/-9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5--5-5-0-| -2--2-/-7-7-7-0-|-0-0-X-3--3-3-0-| -0--0-----------|----------------| GUITAR SOLO(w/dist.) ----------------|------------------| ----------------|------------------| -------5--------|---------12----12\| 4 times -------5h7--7--7|s9--9-9-s12-12---\| ---5h7----------|------------------| -0--------------|------------------| 3RD Chorus C#5 G#5 F#5 ---------------|---------0-0---| ---------------|---------0-0---| -6--6-0--------|---------X-X-0-| -6--6-0-6--6-0-|4-4-X-4--4-4-0-|twice -4--4-0-6--6-0-|4-4-X-4--4-4-0-| --------4--4-0-|2-2-X-2--------| E5 A5 C5 ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| --------9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5--5-5-0-| -2--2-/-9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5--5-5-0-| -2--2-/-7-7-7-0-|-0-0-X-3--3-3-0-| -0--0-----------|----------------| 4TH Chorus C#5 G#5 F#5 ---------------|---------0-0---| ---------------|---------0-0---| -6--6-0--------|---------X-X-0-| -6--6-0-6--6-0-|4-4-X-4--4-4-0-|twice -4--4-0-6--6-0-|4-4-X-4--4-4-0-| --------4--4-0-|2-2-X-2--------| E5 A5 C5 ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| --------9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5--5-5-0-| -2--2-/-9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5--5-5-0-| -2--2-/-7-7-7-0-|-0-0-X-3--3-3-0-| -0--0-----------|----------------| E5 A5 C5 ----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| --------9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| -2--2-/-9-9-9-0-|-2-2-X-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| -2--2-/-7-7-7-0-|-0-0-X-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| -0--0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<