LAKE OF FIRE (Bassline) (Live)
As recorded by Nirvana
(From the 1994 Album NIRVANA: MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK)

Transcribed By Paul Bell


 Words and Music by Curt Kirkwood

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chris Novoselic - Bass'


             Intro
  Q=74
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W           E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E S E.   E Q  E E E Q
|----------||---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------||------------1--|--------3-3-3-1--|------------1--|
|----------||-3-3--3-1-1----|-3-3--3----------|-3-3--3-1-1----|


  E Q.   E E Q    E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-3-3-----------|---------------|---------------||
|--------1-1-3--|-3-3--3-1-1-3--|-3-3--3-1-1-3--||


   Chorus
    E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E S E.   E Q  E E E Q
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o------------1--|--------3-3-3-1--|------------1--|
||--3-3--3-1-1----|-3-3--3----------|-3-3--3-1-1----|


  E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-3-3--3--------|----------1----|---------------||
|--------1-1-3--|-3-3--3-1---3--|-3-3--3-1-1-3--||


 Verse 1 & 2
                                                 2/4      4/4
  E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q.   E Q.     E Q  E   E E Q  E E E  E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------|--------------------||
|-0-0-----------|-0-0-----------|-0-0-----------|-5-5--5-|-7-7-7-------------o||
|--------1-1----|--------0-0----|--------1-1----|-3-3--3-|-5-5-5--5-5-5-10--o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------|--------------------||


 Chorus
  E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E S E.   E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------1--|--------3-3-3-1--|------------1--|-3-3--3---------|
|-3-3--3-1-1----|-3-3--3----------|-3-3--3-1-1----|--------1-1-3---|


  E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E Q    E Q  E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------|----------1----|---------------|--------------1--||
|-3-3--3-1-1-3--|-3-3--3-1---3--|-3-3--3-1-1-3--|-3-3--3-1-1-3----||


 Guitar Solo - Outro
  Q  E. S E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   Q  E. S E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-1---------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|----3--0-1-1-3---|---3-3--1-1-3---|----3--0-1-1-3--|----3-0-1-1-3---|


  E E E. S E E E E   Q  E E E E Q
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|-1-1--------------|---------------|
|-----3--0-1-1-3---|-3--3-0-1-1-3--|


  E Q.   E E Q    E E +S  E. E E Q    +W
|---------------|-------------------|--------*|
|---------------|-------------------|--------*|
|---------------|-------------------|--------*|
|-3-3----1-1-3--|-3-3-(3)-3--1-1-3--|-(3)----*|




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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