Tabbed By: Jon Harris
Song: Rape Me
Band: Nirvana
Drummer: Dave Grohl

NOTE:

I have tabbed this how I play it and not exactly how it is done in
the song.It is mostly the same and should fit.

Key:

c=crash cymbal
h=hi hat
s=snare drum
b=bass drum
t=small tom tom
T=medium tom tom
ft=floor tom
hf=hi hat foot

g=ghost note
o=hit drum
O=accent drum or hit with both sticks

Intro/Verse1
  |---Repeat11x----|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
c |----------------|---------x------|                                
s |----------------|----------oo----|
b |----------------|---------o------|
t |----------------|------------oo--|
T |----------------|--------------o-|

Chorus

  |----Repeat6x----|
   1+ 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
c |x---x---x---x---|x---x---x-------|
s |----o--o-o--o---|----o--o-ooo----|
b |o-------o-o---o-|o-------o-------|
t |----------------|------------oo--|
T |----------------|--------------oo|

Closed Hi Hat

Verse2
  (Without crash)
  |----Repeat6x----|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 
c |x---------------|-------x------|
h |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x---------|
s |----o--g-g--o---|----o-g-oo----|
b |o---------------|o------o------|
t |----------------|----------oo--|
T |----------------|------------o-|
hf|--------------x-|--------------|
Second Chorus
Repeat Chorus with 7 repeats instead of 6 and no last measure.

Bridge Loose Hi Hat
  |-----------Repeat3x-----------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 
c |x---------------|x-------x--x--
h |----x---x---x---|--------------
s |----o---o---o---|----o-oo-oo-oo
b |o-----o---o---o-|o-------o--o--
   
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 +
c |x---------------|--x-------------|---x-----------|---------------|---
s |----O---------O-|------O--------O|---------------|---------------|---
T |-------oo-o-----|----------------|---------------|---------------|---
ft|----------------|---------oo-o---|---------------|---------------|---
b |o---------------|--o-------------|---o-----------|---------------|---

Repeat Intro/verse1 and second chorus

Outro (Rape Me!! Rape Me!!etc)
  (Repeat15x)
   1 + 2 +  
c |x---x---
s |o---o---
b |--o--o-o
t |--------
T |--------
ft|--------
  (play once)
   3 + 4 +
c |x-------|x
s |o-------|-
b |--------|o
t |--oo----|-
T |----oo--|-
ft|------oo|-
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