Smells Like Teen Spirit

Legend:

x = closed Hi Hat beat
o = regular bass drum or snare drum beat
^ = cymbal crash
@ = open hi hat with foot

HH-Hi Hat
CR-crash cymbal
SN-snare drum
BD-bass drum
HF-hi hat with foot

The intro part is played once
HH --x---x---x-----
CR ----------------
SN o---o---o---o---
BD -o-o-o-o-o-o----
HF ----------------

And then the chorus is played 8 times

HH ----x---x---x---
CR ^---------------
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

Then the main part is played 6 times

HH x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
CR --------------------------------
SN ----o-------o-------o-------o---
BD o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----
HF ------------------------------@-
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Then the same part but a little bit different is played 4 more times

HH --x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
CR ^-------------------------------
SN ----o-------o-------o-------o---
BD o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----
HF --------------------------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

And then back into the chorus which is played 8 more times

HH ----x---x---x---
CR ^---------------
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

The same part is again played 3 times but this time with a crash instead of a hi hat

HH ----------------
CR ^---^---^---^---
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

The main part is played 7 more times

HH x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
CR --------------------------------
SN ----o-------o-------o-------o---
BD o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----
HF ------------------------------@-
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

And then this part is played 4 times

HH --x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
CR ^-------------------------------
SN ----o-------o-------o-------o---
BD o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----
HF --------------------------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

Then the chorus is played 12 times

HH ----x---x---x---
CR ^---------------
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

And after a fill the chorus is played 16 more times

HH ----x---x---x---
CR ^---------------
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

Then the main part is played 6 times

HH x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
CR --------------------------------
SN ----o-------o-------o-------o---
BD o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----o-o-----
HF ------------------------------@-
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Then the alternate main part is played 4 times
HH ----x---x---x---
CR ^---------------
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

The chorus part is played 8 times

HH ----x---x---x---
CR ^---------------
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

And again 12 more times but with a cymbal crash and then the song is done

HH ----------------
CR ^---^---^---^---
SN ----o--o-o--o---
BD o--o----o-oo----
HF ----------------
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 

Translated to HTML by Brian Nalls
Written by:
Braden Sustrik 
e-mail me at:
bsustrik@shaw.wave.ca