Nirvana – About a Girl
Tuning: Eb
[Intro]
Em G
[Verse]
Em G Em G
I need an easy friend
Em G Em G
I do with a hand to lend
Em G Em G
I do think you fit this shoe
Em G Em G
I do want you to have a clue
[Pre-Chorus]
C# G# F#
Take advantage while
C# G# F#
You hang me out to dry
E A C
But I can’t see you every night
[Chorus]
Em G Em G
Free
Em G Em G
I do
[Verse]
Em G Em G
I’m standing in your lane
Em G Em G
I do hope you have the time
Em G Em G
I do pick a number two
Em G Em G
I do keep a date with you
[Pre-Chorus]
C# G# F#
Take advantage while
C# G# F#
You hang me out to dry
[Chorus]
E A C
But I can’t see you every night
Em G Em G
Free
Em G Em G
I do
[Instrumental]
C# G# F#
C# G# F#
E A C
Em G Em G
Em G Em G
[Verse]
Em G Em G
I need an easy friend
Em G Em G
I do with a hand to lend
Em G Em G
I do think you fit this shoe
Em G Em G
I do want you to have a clue
[Pre-Chorus]
C# G# F#
Take advantage while
C# G# F#
You hang me out to dry
[Chorus]
E A C
But I can’t see you every night
E A C
But I can’t see you every night
Em G Em G
Free
Em G Em G
I do
[Outro]
Em G Em G
I do
Em G Em G
I do
Em G
I do
Nirvana – come as you are
Tuning:Eb
[Intro]
F#m E(4x)
[Verse]
F#5 A F#5
Come as you are, as you were
F#5 A
As I want you to be
F#5 A
As a friend, as a friend
F#5 A
There's an old enemy
F#5 A
Take your time, hurry up
F#5 A
The choice is yours don't be late
F#5 A
Take a rest, as a friend,
A F#5 A
As an old memoria, yeah
A#5 A
Memoria, yeah (3x)
F#5 A F#5
Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach
F#5 A
As I want you to be
A F#5
There's a trend, there's a friend
A F#5 A
There's an old memory, yeah
F#5 A
Memoria Yeah (3x)
[Chorus]
B D B D
I swear that I don't have a gun
B D
No I don't have a gun (2x)
[Ad lib]
F#m E (10x)
F#5 A
Memoria yeah (4x)
[Chorus]
B D B D
I swear that I don't have a gun
B D
No I don't have a gun (2x)
Title : JESUS DON'T WANT ME FOR A SUNBEAM
Tuning:Eb
[Intro]
E-D-A-; (2x)
[Verse]
E D A
Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
E D A
Sunbeams are never made like me
E D A
Don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die
E D A
Don't ever ask your love of me
[Chorus]
E D
Don't expect me to cry,
E D
Don't expect me to lie,
E D
Don't expect me to die,
A
for thee
[Verse 2]
E D A
Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
E D A
Sunbeams are never made like me
E D A
Don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die
E D A
Don't ever ask your love of me
[Chorus]
E D
Don't expect me to cry,
E D
Don't expect me to lie,
E D
Don't expect me to die,
A
for thee
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
Tuning:Eb
[Intro]
Riff
[Verse]
A
We passed upon the stair
Dm(D5)N
We spoke of was and when
A
Although I wasn’t there
F
He said I was his friend
C
Which came as some surprise
A
I spoke into his eyes
Dm
I thought you died alone
C C
A long long time ago
[Chorus]
C F
Oh no not me
Bb F
I never lost control
C F
You're face to face
Bb
With the man who sold the world
[Break]
Riff
[Verse]
A
I laughed and shook his hand
Dm
And made my way back home
A
I searched for form and land
F
For years and years I roamed
C
I gazed a gazely stare
A
At all the millions here
Dm
We must have died alone
C C
A long long time ago
[Chorus]
C F
Who knows, Not me
Bb F
We never lost control
C F
You're face to face
Bb
With the man who sold the world
[Break]
Riff
[Chorus]
C F
Who knows, Not me
Bb F
We never lost control
C F
You're face to face
Bb A
With the man who sold the world
Pennyroyal Tea
Tuning:Eb
[Verse]
Am G
Im on my time with everyone
Am G
I have very bad posture
C D A#
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
C D A#
Distil the life that’s inside of me
C D A#
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
C D A#
Im anaemic royalty
[Verse 2]
Am G
Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
Am G
So I can sigh eternally
C D A#
Im so tired I cant sleep
C D A#
Im a liar and a thief
C D A#
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
C D A#
Im anaemic royalty
Am G
Im on warm milk and laxatives
Am G
Cherry-flavoured antacids
[Ending]
Am
Nirvana – Dumb
Tuning:Eb
[Verse 1]
E5 A5 G5 C5 E5
I'm not like the But I can pretend
A5 G5 C5 E5
The sun is gone But I have a light
A5 G5 C5 E5
The day is done But I'm having fun
[Chorus]
A5 G5 C5 E5 G5
I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy
E5 G5
Think I'm just happy
E5 G5
Think I'm just happy
E5 G5
Think I'm just happy
[Verse 2]
E5 A5 G5 C5 E5
my heart is broke But I have some glue
A5 G5 C5 E5
help me inhale And mend it with you
A5 G5 C5 E5
We'll float around And hang out on clouds
[Chorus]
A5 G5 C5 E5 G5
Then we'll come down And have a hangover...
E5 G5
Have a hangover
E5 G5
Have a hangover
E5 G5
Have a hangover
[Bridge]
B5 C5
Skin the sun Fall asleep
B5 C5
Wish away soul is cheap
B5 C5
Lesson learned Wish me luck
B5 C5
Soothe the burn Wake me up
[Verse 3]
E5 A5 G5 C5 E5
I'm not like the But I can pretend
A5 G5 C5 E5
The sun is gone But I have a light
A5 G5 C5 E5
The day is done But I'm having fun
[Chorus]
A5 G5 C5 E5 G5
I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy
E5 G5
Think I'm just happy
E5 G5
Think I'm just happy
E5 G5
Think I'm just happy
[Outro]
E5 A5 G5 C5 E5
I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb
A5 G5 C5 E5
I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb
A5 G5 C5 E5
I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb
A5 G5 C5 E5
I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb
Nirvana – Polly
Tuning:Eb
[Verse]
Em-G D C
Polly wants a cracker
Em-G D C
Think I should get off of her first
Em-G D C
I think she wants some water
Em-G D C
To put out the blow torch
[Chorus]
D C G
It isn't me
Bb D
We have some seed
C G
Let me clip
Bb D
Your dirty wings
D C G
Let me take a ride
Bb D
Don't hurt yourself
C G
I want some help
Bb D
To please myself
D C G
I've got some rope
Bb D
You have been told
C G
I promise you
Bb D
I have been true
D C G
Let me take a ride
Bb D
Don't hurt yourself
C G
I want some help
Bb D
To please myself
[Verse]
Em-G D C
Polly wants a cracker
Em G D C
Maybe she would like more food
Em G D C
She asks me to untie her
Em-G D C
A chase would be nice for a few
Em-G D C
Polly says her back hurts
Em G D C
And she's just as bored as me
Em G D C
She caught me off my guard
Em G D C
It amazes me, the will of instinct
[Chorus]
D C G
It isn't me
Bb D
We have some seed
C G
Let me clip
Bb D
Your dirty wings
D C G
Let me take a ride
Bb D
Don't hurt yourself
C G
I want some help
Bb D
To please myself
D C G
I've got some rope
Bb D
You have been told
C G
I promise you
Bb D
I have been true
D C G
Let me take a ride
Bb D
Don't hurt yourself
C G
I want some help
Bb D
To please myself
Nirvana – On a Plain
Tuning: Eb
[Verse 1]
D F
I'll start this off
Em D
Without any words
G F
I got so high that
Em D
I scratched 'til I bled
C Bm
Love myself
A D
Better than you
G F
I know it's wrong
Em D
So what should I do?
G F
The finest day
Em D
That I ever had
G F
Was when I learned
Em D
To cry on command
C Bm
Love myself
A D
Better than you
G F
I know it's wrong
Em D
So what should I do?
[Chorus]
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
[Verse 2]
D G F
My mother died
Em D
Every night
G F
It's safe to say
Em D
Don't quote me on that
C Bm
Love myself
A D
Better than you
G F
I know it's wrong
Em D
So what should I do?
G F
The black sheep got
Em D
Blackmailed again
G F
Forgot to put
Em D
On the zip code
C Bm
Love myself
A D
Better than you
G F
I know it's wrong
Em D
So what should I do?
[Chorus]
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
[Bridge]
F E A-G-F
Somewhere I have heard this before
E A-G-
In a dream my memory has stored
F E A-G
As defence I'm neutered and spayed
F E A-G
What the hell am I trying to say?
[Verse 3]
D F
It is now time
Em D
To make it unclear
D F
To write off lines
Em D
That don't make a sense
C Bm
Love myself
A D
Better than you
G F
I know it's wrong
Em
So what should I do?
D F
One more special
Em D
Message to go
G F
And then I'm done
Em D
And I can go home
C Bm
Love myself
A D
Better than you
G F
I know it's wrong
Em
So what should I do?
[Chorus]
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
Title : SOMETHING IN THE WAY
TUNING: Eb
[Intro]
F#5-D5---; (2x)
[Verse]
F#5 D5
Underneath the bridge
F#5 D5
The tarp has sprung a leak
F#5 D5
And the animals i´ve trapped
F#5 D5
Have All become my pets
F#5 D5
And Im living off grass
F#5 D5
And the drippings from the ceiling
F#5 D5
its O.K. eat fish
F#5 D5
Cause they don't have any feelings
[Chorus]
F#5 D5
Something in the way
F#5 D5
Mmmm......
F#5 D5
Something in the way
F#5 D5
Mmmm......
[Verse]
F#5 D5
Underneath the bridge
F#5 D5
The tarp has sprung a leak
F#5 D5
And the animals i´ve trapped
F#5 D5
Have All become my pets
F#5 D5
And Im living off grass
F#5 D5
And the drippings from the ceiling
F#5 D5
its O.K. eat fish
F#5 D5
Cause they don't have any feelings
[Chorus]
F#5 D5
Something in the way
F#5 D5
Mmmm......
F#5 D5
Something in the way
F#5 D5
Mmmm......
F#5 D5
Mmm ........
Nirvana – plateau
Tuning: Eb
[Intro]
(riff)
[Verse]
G Bb Fsus2
Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
G Bb Fsus2
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know
G Bb Fsus2
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
G Bb Fsus2
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands
G#
[Chorus]
G Bb Fsus2
The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
G Bb Fsus2
And an illustrated book about birds
G Bb Fsus2
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
G Bb Fsus2
Who needs action when you got words
riff
[Verse]
G Bb Fsus2
When you've finished with the mop then you can stop
G Bb Fsus2
And look at what you've done
G Bb Fsus2
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
G Bb Fsus2
And the work it was fun
[Chorus]
G Bb Fsus2
The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
G Bb Fsus2
And an illustrated book about birds
G Bb Fsus2
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
G Bb Fsus2
Who needs action when you got words
riff
[Verse]
G Bb Fsus2
Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
G Bb Fsus2
Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mexico
G Bb Fsus2
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
G Bb Fsus2
But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could
Title : OH ME
Tuning: Eb
[Intro]
E-D-C-E-;
[Verse]
E
if i had to lose a mile
D
if i had to touch feelings
C
i would lose my soul
E
the way i do
E
i don't have to think
D
i only have to do it
C
the results are always perfect
E
and that's old news
[Refrain]
E
would you like to hear my voice
C
sweetened with emotion
D E
invented at your birth?
[Chorus]
G E G E
i can't see the end of me
G E G E
my whole expanse i cannot see
C
i formulate infinity
D E
and store it deep inside of me
[Adlib]
E-C-D-C-E-
[Verse]
E
if i had to lose a mile
D
if i had to touch feelings
C
i would lose my soul
E
the way i do
[Verse]
E
if i had to lose a mile
D
if i had to touch feelings
C
i would lose my soul
E
the way i do
E
i don't have to think
D
i only have to do it
C
the results are always perfect
E
and that's old news
[Refrain]
E
would you like to hear my voice
C
sweetened with emotion
D E
invented at your birth?
[Chorus]
G E G E
i can't see the end of me
G E G E
my whole expanse i cannot see
C
i formulate infinity
D E
and store it deep inside of me
Coda:
C
i formulate infinity
D E
and store it deep inside of me
Nirvana – lake of fire
Tuning: Eb
[Intro]
Gm F5 Bb Gm C~ Bb G5 F5 Bb
C F5 G5 F5 Gm G5
[Verse]
G5 F5 Bb5
Where do bad folks go when they die
G5 C~ Bb5
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
G5 F5 Bb5
Go to a lake of fire and fry
C5 F5 G5
See 'em again till the Fourth of July
F5 Bb5 G5 F5 G5
[Chorus]
Dm Bb/F
I knew a lady Came from Duluth
D5 Dm
Bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
Dm Bb/F
She went to her grave just a little too soon
C5/G D5/A Dm
Flew and laid down on the yellow moon
[Verse]
G5 F5 Bb5
Where do bad folks go when they die
G5 C~ Bb5
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
G5 F5 Bb5
Go to a lake of fire and fry
C5 F5 G5
See 'em again till the Fourth of July
[Chorus]
Dm Bb/F
I knew a lady Came from Duluth
D5 Dm
Bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
Dm Bb/F
She went to her grave just a little too soon
C5/G D5/A Dm
Flew and laid down on the yellow moon
F5 Bb5 G5 F5 G5
[Verse]
Dm Bb/F
People cry People moan
D5 Dm
Look for a dry place to call their home
Dm Bb/F
Try to find some place to rest their bones
C5/G D5/A Dm
While the angels and the devils try to make their own
G5 F5 Bb5
Where do bad folks go when they die
G5 C~ Bb5
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
G5 F5 Bb5
Go to a lake of fire and fry
C5 F5 G5
See 'em again till the Fourth of July
F5 Bb5 G5 F5 G5
Nirvana – all apologies
Tuning: Eb – Drop D
[Intro]
[D] x4
[Verse]
D
What else should I be all apologies
D
What else should I say; everyone is gay
D
What else could I write; I don't have the right
D
What else should I be; all apologies
[Chorus]
G5
In the sun, in the sun I feel as one
G5 A
In the sun, in the sun I'm married
A
Burried (yah, yah, yah, yeah)
[Verse]
D
I wish I was like you; easily amused
D
Find my nest of salt; everything’s my fault
D
I'll take all the blame; aqua seafoam shame
D
Sunburn with freezer burn
D
Choking on the ashes of her enemies
[Chorus]
G5
In the sun, in the sun I feel as one
G5 A
In the sun, in the sun I'm married
A
Burried (yah, yah, yah, yeah)
[Bridge]
A A
Married, Burried (yah, yah, yah, yeah)
[Outro]
D
All in all is all we are
D
All in all is all we are
D
All in all is all we are
D
All in all is all we are
where_did_you_sleep_last_night
tuning: Eb
Em Am G B7
[Verse]
Em Am G
My girl, my girl don't lie to me
B7 Em
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
Em Am G
In the palace, in the palace where the sun don't ever shine
B7 Em
I'll shiver the whole night through
Em Am G
My girl, my girl, where will you go
B7 Em
I'm going where the cold wind blows
Em
In the pines, in the pines
[Chorus]
Am G
Where the sun don't ever shine
B7 Em
I would shiver the whole night through
Em Am G
Her husband, was a hard working man
B7 Em
Just about a mile from here
Em Am G
His head was found in a driving wheel
B7 Em
But his body never was found
Em Am G
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
B7 Em
Tell me where did you sleep last night
Em
In the pines, in the pines
Am G
Where the sun don't ever shine
B7 Em
I would shiver the whole night through
[Verse]
Em Am G
My girl, my girl, where will you go
B7 Em
I'm going where the cold wind blows
Em Am G
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
B7 Em
Tell me where did you sleep last night
Em
In the pines, in the pines
Am G
Where the sun don't ever shine
B7 Em
I would shiver the whole night through
