Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
G - 320033 or 320003
C#5 - x466xx
G#5 - 466xxx
F#5 - 244xxx
A5 - x022xx
C5 - x355xx
E5 G E5 G I need an easy friend E5 G E5 G I do with a hand to lend E5 G E5 G I do think you fit this shoe E5 G E5 G I do what you have a clue C# G# F# I'll take advantage while C# G# F# You hang me out to dry E5 A5 C5 E5 G E5 G But I can't see you every night free E5 G E5 G I do I'm standing in your light I do hope you have the time I do pick up number two I do keep a date with you [Repeat chorus] Solo: Repeat 3x E-------------------------|- B-------------------------|- G----------------7--7/9-9-|- D-----5-7-7/9--9----------|- A-7-7---------------------|- E-------------------------|- [Repeat first verse and chorus] E5 A5 C5 E5 G E5 G I can't see you every night free E5 G E5 G E5 G E5 G E5 G E5 G I do, I do, I do
Come As You Are (Kurt
Cobain)
Voicings:
F# - 244322
A - x0222x
B - 22444x
D - x0023x
Main Riff (with chorus-effect pedal) E---------------------------------------------|- B---------------------------------------------|- G---------------------------------------------|- D---------------------------------------------|- A---------------0-----0--------------2--------|- E--0--0--1--2------2-----2--2--1--0-----0--0--|- [The 'memoria' part: F# A ] [The 'And I swear that I don't...' part: B D ] Intro; Repeat main riff 3x Come as you are, as you were As I want you to be As a friend, as a friend As an old enemy Take your time, hurry up The choice is your Don't be late, take a rest As a friend As an old memoria memoria, memoria, memoria Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach As I want you to be As a trend, as a friend As an old memoria memoria, memoria, memoria And I swear that I don't have a gun No I don't have a gun No I don't have a gun Solo: Repeat 4x E---------------------|------------------------|- B--6-9-11-11\6-6-9\11-|-6-9-11-11-13-11-11-9\6-|- G---------------------|------------------------|- D---------------------|------------------------|- A---------------------|------------------------|- E---------------------|------------------------|- memoria, memoria, memoria, memoria And I swear that I don't have a gunNo I don't have a gun [Repeat 5x] memoria
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
(Eugene Kelly/Francis McKee)
Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Asus4 - x02230
Intro: E5 D A Asus4 A [Repeat 2x]
E5 D A Asus4 A
Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
E5 D A Asus4 A
'Cause sunbeams are never made like me
E5 D A Asus4 A
Don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die
E5 D A Asus4 A
Don't ever ask your love of me
E5 D
Don't expect me to cry
E5 D
Don't expect me to lie
E5 D A Asus4 A
Don't expect me to die for thee
[Repeat Verse and Chorus]
[Repeat Intro]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Verse and Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Intro]
Man Who Sold The World (David
Bowie)
Voicings:
A - x0222x
D5 - xx023x
F - 133211
C - x3555x
G - 355433
Bb - x1333x
Intro (with distortion); Repeat 6x
E--------------------|- -|-----|-
B--------------------|- -|-----|-
G--2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0--|- -|--2~-|-
D--------------------|- -|-----|-
A--------------------|- -|-----|-
E--------------------|- -|-----|-
A
We passed upon the stairs,
D
We spoke of was and when
A
Although I wasn't there
F
He said I was his friend
C
Which came as a surprise
A D
I spoke into his eyes -- I thought you died alone
C
A long long time ago
C - Riff F - Riff
E-----------------|- -|-----------------|-
B-----------------|- -|-----------------|-
G-----------2-4-5-|- -|-----------------|-
D-----2-3-5-------|- -|-----------0-2-3-|-
A-3-5-------------|- -|-----0-1-3-------|-
E-----------------|- -|-1-3-------------|-
F
Oh no, not me,
Bb F
We never lost control,
C F
You're face to face,
Bb A
With the man who sold the world
[Repeat Intro]
A
I laughed and shook his hand,
D
I made my way back home,
A
I searched for form and land,
F
Years and years I roamed,
C
I gazed a gazely stare,
A D
We walked a million hills -- I must have died alone,
C
A long long time ago.
F
Who knows, not me,
Bb F
I never lost control,
C F
You're face, to face,
Bb A
With the man who sold the world.
[Repeat Intro]
[Repeat second chorus]
[Repeat Intro]
Outro: (Not very accurate, but at least the right notes)
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0--2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0--/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--
D--------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G--\2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0--2-2-2-0--2h3p2-0-/10-10-10-10-10--
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9-9-9-9-9-\2-2-2-0-2h3p2-0-/10-10-10-
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-10-10-\9-\7-7-7-7-7-7-/9-9-9-9-9-\2-2-2-0-2h3p2-0--2--
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Pennyroyal Tea (Kurt
Cobain)
Voicings:
Am - x02210
G - 320033 or 320003
C - x3555x
D - x5777x
Bb - 688xxx
Intro; Repeat 2x Am G (E) (G) (E) Am G I'm on my time with everyone Am G I have very bad posture C D Bb Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea C D Bb Distill the life that's inside of me C D Bb Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea C D Bb I'm anemic royalty Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld So I can sigh eternally I'm so tired I can't sleep I'm anemic royalty I'm a liar and a thief I'm anemic royalty I'm on warm milk and laxatives Cherry-flavored antacids Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea Distill the life that's inside of me I'm anemic royalty I'm anemic royalty Outro: Am
Dumb (Kurt Cobain)
Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
G(i) - 355433
G(ii) - 320033 or 320003
B - x2444x
C - x3555x
[During Verse strum : E5 G(i)] [During Chorus strum: E5 G(ii)] [In bridge switch to: B C] I'm not like them But I can pretend The sun is gone But I have a light The day is done But I'm having fun I think I'm dumb Or maybe just happy Think I'm just happy [Repeat 3x] My heart is broke But I have some glue Help me inhale And mend it with you We'll float around And hang out on clouds Then we'll come down And I have a hangover Have a hangover [Repeat 3x] Skin the sun Fall asleep Wish away The soul is cheap Lesson learned Wish me luck Soothe the burn Wake me up [Repeat first verse and chorus] I think I'm dumb [Repeat 12x]
Polly (Kurt Cobain)
Voicings:
E5 - 022x00
G - 320033 or 320003
D - x0023x
C - x3555x
Bb - x1333x
[During verse strum each line : E G D C] [During chorus strum each line: D C G Bb] Polly Wants a Cracker I think I should get off her first I think she wants some water To put out the blow torch It isn't me, we have some seed Let me clip your dirty wings Let me take a ride, don't hurt yourself I want some help to help myself I've got some rope, you have been told I promise you, I've been true Let me take a ride, don't hurt yourself I want some help to help myself Polly wants a cracker Maybe she would like more food She asks me to untie her A chase would be nice for a few [Repeat chorus] Bass bridge: Repeat 2x G-------------------------|- D----------0-0-0----------|- A----------------3-3-3-3--|- E--0-3-3-3----------------|- Polly said Polly says her back hurts And she's just as bored as me She caught me off my guard It amazes me, the will of instinct [Repeat chorus]
On A Plain (Kurt Cobain)
Voicings: (dropped-D tuning!)
D - x 5 7 7 7 x
D/G - 5 5 7 7 7 x
A - x 0 2 2 2 x
F/Bb - 8 8101010 x
F5 - 3 3 3 x x x
E5 - 2 2 2 x x x
G5 - 5 5 5 x x x
[Main Riff: D D/G A (F#) (G) (F#) (E)] [Chorus : D D/G F/Bb] [Bridge : F5 E5 A G5] I'll start this off Without any words I got so high that I scratched 'til I bled Love myself Better than you I know it's wrong So what should I do? The finest day That I ever had Was when I learned To cry on command [Repeat "Love myself..." part] I'm on a plain I can't complain I'm on a plain My mother died Every night It's safe to say Don't quote me on that [Repeat "Love myself..." part] The black sheep got Blackmailed again Forgot to put On the zip code [Repeat "Love myself..." part] [Repeat chorus] Somewhere I have heard this before In a dream my memory has stored As defense I'm neutered and spayed What the hell am I trying to say? It is now time To make it unclear To write off lines That don't make a sense [Repeat "Love myself..." part] One more special Message to go And then I'm done And I can go home [Repeat "Love myself..." part] [Repeat chorus]
Something In The Way (Kurt
Cobain)
Voicings: (Dropped-D tuning!)
F#5 - 444xxx
D5(i) - 000xxx
D5(ii) - x0023x
[Pick during verse : F#5 D5(i)] [Strum during chorus: F#5 D5(ii)] Underneath the bridge The tarp has sprung a leak And the animals I've trapped Have all become my pets And I'm living off of grass And the drippings from the ceiling But it's ok to eat fish Cause they don't have any feelings Something in the way, Mmmm... Something in the way, yeah, Mmmm... Something in the way, Mmmm... Something in the way, yeah, Mmmm... [Repeat verse] [Repeat chorus 2x]
Plateau (Kurt Kirkwood)
Voicings:
G - 320x33
Bb - 650x66
Fsus2 - 1xx011
G# - 4xx044
Main Riff E--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----|- B------------------------------------------------------1-|- G----------------------------------------------------0---|- D-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)--------|- A---(2)-----(5)-----(2)-----(5)-----(2)-----(5)----------|- E--3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------1-----|- Pre-chorus Chorus E--4------|- -|--1/3------------------------3--------|- B------4--|- -|--1/3-------------3-----3----3-----6--|- G----0----|- -|------------------3-----3----------7--|- D---------|- -|---------5--x-----3-----3----------8--|- A---------|- -|---------5--x--1-----------5----------|- E--4------|- -|-------3-------------1-----3---/6-----|- Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands There's nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop And an illustrated book about birds You see a lot up there but don't be scared Who needs action when you got words When you're finished with the mop then you can stop And look at what you've done The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen And the work it took was fun [Repeat Chorus] Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau Some said it was in greenland and some in mexico Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could Pre-outro E--4----------------4---6-----------------6--|- B---------4-------4------------6--------6----|- G--------------------------------------------|- D------0-------0------------0-------0--------|- A----3-------3------------5-------5----------|- E--4--------------------6--------------------|- Outro E-(0)--------------------------0-----|---------------------------------|- B--------------0-------2---------1p0-|-----2-------0-------0-------1p0-|- G------2-----2---2---2-------2-------|---2-------2---2---2-------2-----|- D----2-----2-------0-------0---------|-2-------2-------3-------0-------|- A--0-----0---------------3-----------|-------0---------------3---------|- E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
Oh, Me (Curt Kirkwood)
Voicings:
E - x22100
D - x0023x
C - x32010
G - 320003
C5 - x3555x
D5 - x5777x
E5 - x7999x
Main Riff (NC) E (NC) D (NC) D C E E-------------0--|---------------|-------------------|------0--------0--|- B-------------0--|-------------3-|------------3------|------1-0-0----0--|- G-------------1--|-------------2-|------------2--0-0-|------0-0-0----1--|- D-------2-2-2----|------2--0-0-0-|------2-0-0-0--0-0-|--2-2--------2----|- A---0-2---2-2----|--0-2----0-0---|--0-2---0-0--------|--3-3--------2----|- E-4--------------|-4-------------|-4-----------------|-------------0----|- Chorus [Repeat 4x] End Of Chorus G E C D E E-3--3-3-3-----0-|- -|-------------0-----|---------------0--|- B-0--0-0-0-----0-|- -|-------------1-----|-----3---------0--|- G-0--0-0-0-----1-|- -|---------0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-----1--|- D-----------2-2--|- -|------2--2-2---2-2-|-0-0-0-2-2-0-0----|- A-----------2-2--|- -|--0-2----3-3---3-3-|-0-0---0-0-0-0----|- E-----------0-0--|- -|-4-----------------|------------------|- If I had to lose a mile If I had to touch feelings I would lose my soul The way I do I don't have to think I only have to do it The results are always perfect And that's old news Would you like to hear my voice Sweetened with emotion Invented at your birth? I can't see the end of me My whole expanse I cannot see I formulate infinity And store it deep inside of me Solo E---------------------------3/2-----------2/5-5-5-3-2---------------------|- B-------------------3-3^5~------5--(3-5)-5-------------5/3-----------3-5~-|- G------------2-4~------------------------------------------4-2-2-2/4------|- D------2-2h4--------------------------------------------------------------|- A--0-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|- E-4-----------------------------------------------------------------------|- [Repeat verses and chorus] Outro: C5 D5 E5
Lake Of Fire (Curt Kirkwood)
Voicings:
Gm - 3553xx
G5 - 355xxx
F5 - 133xxx
Bb5 - x133xx
Bb - x13331
C5 - x355xx
Dm - xx0231
Dsus2 - xx0230
A - x02220
Main Riff
Gm G5\F5 Bb5 Gm C5 Bb5
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3---------
G-----------------------------------5b6r5b6r5-3---------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Gm G5\F5 Bb5 C5 F5 G5
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------5--5-----5------------
D---------------------------------5--5-----5--3--3--5---
A---------------------------------3--3-----3--3--3--5---
E---------------------------------------------1--1--3---
Gm F5 G5 Gm F5 G5
E------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
B------------------------------|----11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-11~\--6~--6~/8~--
G------------------------------|-/10--10~-10~-10~-10~-10~--\5~--5~--/7~--
D---------------------3--------|-----------------------------------------
A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---1---5----|-----------------------------------------
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------3----|-----------------------------------------
Gm F Bb
Where do bad folks go when they die?
Gm C5 Bb
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
Gm F Bb
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
C F Gm Gm F G F G5
Won't see 'em again till the fourth of july
Dm Bb
I knew a lady who came from duluth
Dm A
She got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
Dm Bb
She went to her grave just a little too soon
C Dm Dsus2
And she flew away howling on the yellow moon
[Repeat Chorus]
Now the people cry and the people moan
And they look for a dry place to call their home
And try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils
Fight to claim them for their own
[Repeat Chorus] Gm F G5 Gm F G5
SOLO
E------3---------3---------------------------------------
B--2-3---3--6b7------6-----------------------------------
G----------------------5-3-------------------------------
D--------------------------5-3----------------------3-5--
A------------------------------5-4-3----------3-4-5------
E------------------------------------6-3----6------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--3b4---------------6~----6~----------------------------
G--3b4-------(0)-5/7----7~----7\5--3---------------------
D-------5----------------------------5-------0-3---3-----
A-----------------------------------------/5-----5---5---
E--------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------3------------------------
B--------------------6~------/3---3-7-3------------------
G----------------5/7----7\--------------3-5--------------
D-------------------------------------------3---5--------
A--3-----------------------------------------------------
E----6-3-3-3----------------------------------3----------
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--3b4------3b4-----3b4----------------------------------
G--3b4------3b4-----3b4----------------------------------
D------5-5------5-------5-3------------------------3-----
A---------------------------5-4-3------------3-4-5-------
E---------------------------------6-3----3-6-------------
E----------------------
B----------------------
G------(3)-----(4)-----
D--3h5-----(3)-----5---
A----------------------
E----------------------
All Apologies (Kurt
Cobain)
Voicings: (Dropped-D tuning!)
G5 - 555xxx
D5 - 000xxx
A5 - 777xxx or x022xx
Main Riff E----------------------|----------------------|- B----------------------|----------------------|- G----------------------|----------------------|- D----------------------|----------12-12-9-10--|- A---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|- D-0--------------------|-0--------------------|- E----------------------|----------------------|- B----------------------|----------------------|- G----------------------|----------11-11-9-----|- D----------------------|------------------12--|- A---9-10-9-12-12-9-10--|---9-10-9-------------|- D-0--------------------|-0--------------------|- Chorus G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 A5 D5 A5 E---------------------------------------------|- B---------------------------------------------|- G---------------------------------------------|- D-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|- A-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|- D-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-5-5-5--0-7--0-7--|- What else should I be All apologies What else should I say Everyone is gay What else could I write I don't have the right What else should I be All apologies In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun I'm married Buried I wish I was like you Easily amused Find my nest of salt Everything is my fault I'll take all the blame Aqur scafoam shame Sunburn with freezeburn Choking on the ashes of her enemy [Repeat Chorus] I'm married Buried, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah All in all we all are [Repeat 13x]
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
(Huddie Ledbetter)
Voicings:
E5 - 022x0x or 022x00
A - x0222x
G - 320033 or 320003
B - x2444x
B/F# - 22444x
Intro: E5 (E) (F#) (G) (E) A G B B/F# E5 [Repeat 2x]
E5 A G
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
B B/F# E5
Tell me where did you sleep last night
E5
In the pines, in the pines
A G
Where the sun don't ever shine
B B/F# E5
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found
[Repeat first verse]
Interlude: play verse progression
[Repeat second verse gently]
[Repeat first verse loudly]
My girl, my girl, where will ya go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, the pines
The sun, the shine
I'll shiver the whole night through
[Repeat Interlude]