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Key
A Major
Difficulty
Intermediate
Capo
None
Chords
A · D · F · G
Nirvana’s dark, powerful single from In Utero has a droning, hypnotic quality. The unusual A-to-F movement gives the song its unsettling character.
Grunge Heavy (4/4 Time)
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Tip: The verse is softer and more restrained, while the chorus explodes. Use palm muting on the verse strums and open the chords up for the chorus. The A-F shift is key to the Nirvana sound.
Lyrics & Chords
Full Song
Verse 1
A D F
She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak
A D F
I’ve been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks
A D F
I’ve been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
A D F
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black
Chorus
A G A G
Hey! Wait! I got a new com-plaint
A G A G
Forever in debt to your priceless ad-vice
A G A G
Hey! Wait! I got a new com-plaint
A G A G
Forever in debt to your priceless ad-vice
Verse 2
A D F
Meat-eating orchids for-give no one just yet
A D F
Cut myself on angel hair and baby’s breath
A D F
Broken hymen of your highness I’m left black
A D F
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back