Chords for About A Girl Guitar Lesson - Nirvana

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[C#] _ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ Hey guys, it's Carl Brown from _ _ GuitarLessons365.com.
Today I have a quick lesson for you.
Learn how to play About A Girl by Nirvana.
So this is the original kind of version from their debut album Bleach.
So we have two chord progressions and a solo here.
So we're in standard tuning.
This first progression is simply just going to be an [Em] E minor chord _ _ _ _ [G] to a G major chord.
Now make it a G major chord that's got the open B string. _ _
So [Em] we have _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
kind of an [G] eighth note feel.
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ Back and forth between those two chords and you got [A#] the verse.
Alright, for the chorus I guess of the song, we're going to [C#] have this.
_ [E] _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ Then [C#] back to the verse there.
So that starts here with the way he plays power chords here off the fifth string
where he does a bar with his _ ring finger.
So he has the fourth fret here on the A string.
And he's going to bar across the sixth fret on the B, G, and the D string.
Now for the most part he's hitting these _ three strings, just the 5, 4, and 3.
But every once in a while _ _ we'll hear that note and the second string get in there.
And that makes it a full C sharp major chord.
_ _ [G#] Then over to the power chord off the fourth fret of the low E string. _ _ _ _
[E] And then [F#] down to the second.
_ _ [C#] We have this.
_ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
Repeat [C#] that.
_ [E] _ [G#] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ Then we have the open low [E] E power chord.
_ _ Now as you're playing that you're going to slide into _ _ _ the _ seventh fret version of that basically.
So you slide that same chord we played to the fourth fret here.
_ _ Play it here at the seventh fret off the fifth string.
_ Once again, you'll get that note on the B string in there a lot.
_ _ _ _ [A] Then the A chord, A power chord.
_ _ _ And then that same [F] chord we did here at [C] the fourth and seventh here.
Now just at the third.
_ _ [E] We have this. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em]
And it takes us back to the verse.
So all [C#] those chords again.
[A] _ [G#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _
[G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ Now the last [C#m] time they played the chorus in the song, they repeat [E] that section. _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And just build on that last chord.
So you hear that in the very last chorus of the song.
All right.
So let's take a look at this guitar solo.
Let me play through it [E] real quick for you. _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [C#] _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E]
All right.
So we're going to start here with the same phrase played four times.
Open low E string.
_ _ [Em] _
Then 5-7 on the A.
[E] _ Then 5-7 on the [G] D.
[A] _ _ _ [E] And when you play this, the 7 on the D string, you can pick it like three [A] times. _ _
[E] _ [B] And then slide it up to [E] the ninth fret.
[D] _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ Pick that a couple times there and [D] then pick and slide up to the [Bm] twelfth fret.
_ And then [A] play the 12 on the [G] G.
Back to the 12 on the D.
And [A] back to the [Em] 12 on the G.
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] And repeat that four times.
[Em] _ [A] _ [B] _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _
Then we just [G#] kind of continue [Em] with the [C#] chords to the chorus.
_ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ All right.
So that's about it for About a Girl.
Hope you enjoyed it.
I'll see you again soon for _ guitarlessons365.com.
Bye-bye.
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