Chords for Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live at Reading 1992)

Tempo:
121.95 bpm
Chords used:

E

C

G

A

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live at Reading 1992) chords
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[E]
[A#] [A] [E]
[A] [D#] [Am]
[E] [A] [C#] [C]
[B] [E] [Am] [C#]
[B] [E] [A] [G]
[Cm] [E] [A] [C#]
[B] [E] I'm gonna [A] be your [C#m] hero
[B] [E] [A] [C#] [B] I'm [E] gonna be [Am] your [C#m] hero
[B] [E] I'm gonna [A] be [C#] your hero
Load [E]
[A] [G] [D#] [E] [A]
[G#] [G] [D#] [Em] [Am]
[G] [Cm] [E] [A]
[G] [C] [E] [C]
[G] [C] [E] [A]
[G] [C] [E] [Am]
[E] [D#m]
[Am] up on guns
[E] Bring your friends
To pretend She's [G] overboard [C] [F#] Tell her
She's a [C] nerd
A dirty [Em] rat
I'm gonna be [F#] your hero
I'm [E] gonna [A]
[Em] be your hero
Load up
[C] [E] [C]
[Gm] [C] [Em] [A] on guns
[G] Bring your [C] [E] friends
To [Am] [G] pretend
[C] She's [E] [A] overboard Tell [G] her
[C] She's [E] a nerd
A [G] [C] [E] [A]
[G] [C] [E]
dirty [F]
[B] rat
A [A] [D#] [E]
dirty rat
A dirty rat
[G]
[C] [E] I'm gonna be
[C] your hero
I'm gonna be your hero
[E] glass, I'll never [Em] try.
[F#] Don't think I'll fail.
Tell [E] me I'm not [Em] a cow.
[C] I love, [E] I love, I [B] love, I love.
[E]
[Bm] [E] [F#m]
[G] [C] [E] [A]
[Gm] [C] Destroy [E] on [A] them.
[G] Destroy on them.
[C] [E] [A]
[G] Destroy [C] [E] on [A] them.
[G] Destroy [C] on them.
[E] [A]
[G] Destroy on [C] them.
[E] Destroy [Am] on them.
[G] Destroy [C] on them.
[E] [F]
[E] Destroy on them.
[F]
[B] [Am] [E] [A]
[G] [C] [Em] [A]
[C] [E] [N]
[E] [N]
[E] [G]
[C] [E] [A] [G]
[C] [E] [G]
[C] [E] [A] [G]
[B]
[E] [B]
[C] And I forget.
Why [Em] I taste [C] like this.
Makes me [E] smile.
I [A] found [C] it hard.
It's hard [E] to find.
Where [Am] I want to go now.
[E]
Hello, hello.
Hello, hello.
[Em] Hello, hello. Hello, [E] hello.
[C]
[E] [A] [G]
[C] [E] Now, [A] now, now.
[G]
[C] [E] [A] Stupid.
[G] Let it [C] go.
You're [E] not [A] allowed.
[G] Let's [C] go.
I'm [E] allowed.
[G]
[C] Oh, I'll [E] stay though.
[G] I'll stay [C] though.
Let it [E] go.
[A] [G] [C] [E] [A] [G]
[C] [E] [Am] [G]
[C] [E] [G]
[C] [E]
[B]
[N]
Key:  
E
2311
C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
B
12341112
E
2311
C
3211
G
2131
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To learn Nirvana - (1992/Live at Reading) Smells Like Teen Spirit chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - A, C, E, A, G, E and G of chords. Kick off your practice at a gentle 60 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 122 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of E Minor.

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C#] _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _
[B] _ [E] _ I'm gonna [A] be your [C#m] hero _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [C#] [B] I'm _ _ [E] _ gonna be [Am] your [C#m] hero _
[B] _ _ [E] _ I'm gonna [A] be [C#] your hero
_ _ Load _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ [D#] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[G#] _ [G] _ _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D#m] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ up on guns
_ [E] Bring your friends _ _
_ To _ pretend She's _ [G] overboard _ [C] [F#] Tell her
She's a [C] nerd
A dirty [Em] rat
I'm gonna be [F#] your hero
I'm [E] gonna _ [A] _
[Em] be your hero
Load up _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [A] on guns
[G] Bring your [C] _ [E] friends
To [Am] _ [G] pretend
[C] She's _ [E] _ [A] overboard Tell [G] her
[C] She's [E] a nerd
A [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ dirty _ [F] _
_ [B] rat
A [A] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ dirty rat
A dirty rat
[G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [E] I'm gonna be _ _
_ [C] your hero
I'm gonna be your hero
[E] glass, I'll never [Em] try.
[F#] _ Don't think _ I'll fail.
Tell [E] me I'm not [Em] a cow.
[C] I love, [E] I love, I [B] love, I love.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] Destroy [E] on [A] them.
[G] Destroy on them.
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[G] Destroy _ [C] _ _ [E] on [A] them.
[G] Destroy [C] on them.
[E] _ _ [A] _
[G] Destroy on [C] them.
[E] Destroy [Am] on them.
_ [G] Destroy [C] on them.
_ [E] _ _ [F] _
[E] Destroy on them.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[B] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ And I forget.
_ Why [Em] I taste _ [C] like this.
Makes me [E] smile.
I [A] found [C] it hard.
It's hard [E] to find.
Where [Am] I want to go now.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
Hello, hello. _ _ _ _
Hello, hello.
_ _ [Em] Hello, hello. Hello, [E] hello.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] Now, [A] now, now.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ [A] Stupid.
[G] Let it [C] go.
You're [E] not [A] allowed.
[G] Let's [C] go.
I'm [E] allowed.
_ _ [G] _
[C] Oh, I'll [E] stay though.
[G] I'll stay [C] though.
Let it [E] go.
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

Facts about this song

It's Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic who authored this song.

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