Chords for Studio Brussel: An exclusive interview with Kurt Cobain (1991)
Tempo:
92.15 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
F
E
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Attention, this is Kurt from Nirvana.
This is the update on Studio Brussel.
[F] Chris and I have been playing together for about [E] four and a half years [F] now,
[Ab] with a few different [F] drummers, and Dave has been in the band for a year.
[Abm] This is the first time [E] we've ever felt like a very definite unit.
[Gb] The [Ab] band is finally complete [E] because all the [D] other drummers we had pretty [N] much sucked.
[Ab] I've been writing songs since I was about [G] 15, since I first bought my first guitar.
[N] Dave and Chris never thought of themselves as songwriters.
They've never had the feeling to ever want to do that.
So I became the songwriter of the band.
We're collaborating a lot more.
I usually come up with a basic idea for a song,
and then we go into a practice room and play the song over and over and over again
until it's finally finished.
So it is pretty collective.
We're music lovers.
We're musicians.
We like music.
We appreciate all different kinds of music, as long as it's good.
It doesn't matter if it's on a major label.
It doesn't matter if it's tape
that someone made on their home boom box or a recorder like this.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't even matter if someone hasn't even recorded something,
to even have it distributed to anyone.
If it's good, [E] it's good.
We just like it.
We usually just play [Ebm] really cheap equipment, and [G] a lot of times before a show
we're scrambling for guitar parts and gluing things together just to have a guitar for that night.
[C] [G] We'd be just as happy playing in a basement.
Sometimes that's the most [Ab] appreciative time we have with music,
is just [Ab] being together because we're good friends and we play music.
Sometimes we just get drunk, and we want to have fun.
It's really boring to be on tour for three months and [F] be in the same kind of hotels
[A] and the same backstage areas and playing your show,
and then just going straight to the hotel afterwards to sleep and then start it all over again
and not eating regularly and driving on a bus for eight hours a day.
It's really boring.
So we do everything in our power to keep it exciting.
Sometimes that involves having a bit too much fun.
Every time we've ever destroyed something, we've always been in a really happy, joking mood
where we're drunk off our asses and then throwing things around and wrestling and having fun.
I don't give a shit if it's cliché or not or if it's been done by bands before.
[G] I think any rock and roll band has [N] those tendencies to do stuff like that just to keep themselves sane.
We appreciate beauty just as much as we appreciate violence.
We don't even appreciate violence, but obviously it's an emotion.
It's just another part of emotion.
Negative energy.
We like [Bb] to divide those [Ab] two, mix [C] them up, make a nice salad.
[N]
This is Kurt from Nirvana, and this is the update on Studio Brussels.
[F]
This is the update on Studio Brussel.
[F] Chris and I have been playing together for about [E] four and a half years [F] now,
[Ab] with a few different [F] drummers, and Dave has been in the band for a year.
[Abm] This is the first time [E] we've ever felt like a very definite unit.
[Gb] The [Ab] band is finally complete [E] because all the [D] other drummers we had pretty [N] much sucked.
[Ab] I've been writing songs since I was about [G] 15, since I first bought my first guitar.
[N] Dave and Chris never thought of themselves as songwriters.
They've never had the feeling to ever want to do that.
So I became the songwriter of the band.
We're collaborating a lot more.
I usually come up with a basic idea for a song,
and then we go into a practice room and play the song over and over and over again
until it's finally finished.
So it is pretty collective.
We're music lovers.
We're musicians.
We like music.
We appreciate all different kinds of music, as long as it's good.
It doesn't matter if it's on a major label.
It doesn't matter if it's tape
that someone made on their home boom box or a recorder like this.
It doesn't matter.
It doesn't even matter if someone hasn't even recorded something,
to even have it distributed to anyone.
If it's good, [E] it's good.
We just like it.
We usually just play [Ebm] really cheap equipment, and [G] a lot of times before a show
we're scrambling for guitar parts and gluing things together just to have a guitar for that night.
[C] [G] We'd be just as happy playing in a basement.
Sometimes that's the most [Ab] appreciative time we have with music,
is just [Ab] being together because we're good friends and we play music.
Sometimes we just get drunk, and we want to have fun.
It's really boring to be on tour for three months and [F] be in the same kind of hotels
[A] and the same backstage areas and playing your show,
and then just going straight to the hotel afterwards to sleep and then start it all over again
and not eating regularly and driving on a bus for eight hours a day.
It's really boring.
So we do everything in our power to keep it exciting.
Sometimes that involves having a bit too much fun.
Every time we've ever destroyed something, we've always been in a really happy, joking mood
where we're drunk off our asses and then throwing things around and wrestling and having fun.
I don't give a shit if it's cliché or not or if it's been done by bands before.
[G] I think any rock and roll band has [N] those tendencies to do stuff like that just to keep themselves sane.
We appreciate beauty just as much as we appreciate violence.
We don't even appreciate violence, but obviously it's an emotion.
It's just another part of emotion.
Negative energy.
We like [Bb] to divide those [Ab] two, mix [C] them up, make a nice salad.
[N]
This is Kurt from Nirvana, and this is the update on Studio Brussels.
[F]
Key:
Ab
F
E
G
C
Ab
F
E
_ _ _ _ _ Attention, this is Kurt from Nirvana.
This is the update on Studio Brussel. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Chris and I have been playing together for about [E] four and a half years [F] now,
[Ab] with a few different [F] drummers, _ _ and Dave has been in the band for a year.
_ _ [Abm] This is the first time [E] we've ever felt like a very definite unit.
_ [Gb] _ The [Ab] band is finally complete [E] because all the [D] other drummers we had pretty [N] much sucked.
_ _ [Ab] I've been writing songs since I was about [G] 15, since I first bought my first guitar. _
_ [N] Dave and Chris _ never thought of themselves as songwriters.
They've never had the feeling to ever want to do that.
So _ _ I became the songwriter of the band.
We're collaborating a lot more.
I usually come up with a basic idea for a song,
and then we go into a practice room and play the song over and over and over again
until it's finally finished.
So it is pretty collective.
_ We're music lovers.
We're musicians.
We like music.
_ _ We appreciate all different kinds of music, as long as it's good.
It doesn't matter if it's on a major label.
It doesn't matter if it's tape
that someone made on their home boom box or a recorder like this.
It doesn't matter.
_ It doesn't even matter if someone hasn't even recorded something,
to even have it distributed to anyone.
If it's good, [E] it's good.
We just like it.
_ We _ usually just play [Ebm] really cheap equipment, and [G] a lot of times before a show
we're scrambling for guitar parts and gluing things together just to have a guitar for that night.
[C] _ _ [G] We'd be just as happy playing in a basement.
Sometimes that's the most [Ab] appreciative time we have with music,
is just [Ab] being together because we're good friends and we play music.
Sometimes we just get drunk, and we want to have fun.
It's really boring to be on tour for three months and [F] be in the same kind of hotels
[A] and the same backstage areas and playing your show,
and then just going straight to the hotel afterwards to sleep and then start it all over again
and not eating regularly and driving on a bus for eight hours a day.
It's really boring.
So we do everything in our power to keep it exciting.
Sometimes that involves having a bit too much fun.
_ _ Every time we've ever destroyed something, we've always been in a really happy, joking mood
where we're drunk off our asses and then throwing things around and wrestling and having fun. _
I don't give a shit if it's cliché or not or if it's been done by bands before.
[G] I think any rock and roll band has [N] those tendencies to do stuff like that just to keep themselves sane. _ _ _ _ _ _
We appreciate beauty just as much as we appreciate violence.
We don't even appreciate violence, but _ obviously it's an emotion.
It's just another part of emotion.
_ Negative energy.
We like [Bb] to divide those [Ab] two, mix [C] them up, make a nice salad.
[N] _ _
This is Kurt from Nirvana, and this is the update on Studio Brussels. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is the update on Studio Brussel. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Chris and I have been playing together for about [E] four and a half years [F] now,
[Ab] with a few different [F] drummers, _ _ and Dave has been in the band for a year.
_ _ [Abm] This is the first time [E] we've ever felt like a very definite unit.
_ [Gb] _ The [Ab] band is finally complete [E] because all the [D] other drummers we had pretty [N] much sucked.
_ _ [Ab] I've been writing songs since I was about [G] 15, since I first bought my first guitar. _
_ [N] Dave and Chris _ never thought of themselves as songwriters.
They've never had the feeling to ever want to do that.
So _ _ I became the songwriter of the band.
We're collaborating a lot more.
I usually come up with a basic idea for a song,
and then we go into a practice room and play the song over and over and over again
until it's finally finished.
So it is pretty collective.
_ We're music lovers.
We're musicians.
We like music.
_ _ We appreciate all different kinds of music, as long as it's good.
It doesn't matter if it's on a major label.
It doesn't matter if it's tape
that someone made on their home boom box or a recorder like this.
It doesn't matter.
_ It doesn't even matter if someone hasn't even recorded something,
to even have it distributed to anyone.
If it's good, [E] it's good.
We just like it.
_ We _ usually just play [Ebm] really cheap equipment, and [G] a lot of times before a show
we're scrambling for guitar parts and gluing things together just to have a guitar for that night.
[C] _ _ [G] We'd be just as happy playing in a basement.
Sometimes that's the most [Ab] appreciative time we have with music,
is just [Ab] being together because we're good friends and we play music.
Sometimes we just get drunk, and we want to have fun.
It's really boring to be on tour for three months and [F] be in the same kind of hotels
[A] and the same backstage areas and playing your show,
and then just going straight to the hotel afterwards to sleep and then start it all over again
and not eating regularly and driving on a bus for eight hours a day.
It's really boring.
So we do everything in our power to keep it exciting.
Sometimes that involves having a bit too much fun.
_ _ Every time we've ever destroyed something, we've always been in a really happy, joking mood
where we're drunk off our asses and then throwing things around and wrestling and having fun. _
I don't give a shit if it's cliché or not or if it's been done by bands before.
[G] I think any rock and roll band has [N] those tendencies to do stuff like that just to keep themselves sane. _ _ _ _ _ _
We appreciate beauty just as much as we appreciate violence.
We don't even appreciate violence, but _ obviously it's an emotion.
It's just another part of emotion.
_ Negative energy.
We like [Bb] to divide those [Ab] two, mix [C] them up, make a nice salad.
[N] _ _
This is Kurt from Nirvana, and this is the update on Studio Brussels. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _