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20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    Smells Like Teen Spirit

    Nirvana


    Intro: Main Riff x2 (clean)

               Main Riff x4 (distortion)

     

    w/Verse Riff (clean):

    Load up on guns
    Bring your friends
    It’s fun to lose
    And to pretend
    She’s overboard
    Myself assured
    And now I know
    A dirty word

    w/Hello Riff (distortion & phaser):
    Hello (x 16)

    Chorus w/Main Riff (distortion):
    With the lights out it’s less dangerous
    Here we are now
    Entertain us
    I feel stupid and contagious
    Here we are now
    Entertain us
    A mulatto
    An albino
    A mosquito
    My libido
    Yeah!

     

    Hey Riff x2

     

    Verse Riff x2

    w/Verse Riff:
    I’m worse at what I do best
    And for this gift I feel blessed
    Our little group has always been
    And always will until the end

     


    w/Hello Riff (distortion & phaser):
    Hello (x 16)

    Chorus

     

    Hey Riff x2

     

    Solo: Main Riff x8

     

    Tacet 2 Measures (bass only)

     

    w/bass only:
    And I forget
    Just what it takes
    And yet I guess it makes me smile
    I found it hard
    Its hard to find
    Oh well, whatever, nevermind

    w/Hello Riff (distortion & phaser):
    Hello (x 16)

    Chorus w/no “yeah” at the end

     

    w/Main Riff x4

    A denial

    A denial

    A denial

    A denial

    A denial

    A denial

    A denial

    A denial

    A denial

     

    End on F5

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Main Riff

    e|-----------|---------|-----------|--------|
    B|-----------|---------|-----------|--------|
    G|-----------|----3-3-0|-----------|----6-6-|
    D|-3--3-3-xx-|-xx-3-3-0|-6--6-6-xx-|-xx-6-6-|
    A|-3--3-3-xx-|-xx-1-1-0|-6--6-6-xx-|-xx-4-4-|
    E|-1--1-1-xx-|-xx-----0|-4--4-4-xx-|-xx-----|

     

    Verse Riff

    e|-----------------|
    B|-------------6---|
    G|---------5-------|
    D|-----------------|
    A|-----------------|
    E|-----------------|
       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

    Hello Riff
    e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    B|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------6-------|---------6-------|
    G|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---5-----------|
    D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

    Hey Riff
    e|----------|--------|----------|----------|
    B|----------|--------|----------|----------|
    G|----------|------3^|----------|----------|
    D|-3--3-3-3-|-4-4----|-3--3-3-3-|-8-8--6-6-|
    A|-3--3-3-3-|-4-4----|-3--3-3-3-|-8-8--6-6-|
    E|-1--1-1-1-|-2-2----|-1--1-1-1-|-6-6--4-4-|
                  hey!                           

    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.