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Nirvana
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Intro

  

Verse

I need an easy friend
I do with a hand to lend
I do think you fit this shoe
I do want you to have a clue 

Pre-Chorus

Take advantage while
You hang me out to dry 
But I can’t see you every night 

Chorus

Free   
I do   

Verse

I’m standing in your lane
I do hope you have the time 
I do pick a number two 
I do keep a date with you 

Pre-Chorus

Take advantage while
You hang me out to dry

Chorus

But I can’t see you every night 
Free   
I do   

Instrumental

   
   
   
    
    

Verse

I need an easy friend
I do with a hand to lend
I do think you fit this shoe
I do want you to have a clue 

Pre-Chorus

Take advantage while
You hang me out to dry 

Chorus

But I can’t see you every night 
But I can’t see you every night 
Free   
I do   

Outro

I do   
I do   
I do 
Nirvana – come as you are
Tuning:Eb

Intro

F#m E x4

Verse

Come as you are, as you were
As I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend
There's an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is yours don't be late
Take a rest, as a friend,
As an old memoria, yeah
Memoria, yeah
Memoria Yeah 
Memoria Yeah 
Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
There's a trend, there's a friend
There's an old memory, yeah
Memoria Yeah 
Memoria Yeah 
Memoria Yeah 

Chorus

I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun (2x)

Ad lib

F#m E (10x)
Memoria yeah
Memoria Yeah 
Memoria Yeah 
Memoria Yeah 

Chorus

I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun (2x)
Title : JESUS DON'T WANT ME FOR A SUNBEAM
Tuning:Eb

Intro

E D A x2

Verse

Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
Sunbeams are never made like me
Don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die
Don't ever ask your love of me

Chorus

Don't expect me to cry,
Don't expect me to lie,
Don't expect me to die,
for thee

Verse 2

Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
Sunbeams are never made like me
Don't expect me to cry, for all the reasons you had to die
Don't ever ask your love of me

Chorus

Don't expect me to cry,
Don't expect me to lie,
Don't expect me to die,
for thee
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
Tuning:Eb

Intro

Riff

Verse

We passed upon the stair
Dm(D5)
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn’t there
He said I was his friend 
Which came as some surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago 

Chorus

Oh no not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

Break

Riff

Verse

I laughed and shook his hand
And made my way back home 
I searched for form and land
For years and years I roamed 
I gazed a gazely stare
At all the millions here
We must have died alone
A long long time ago 

Chorus

Who knows, Not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

Break

Riff

Chorus

Who knows, Not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
Pennyroyal Tea
Tuning:Eb

Verse

Im on my time with everyone
I have very bad posture
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Distil the life that’s inside of me
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Im anaemic royalty

Verse 2

Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh eternally
Im so tired I cant sleep
Im a liar and a thief
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Im anaemic royalty
Im on warm milk and laxatives
Cherry-flavoured antacids

Ending

 
Nirvana – Dumb
Tuning:Eb

Verse 1

I'm not like the But I can pretend 
The sun is gone But I have a light
The day is done But I'm having fun

Chorus

I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy 
Think I'm just happy
Think I'm just happy
Think I'm just happy

Verse 2

my heart is broke But I have some glue 
help me inhale And mend it with you
We'll float around And hang out on clouds

Chorus

Then we'll come down And have a hangover... 
Have a hangover
Have a hangover
Have a hangover

Bridge

Skin the sun Fall asleep
Wish away soul is cheap
Lesson learned Wish me luck
Soothe the burn Wake me up

Verse 3

I'm not like the But I can pretend 
The sun is gone But I have a light
The day is done But I'm having fun

Chorus

I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy 
Think I'm just happy
Think I'm just happy
Think I'm just happy

Outro

I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb 
I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb 
I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb 
Nirvana – Polly
Tuning:Eb

Verse

Em-G D C
Polly wants a cracker
Em-G D C
Think I should get off of her first
Em-G D C
I think she wants some water
Em-G D C
To put out the blow torch

Chorus

It isn't me 
We have some seed 
Let me clip 
Your dirty wings 
Let me take a ride 
Don't hurt yourself 
I want some help 
To please myself 
I've got some rope 
You have been told 
I promise you 
I have been true 
Let me take a ride 
Don't hurt yourself 
I want some help 
To please myself 

Verse

Em-G D C
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like more food
She asks me to untie her 
Em-G D C
A chase would be nice for a few
Em-G D C
Polly says her back hurts
And she's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct

Chorus

It isn't me 
We have some seed 
Let me clip 
Your dirty wings 
Let me take a ride 
Don't hurt yourself 
I want some help 
To please myself 
I've got some rope 
You have been told 
I promise you 
I have been true 
Let me take a ride 
Don't hurt yourself 
I want some help 
To please myself 
Nirvana – On a Plain
Tuning: Eb

Verse 1

I'll start this off
Without any words
I got so high that
I scratched 'til I bled
Love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
The finest day
That I ever had
Was when I learned
To cry on command
Love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

Chorus

D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain

Verse 2

My mother died
Every night
It's safe to say
Don't quote me on that
Love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
The black sheep got
Blackmailed again
Forgot to put
On the zip code
Love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

Chorus

D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain

Bridge

F E A-G-F
Somewhere I have heard this before
E A-G-
In a dream my memory has stored
F E A-G
As defence I'm neutered and spayed
F E A-G
What the hell am I trying to say?

Verse 3

It is now time
To make it unclear
To write off lines
That don't make a sense
Love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?
One more special
Message to go
And then I'm done
And I can go home
Love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

Chorus

D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
D-G-F
I'm on a plain
D-G-F
I can't complain
Title : SOMETHING IN THE WAY
TUNING: Eb

Intro

F#5-D5---; (2x)

Verse

Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals i´ve trapped
Have All become my pets
And Im living off grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
its O.K. eat fish
Cause they don't have any feelings

Chorus

Something in the way
Mmmm......
Something in the way
Mmmm......

Verse

Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals i´ve trapped
Have All become my pets
And Im living off grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
its O.K. eat fish
Cause they don't have any feelings

Chorus

Something in the way
Mmmm......
Something in the way
Mmmm......
Mmm ........
Nirvana – plateau
Tuning: Eb

Intro

(riff)

Verse

Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands
 

Chorus

The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words
riff

Verse

When you've finished with the mop then you can stop
And look at what you've done
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
And the work it was fun

Chorus

The nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words
riff

Verse

Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could
Title : OH ME
Tuning: Eb

Intro

E-D-C-E-;

Verse

if i had to lose a mile
if i had to touch feelings
i would lose my soul
the way i do
i don't have to think
i only have to do it
the results are always perfect
and that's old news

Refrain

would you like to hear my voice
sweetened with emotion
invented at your birth?

Chorus

i can't see the end of me
my whole expanse i cannot see
i formulate infinity
and store it deep inside of me

Adlib

E-C-D-C-E-

Verse

if i had to lose a mile
if i had to touch feelings
i would lose my soul
the way i do

Verse

if i had to lose a mile
if i had to touch feelings
i would lose my soul
the way i do
i don't have to think
i only have to do it
the results are always perfect
and that's old news

Refrain

would you like to hear my voice
sweetened with emotion
invented at your birth?

Chorus

i can't see the end of me
my whole expanse i cannot see
i formulate infinity
and store it deep inside of me
Coda:
i formulate infinity
and store it deep inside of me
Nirvana – lake of fire
Tuning: Eb

Intro

Gm F5 Bb Gm C~ Bb G5 F5 Bb
      

Verse

Where do bad folks go when they die
G5 C~ Bb5
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
Go to a lake of fire and fry
See 'em again till the Fourth of July
     

Chorus

I knew a lady Came from Duluth
Bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
She went to her grave just a little too soon
Flew and laid down on the yellow moon

Verse

Where do bad folks go when they die
G5 C~ Bb5
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
Go to a lake of fire and fry
See 'em again till the Fourth of July

Chorus

I knew a lady Came from Duluth
Bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
She went to her grave just a little too soon
Flew and laid down on the yellow moon
     

Verse

People cry People moan
Look for a dry place to call their home
Try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils try to make their own
Where do bad folks go when they die
G5 C~ Bb5
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
Go to a lake of fire and fry
See 'em again till the Fourth of July
     
Nirvana – all apologies
Tuning: Eb – Drop D

Intro

[D] x4

Verse

What else should I be all apologies
What else should I say; everyone is gay
What else could I write; I don't have the right
What else should I be; all apologies

Chorus

In the sun, in the sun I feel as one
In the sun, in the sun I'm married
Burried (yah, yah, yah, yeah)

Verse

I wish I was like you; easily amused
Find my nest of salt; everything’s my fault
I'll take all the blame; aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn with freezer burn
Choking on the ashes of her enemies

Chorus

In the sun, in the sun I feel as one
In the sun, in the sun I'm married
Burried (yah, yah, yah, yeah)

Bridge

Married, Burried (yah, yah, yah, yeah)

Outro

All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
where_did_you_sleep_last_night
tuning: Eb
    

Verse

My girl, my girl don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the palace, in the palace where the sun don't ever shine
I'll shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines

Chorus

Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through

Verse

My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through

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