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Pennyroyal Tea

Nirvana
Chords & TabKeyGTuningHalf-Step Downintermediate114 BPM
★4.8(768)

Chords in this song7

Song

Album: In Utero (1993)
(If you want to play the Unplugged version just skip the solo and instrumental chorus)
At the end of the 1st G chord in each verse, Kurt plays:
eb|-------|
Bb|-------|
Gb|-------|
Db|-------|
Ab|-------|
Eb|-2-3-0-|
[Verse 1] (Clean electric guitar)
I'm on, my time, with everyone
I have, very, bad posture
[Chorus] (Electric guitar with distortion)
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Distill the life that's inside of me
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
I'm anemic royalty
[Verse 2] (Clean electric guitar)
Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh eternally
[Chorus] (Electric guitar with distortion)
I'm so tired I can't sleep
I'm a liar and a thief
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
I'm anemic royalty

Solo

A5 ½ ½ A5 ½ ½ G
eb|------------------------|------------------------|---------3-----------|-3--2--0-----------------|
Bb|------------------------|------------------------|----------------0----|----------3--2--0--------|
Gb|-2----0--2b--rp0-2brp0--|-2----0--2b--rp0-2brp0--|-0-------------------|-------------0--0--3p2p0-|
Db|-2----0-----------------|-2----0-----------------|-0-------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|------------------------|------------------------|-3----3--------------|-------------------------|
A5 ½ ½ A5 ½ ½ G
eb|------------------------|------------------------|---------3-----------|-3--2--0-----------------|
Bb|------------------------|------------------------|----------------0----|----------3--2--0--------|
Gb|-2----0--2b--rp0-2brp0--|-2----0--2b--rp0-2brp0--|-0-------------------|----------------0--2--0--|
Db|-2----0-----------------|-2----0-----------------|-0-------------------|-------------------2--0--|
Ab|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|------------------------|------------------------|-3----3--------------|-------------------------|

Instrumental Chorus

| C | D | Bb5 | Bb5 | (x2)
[Verse 3] (Clean electric guitar)
I'm on warm milk and laxatives
Cherry-flavored antacids
[Chorus] (Electric guitar with distortion)
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Distill the life that's inside of me
Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
I'm anemic royalty

Outro

| Asus2 Am | (x4)
(Clean electric guitar)
| Asus2 Am Asus2 | (x3)
Am (Asus2)
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| b Bend
| r Release
| br Bend & release
| p Pull off
| ½ Half tone
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