ACTIVITY
Nirvana
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"Nirvana" by Juliana Hatfield
Transcribed by Jonathan Gilana
June 20, 1995
` = # of times chord is played
/ = slide up
b = full bend
(Guitar distorted)
C5 B5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
` ` `` ` ` `` ` `
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C5 B5
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I shut the windows and close the store
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
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I lay down on the bathroom floor
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C5 B5
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Everyone I know is a bore ^fill 1 (A-----3/5---)
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 G5 A5
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C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
`` ` ` `` ` `
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C5 B5
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I'm starting to think that everything stinks
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
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That I could really use a drink
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C5 B5
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Then I got up and hit my head on the sink ^fill 1
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
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Fat - her fat - her fat - her fat - her
G5 A5
` `
Do you call
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
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Fat - her fat - her fat - her
C#5 D5 E5 G5 A5 B5 G5 F#5
`` ` ` ` ` ` ` `
Should I end it all
E A
Now, here comes the song I love so much
E A
Makes me wanna go fuck shit up
E A
Now, I got nirvana in my head
E A G F#m7
I'm so glad I'm not dead
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
`` ` ` `` ` `
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C5 B5
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I slam my hand in the car door
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
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I scream till I could scream no more
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C5 B5
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Bloody and mean and rotten to the core ^(fill 1)
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
`` ` ` `` ` ` `` ` ` `` ` `
Fat - her fat - her fat - her fat - her
G5 A5
` `
Do you call
C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5 C#5 D5 E5
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Sa - tan Sa - tan Sa - tan
C#5 D5 E5 G5 A5 B5 G5 F#5 E
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Should I end it all
C D
You try to get off the ground
E A
But you always end up coming down
E C D
When the sound comes around and goes in your ears
C D C D
You can do anything you have no fears
E C D
When that sound comes around and goes in my ears
C D C D
I can do anything I have no fears
E A
Now, here comes the song I love so much
E A
Makes me wanna go fuck shit up
E A
Now, I got nirvana in my head
E A G F#m7 G F#m7 G F#m7 G F#m7
I'm so glad I'm not dead
E A
Now, here comes the song I love it so much
E A
Makes me wanna go fuck shit up
E A
Now, I got nirvana in my head
E A G F#m7
I'm so glad I'm not dead
D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5
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B---4b5----4b5----4b5----4b5----6b7----6b7----6b7----6b7---------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5(let ring w/ feedback)
*the F#m7 chords can be replaced by F#5 or this chord:
EADGBe
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