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Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana - Guitar Chords

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            My version made using original song from music video, and most accurate in my opinion

[Intro]
F5 Bb5 Ab5 Db5 (x2 clean then x2 with distortion)

[Verse 1]
e|------------------|
B|----------6-------|
G|-------5----------|
D|------------------| (x6)
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

N.C.
Load up on guns, bring your friends
N.C.
It's fun to lose and to pretend
N.C.
She's overboard and self-assured
N.C.
Oh no I know, a dirty word

[Pre-Chorus]
e|------------------|
B|----------6-6-----|
G|-------5-------5--|
D|------------------| or play Verse riff but faster
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello

[Chorus]
F5       Bb5         Ab5       Db5 
With the lights out it's less dangerous
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5 
Here we are now, entertain us
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5 
I feel stupid and contagious
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5 
Here we are now, entertain us
F5 Bb5     Ab5 Db5
A mulatto, an Albino
F5 Bb5      Ab5 Db5
A mosquito, my libido, yeah

[Post-Chorus]
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|------------3b-------------|(x2) bend on "Hey"
D|---------------------------|
A|-3-3-0-3-4-4--3-0-3-8-8-6-6|
E|-1-1-0-1-2-2--1-0-1-6-6-4-4|

N.C.
Hey, hey

[Verse 2]
e|------------------|
B|----------6-------|
G|-------5----------|
D|------------------| (x6)
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

N.C.
I'm worse at what I do best
N.C.
And for this gift, I feel blessed
N.C.
Our little group has always been
N.C.
And always will until the end

[Pre-Chorus]
e|------------------|
B|----------6-6-----|
G|-------5-------5--|
D|------------------| or play Verse riff but faster
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello

[Chorus]
F5       Bb5         Ab5       Db5 
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5 
Here we are now, entertain us
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5 
I feel stupid and contagious
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5 
Here we are now, entertain us
F5 Bb5      Ab5 Db5
A mulatto, an Albino
F5 Bb5      Ab5 Db5
A mosquito, my libido, yeah

[Post-Chorus]
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|------------3b-------------|(x2) bend on "Hey"
D|---------------------------|
A|-3-3-0-3-4-4--3-0-3-8-8-6-6|
E|-1-1-0-1-2-2--1-0-1-6-6-4-4|

N.C.
Hey, hey

[Guitar Solo]
e|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
B|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
G|-------8---10-----|----8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5-|-----6-5---------|---------------------|
D|----10----------6-|---------------------|-----------8---6-|----8-8b(10)r(8)-6-5-|
A|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
E|------------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|

e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----6-5-----6-5-|----6-5---6-5---|
A|----------------|---------------8|
E|----------------|----------------|

e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----6-5-----6-5-|----6-5---6-5---|
A|----------------|---------------8|
E|----------------|----------------|

[Verse 3]
N.C.
And I forget just why I taste
N.C.
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
N.C.
I found it hard, it's hard to find
N.C.
Oh well, whatever, nevermind

[Pre-Chorus]
e|------------------|
B|----------6-6-----|
G|-------5-------5--|
D|------------------| or play Verse riff but faster
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello, how low
N.C.
Hello, hello, hello

[Chorus]
F5       Bb5         Ab5       Db5 
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5
Here we are now, entertain us
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5
I feel stupid and contagious
F5       Bb5       Ab5    Db5
Here we are now, entertain us
F5 Bb5      Ab5 Db5
A mulatto, an Albino
F5 Bb5      Ab5 Db5
A mosquito, my libido

[Outro]
F5 Bb5     Ab5 Db5
A denial, a denial,
F5 Bb5     Ab5 Db5 
a denial, a denial,
F5 Bb5     Ab5 Db5 
a denial ,a denial,
F5 Bb5    Ab5 Db5     Db5
a denial, a denial, a denial 
        

We also have 37 songs by Nirvana

• About A Girl
• All Apologies
• Aneurysm
• Been A Son
• Blew
• Breed
• Come As You Are
• Drain You
• Dumb
• Floyd The Barber
• Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
• Heart Shaped Box
• In Bloom
• Lake Of Fire
• Lithium
• Lounge Act
• Love Buzz
• Mollys Lips
• Negative Creep
• Nevermind
• Oh Me
• On A Plain
• Pennyroyal Tea
• Plateau
• Polly
• Rape Me
• Sappy
• School
• Serve The Servants
• Sliver
• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Something In The Way
• Son Of A Gun
• Spank Thru
• Territorial Pissings
• The Man Who Sold The World
• You Know Youre Right

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