Lithium off of Nirvana’s last concert in Rome (02-22-94)
I tuned my guitar 2 steps down (full drop d tuning), so instead of
it being EADGBE, it’s DGCFAD. I’m pretty sure that’s how Cobain has
it tuned. This is the main part of it. The verse is a lil different
each time (described in the diagram below). Just get the rhythm of
it and start playin it to the rhythm and you should get it sounding
right. I typed it up late so it might have some mistakes.
DIAGRAM:
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—7—||——-7————-
—7—||——7—7————
-5——||—5——————
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the one on the left is sometimes
played like the one on the right
verse: (I’m so happy, cause today I found my friends…)
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—————7————6-6/8—8/5—5-5/8—8—————
—3——7——7——8——6-6/8—8/5—5-5/8—8—————
—3——7—5—x—8—4—-/6-6—/3-3—-/6-6—————-
-1—x-5—x——-6—x—————————————-
post-verse: (YEEEH YEEEEAAH YEEEEEH!)
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————-7-7-x——-6-6-x-888-x-5-5-x-888-x—————-
-3-3-x-7-7-x-7-7-x-8-8-x-6-6-x-888-x-5-5-x-888-x—————-
-3-3-x-7-7-x-5-5-x-8-8-x-4-4-x-666-x-3-5-x-666-x—————-
-1-1-x-5-5-x——-6-6-x—————————————-
chorus: (I like it, i’m not gonna crack)
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-3-3-x-5-5-x——||—888888888/5555555-||————————
-3-3-x-5-5-x——||—888888888/5555555-||-3———————
-1-1-x-3-3-x——||—666666666/3333333-||-3———————
——————||———————||-1———————
repeat this part || then do this at || then at end of song
a few times || the end of chorus || strum this once
