Come As You Are
Words & Music:
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Electric or acoustic, play as power chords. The original version is transcribed in Guitar
World and the unplugged version in the September 2005 issue of Acoustic
Guitar.
Intro & Main Riff:
Em D Em
e-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------| [3x]
D-----------------------------------|
A---------0---0---------2---2---2---|
E-0-0-1-2---2---2-2-1-0---0---0---0-|
Em D
Em D Em
Come as you are,
as you were, as I want you to be.
D
Em
D
Em
As a friend, as a
friend, as an old enemy.
D
Em
D
Em
Take your time, hurry
up, the choice is yours, don't be late.
D Em
D Em G
Take a rest, as a
friend, as an old memori-----a---
Em D
Em D
Em D
Memori-----a-------,
memori-----a------, memori-----a---.
Come dowsed in
mud, soaked in bleach, as I want you to be
As a trend, as a
friend, as an old memoria, memoria, memoria, memoria
A C
A C
And I swear that I
don't have a gun.
A
C A C
No, I don't have a
gun, no, I don't have a gun.
SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS:
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|--6--9-11\6--6--9-11\6--6--9-11-11/13-13\11-11-9-|
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Memoria, memoria,
memoria, memoriaÉ
And I swear that I
don't have a gun
No, I don't have a
gun, no, I don't have a gun.
No, I don't have a
gun, no, I don't have a gun. [to
intro riff 3x]
Em D Em
Memori------a----