Song facts: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was Nirvana’s biggest hit. It won two MTV Video Music Awards for its music video. Kurt Cobain came up with the title for the song when a friend of his spray painted on his wall “Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

Harmonica type: diatonic

This song is originally recorded in the key of F, and we are playing it in 4th position, which means you’d need an Ab harmonica to be able to play along with the recording.

 5   6  -6  4
Load up on guns
 4  6-6 6  6      5
And bring your friends
 5    5  -3" 4
It’s fun to lose
-4 -4 5-4 -4 -3
And  to   pretend
  5   6-6 4 4
She’s overboard
 6  6-6 6 6 5
And self-assured
4  5   4  4
Oh no, I know
-4 -4 5-4 4 -3
A   dirty   word

4 -3   4 -3   4 -3   4-3 4 -3"
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
4 -3   4 -3   4 -3   4-3 4 -3"
Hello, hello, hello, how low?
4 -3   4 -3   4 -3 
Hello, hello, hello
 
 7    7    -7   -6    -8   -8   -8   7
With the lights out, it’s less dangerous
 -5  -5 -5   5
Here we are now
-8 -8 -8  7
Entertain us
7  -7   -7 -6 -8  -8 -8 7
I feel stupid and contagious
 -5  -5 -5   5 
Here we are now
-8 -8 -8  7
Entertain us
7 -7 -7 -6
A mulatto
-8 -8 -8 7
An albino
-5 -5 -5 5
A mosquito
-8 -8 -8 7
My libido
 7
Yeh!

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