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    Lithium
  
    By Kurt Cobain
  
    Tune down a step   (D, G, C, F, D)
  
    
  
    Intro  & Rhy. fig 1  (Rhy fig 1 is without P.M.)
  
         Slight P.M.------------------------ª
  
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   |---------------------------------------------------6-----X----------------|
  
   |---------------------------------------------------6-----X----------------|
  
   |----------------------------6-----------------4---------------------------|
  
   |--0------X-----0------4----------X-----0----------------------------------|
  
  
  
     Slight P.M.-------------------------------------------------------------
  
   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
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   |----------------------------------------------------------7----7----7-----|
  
   |-----------------------7---------5-------5----5----5/7----7----7----7-----|
  
   |-----------------7---------------3-------3----3----3/5----5----5----5---0-|
  
   |---0------5----------------0----------------------------------------------|
  
  
  
     --------------------------------------------------ª
  
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   |------------------------------------7----7--------------------------------|
  
   |---4----------4-------4------4/7----7----7--------------------------------|
  
   |---2----------2-------2------2/5----5----5------0-------------------------|
  
   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
                                   * Kurt some times played this (xx032x)
  
                                     instead of the above note (x577xx)
  
   
  
    w/rhy fig 1
  
    I'm so happy 'cause today I've found my friends.
  
    They're in my head.
  
    I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you.
  
    We've broken our mirr'rs.
  
    Sunday morning is ev'ry day for all I care.
  
    And I'm not scared.
  
    
  
    w/rhy fig 1  except last bar
  
    Light my candles in a daze 'cause I've found God.
  
  
  
    B5(x244xx)   D5(x577xx) or (xx023x)    E5(022xxx)   G#5(466xxx)  
  
                            C#5(x466xx)    A5(x022xx)   C5(x355xx)
  
  
  
   *I'm going to put an "N" that means to play open chords(000xxx) as
  
    I don't know how to put them.
  
    
  
    Here you do a slide from B5 to D5 with ditortion, then you play this
  
    chords.-
  
       E5 X2, N, G#5 X2, N, C#5 X2, N, A5 X3 N, C5 X3 (slide to) D5 X3,
  
       B5 X4 (slide to) D5 X2
  
  
  
          That's the chorus, repeat it, then 
  
          
  
    w/rhy fig. 1
  
    I'm so lonely but that's okay I shaved my head.
  
    And I'm not sad.
  
    And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard.
  
    But I'm not sure.
  
    I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there.
  
    But I don't care.
  
    I'm so horny, but that's okay. My will is good.
  
          
  
    Repeat chorus
  
   
  
    A5(577xxx)  C5(x355xx)
  
  
  
   A5    C5     A5       C5          A5
  
     I like it, I'm not gonna crack.
  
         C5      A5       C5          A5
  
     I miss you, I'm not gonna crack.
  
         C5      A5       C5          A5
  
     I love you, I'm not gonna crack.
  
         C5        A5       C5
  
     I'd kill you, I'm not gonna crack.
  
         C5     A5       C5          A5
  
     I like it, I'm not gonna crack.
  
         C5      A5       C5          A5
  
     I miss you, I'm not gonna crack.
  
         C5      A5       C5          A5
  
     I love you, I'm not gonna crack.
  
         C5        A5       C5
  
     I'd kill you, I'm not gonna crack.
  
  
  
     
  
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   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
   |--7------7---7---7---7---7----------4-------4---4----4--------------------|
  
   |--7------7---7---7---7---7----------4-------4---4----4--------------------|
  
   |--5------5---5---5---5---5----0-----2-------2---2----2--------------------|
  
   |------------------------------------------------------------0---3---0-----|
  
  
  
    repeat 1st verse, no guitar only bass, but this is pretty good.
  
  
  
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   |--------------------------4-----4------------------------10----10---------|
  
   |----7----7---6------6-----------------5----3----5---5---------------------|
  
  
  
   
  
   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
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   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
   |---12------122---2/5---5----5---5----------------------------------------|
  
   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  
  
  
     
  
     
  
     Repeat this through the verse, then play the chours, and the "I like it"
  
     part and that's it
  
  

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