Curmudgeon Chords

KeyA# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Curmudgeon by Nirvana is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A#. It uses the chords A#, F#5, C5, E5 and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A#
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Tuning: Standard ½step down 
 
 
MAIN RIFF:INTRO/VERSES 
A# 
-----------------I 
-----------------I 
---------------7-I 
-----------------I 
8b9--8b9---8-----I 
6b7--6b7---6-0---I 
 
PRE-CHORUS  
F#5 		 C5 
----------------I----------------I 
----------------I----------------I 
----------------I5-5-5-5-5-5-5---I 
4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-I5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-I 
4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-I3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-I 
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-I--------------0-I 
 
CHORUS 
E5      D5 
-------------------I 
--------3-----3----I 
--------2b3r2-2b3r2I 
2---2--------------I 
2---2--------------I 
0---0--------------I 
 
SOLO:IMPROVISED ANTI-SOLO 
 
When I play the song, I improvise it totally but with the phaser on it sounds just like  
the real record. Try to imitate the rhythm on the recording, play some barred figures 
high up the neck like this: 
 
------------I-------18--I 
---13----12-I--14---18--I 
---13----12-I--14---18--I 
---13----12-I--14---18--I 
------------I-----------I 
------------I-----------I 
 
 
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Contribuição: Laercio Peretti Junior([email protected]) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante