Where Did You Sleep Last Night Chords

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Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Nirvana is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, E, F#, G, A, B and B/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: E5 (E) (F#) (G) (E) A G B B/F# E5 Repeat 2x 
  
E                      A      G 
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me 
        B             B/F#       E 
Tell me where did you sleep last night 
E             
In the pines, in the pines 
          A              G 
Where the sun don't ever shine 
        B          B/F#        E 
I would shiver the whole night through 
  
My girl, my girl, where will you go 
I'm going where the cold wind blows 
In the pines, in the pines 
Where the sun don't ever shine 
I would shiver the whole night through 

Her husband, was a hard working man 
Just about a mile from here 
His head was found in a driving wheel 
But his body never was found 

Repeat first verse 

Interlude: play verse progression 

Repeat second verse gently 
Repeat first verse loudly 
  
My girl, my girl, where will ya go 
I'm going where the cold wind blows 
In the pines, the pines 
The sun, the shine 
I'll shiver the whole night through 

Repeat Interlude 

    	

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