How to Play "COME AS YOU ARE" by Nirvana (No Capo) | Absolute Beginner Guitar Play-Along + Lyrics

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Guitar Play-Along

This easy to follow, absolute beginner level, play-along video for guitar and vocals is in the key of E minor with no capo required. Scrolling chord chart format. If necessary, slow the tempo in the settings menu for practice purposes.

The original version of this song is tuned down a full tone; however I have modified this version to be played in standard tuning.

Background

"Come as You Are" by Nirvana is a song written by Kurt Cobain, featured on their 1991 album Nevermind. It was the second single from the album, becoming the band's second top 40 hit in the U.S. and reaching the top 10 in the UK. The song's recording, done with producer Butch Vig, included a notable mistake where Cobain sang the phrase "And I don't have a gun" too early, which was kept in the final version. The song was performed acoustically on MTV Unplugged in 1993.

Many speculate that the song is about Cobain's struggles with heroin, with lyrics referencing addiction and escapism. The phrase "doused in mud, soaked in bleach" alludes to a Seattle HIV prevention campaign encouraging addicts to sterilize needles. Cobain himself described the song's lyrics as contradictory, reflecting societal expectations and personal turmoil. After Cobain's death, the song inspired a memorial fund for addiction treatment, though it was never realized.

The line "I don't have a gun" has been interpreted as Cobain's attempt to reassure listeners, though some view it as a metaphor for the struggles of addiction and escape from reality.


Lyrics

Come as you are, as you were
As I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend
As an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
Choice is yours, don't be late
Take a rest as a friend
As an old
Memoria, memoria
Memoria, memoria
Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend
As an old
Memoria, memoria
Memoria, memoria
And I swear that I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
Memoria, memoria
Memoria, memoria
(No I don't have a gun)
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
Memoria, memoria

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