Nirvana/UOGB – Smells Like Teen Spirit
March 10, 2009
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Probably the most famous chord riff ever and very popular on the ukulele thanks to the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain version. These chords are in the same key as those used in the UOGB version.
Little B’s gonna love this.
Is it odd that my nine year old loves Nirvana?
I reckon this would work really well on my new TV Pal! I will give it a bash in the morn when the wife’s not asleep.
Cheers Sheddy!
How awesome, it’s like Nirvana on 45 speed…
Nice work!
A.
Al (and everybody else) here’s another one for you: The Stones’ Brown Sugar riff.
The basic chords are:
Eb, C, Ab, Bb, C.
Try that, it’ll sound roughly right. The Eb and C are for a full bar, the Ab and Bb for half a bar each.
There are some embellishments.
The Eb starts with the normal 0331 but you throw in a 0311 as well.
The C chord starts the normal 0003 but goes to 0010.
Ab is hard enough without any embellishments. But if I’m feeling dexterous I’ll play the Bb with with a bit of 3213.
The C at the end is like the C at the first.
Feel free to tab this out properly, I don’t have — and don’t plan to learn — any tabbing software. It’s an amazing riff and fun to play on the uke.
PS How about the Chuck Berry intro riff (from Johnny B Goode, Roll Over Beethoven)? Or do you already have that in your incredible Blues Uke book? (I’ve read the book, I just can’t recall if it’s in there.)
Lonna: No, it’s entirely consistent with good musical breeding.
John: Absolutely. Made for plastic ukuleles.
Mr Australia: Thanks.
David: Thanks for the chords. There is a ‘Chuck Berry Style Lick’ in the ebook which bears an uncanny resemblance to Johnny B Goode.