Something In The Way Chords

by Nirvana
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: no capo
Author Acdcdrummerjake [a] 83.
3 contributors total, last edit on Nov 26, 2017
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Chords

F#
D

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Drop Db tuning (tune to Eb then to drop D)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
F#             D                     (just finger the verse)
Underneath the bridge
F#                     D
The tarp has sprung a leak  
F#                     D
And the animals I've trapped            
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|---4----0-----|
E|---4----0-----|
 
F#                  D
have all become my pets                 
F#                      D
And I'm living off of grass 
F#                          D
And the drippings from my ceiling
F#                D
It's okay to eat fish 
F#                           D
'Cause they don't have any feelings 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
(finger this D like a normal open D)
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, mmm       
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, yeah, mmm    
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, mmm 
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, yeah, mmm 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
F#             D
Underneath the bridge 
F#                     D
The tarp has sprung a leak  
F#                     D
And the animals I've trapped         
F#                  D
have all become my pets                 
F#                      D
And I'm living off of grass 
F#                          D
And the drippings from my ceiling
F#                D
It's okay to eat fish 
F#                           D
'Cause they don't have any feelings 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
(finger this D like a normal open D)
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, mmm       
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, yeah, mmm    
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, mmm 
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, yeah, mmm 
 
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, mmm       
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, yeah, mmm    
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, mmm 
F#               D    F# D
Something in the way, yeah, mmm 
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29 comments
cookdizzle
Kurt's guitar was slightly out of tune on the recording
+16
astoit1323
I believe the correct tuning for this song is Drop C (tune all notes a full step down then drop the low D to C), and the chords are E and C. When I play it according to this tab, it seems a half step too high in relation to the recording.
+9
codybtown1
Can I play it in standard tuning?
+3