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Nirvana - Drain You Chords

Chord reference A, C#, F#, B, E, D, G
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[A]One [C#]baby [F#]to [B]another [A]says I’m [C#]lucky to have [F#]met you[B]… [A]I don’t [C#]care [F#]what you [B]think [A]unless it [C#]is about me [F#] It is now my duty to completely drain you I travel through a tube and end up in your infection

[E] [D]Chew [B]your meat for you. [D]Pass it [B]back and forth In a passionate kiss, from my mouth to yours, [A]I [G]like [F#]you…

[A]With [C#]eyes [F#]so dil[B]ated[A], I’ve b[C#]ecome y[F#]our pup[B]il [A]You’ve [C#]taugh[F#]t me ever[B]ything W[A]ithout a p[C#]oison a[F#]pple

The water is so yellow, I’m a healthy student Indebted and so grateful - Vacuum out the fluids

[E] [D]Chew [B]your meat for you. [D]Pass it [B]back and forth In a passionate kiss, from my mouth to yours, [A]I [G]like [F#]you…

[A] [C#] [F#] [B] [A] [C#] [F#] [B] [A] [C#] [F#] [B] [A] [C#] [F#] [B] [A]One [C#]baby [F#]to [B]another [A]says I’m [C#]lucky to have [F#]met you[B]… [A]I don’t [C#]care [F#]what you [B]think [A]unless it [C#]is about me [F#] It is now my duty to completely drain you I travel through a tube and end up in your infection

[E] [D]Chew [B]your meat for you. [D]Pass it [B]back and forth In a passionate kiss, from my mouth to yours, [A]I [G]like [F#]you…

Artist Nirvana
Album Nevermind
Genres Alternative, Rock
Year 1991
Key A

How to Play Drain You on Guitar?

Nirvana - Drain You can be played in the key of A using the A, C#, F#, B, E, D, G chords.

  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For C#, To play C# | Db, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A, D.
  • For F#, To play F# | Gb, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, mute D, G.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.
  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Drain You with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.