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Verse
 
-||----10----10-10----10----10-10-----||-
-||-----9-----9--9-----9-----9--9-----||-
-||--*--7-----7--7-----7-----7--7--*--||-
-||--*-----------------------------*--||-
-||-----------------------------------||-
-||-----------------------------------||-
 
Chorus
 
F#9
-||-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----||-
-||-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----||-
-||--*--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--*--||-
-||--*--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--*--||-
-||-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----||-
-||--------------------------------||-
 
 
Guitar Solo: The x could be some weird harmonics, I don_t know.
 
-||--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------||-
-||----12--------|--------------|---------------|---------------------||-
-||----12----12--|--------------|---------------|----x-x-x-x-x-x-x----||-
-||----12--------|----14--------|----14\--------|----x-x-x-x-x-x-x----||-
-||--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------||-
-||--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------------||-
 
-||--------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------|-
-||----12--------|--------------|------------------------------------------------|-
-||----12--------|--------------|------------------------------------------------|-
-||----12--------|----14--------|-----------12----------------------12-----------|-
-||--------------|--------------|--12-13-14----14-13-12----12-13-14----14-13-12--|-
-||--------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------|-
 
-||--------------------------------------------||-
-||--------------------------------------------||-
-||--------------------------------------------||-
-||-------------12-------------14~~--14~~~~----||-
-||----12-13-14----14-13-12--------------------||-
-||--------------------------------------------||-
 
Bass Main Riff: Either you play the x or as I usually
do, I play the open A-String to get a nice pedal tone.
 
-||--------------------|--------------------||-
-||--------------------|--------------------||-
-||----x-----7---------|----x-----7---------||-
-||-------0-----5h7----|-------0-----5h7----||-
p S p S p S p S
 
----------------- Acordes -----------------
F#9 = 2 4 6 3 2 2

How to play Nevermind

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is F#9. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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