Come As Your Are Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Come As You Are riff lesson by Nirvana. This is more of bass lesson but this was one of the first things I learned to play on my guitar that I found fun and enjoyable. This bass line is played for a very good portion of the song, so you can really get a lot out of it. It only requires you using a couple of the bass strings on the guitar and a few frets.

Take a listen to the video below to learn how to play Come As You Are by Nirvana.

Come As Your Are Guitar Chords:

Come As You Are Chords guitar

Come As Your Are Strumming Pattern:

Easier Strumming:
1  2  3  4
D

Late Beginner Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   DU    U DU

Intro Lick:

Lick:
Pick up Loop
D|--------|:------------------------------————:|
A|--------|:-------------------------------——-—:|
F|--------|:------------------------------——--—:|
C|--------|:------------------------------—-—-—:|
G|--------|:----0---0---------2-------2---—--—:|
D|--0-0-1|:-2-----2---2-2-1-0---0-0------0-1---:|

Come As Your Are Guitar Lesson:

Now the video on the left is my updated lesson video for this song, but the one on the left is from 2011. I had only been teaching guitar for a year. Can you believe it! So the video might be a little grainy but you will get a sneak peek into my original home studio that I used to teach out of. Pretty cool.

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Come As Your Are Chord Chart:

A lyric chart for this song is not available.

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.

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