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Tuning: Eb
(This song may OR may not be by Kurt, although it does sound kinda like him it doesn't sound 100% like him.
The fact that the recording sounds too clean to be from a cheap cassette recorder could lead that this is a 
digital recording. A cheap recorder would have hiss up and down in the recording muffling certain frequencies)
[Intro]
(....) could be, "by my eyes?" 
E5 C#5 A5 G#5
[Verse]
E5You've gC#5ot it, A5wish I haG#5d your life.
E5Yes, it'C#5s a bleA5ssing in G#5disguise. You lift me (....)
E5SometimeC#5s I wisA5h I had yG#5our life.
E5What the C#5fuck I A5loved thG#5is life for you,
E5I missed C#5and if A5that's tG#5rue.
E5Know thaC#5t I lovA5ed you,G#5  
E5flying iC#5n the sA5kies with G#5you and than.
E5The only C#5way I A5like it, G#5the only way i take this,
E5its the C#5only waA5y I like G#5it , the only reason why I take this.
[Chorus]
E5What do C#5you havA5e or do yG#5ou want a lesser evil over?
E5Hold, anC#5d I wilA5l try jusG#5t to be fucked, that is my excuse.
E5That is C#5my excuA5se.G#5  
E5That is C#5my excuA5se.G#5  
[Verse]
E5What do C#5you livA5e, am I aG#5live?
E5Can we bC#5e true A5this time G#5around?
E5She was C#5a whore A5and I'm G#5her king.
E5Do you wC#5ant or A5do you haG#5ve?
E5Do you wC#5ant or A5do you haG#5ve?
E5Do you wC#5ant or A5do you haG#5ve?
E5Do you wC#5ant or A5do you.G#5  
E5No time C#5for youA5, just foG#5r myself
E5Nothing C#5left buA5t to be iG#5mpressed. 
E5It sad iC#5f we weA5re freedoG#5m spell.
E5I love tC#5his namA5e I love G#5this pain.
E5Love thiC#5s name A5I love thG#5is pain
E5Love thiC#5s name A5I love thG#5is pain. 
[Verse]
E5So save C#5yourselA5f, tell mG#5e are for real?
E5Is that C#5your naA5me you onG#5ce held?
E5And just C#5an innA5ocence foG#5r you.
E5That's pC#5ast and A5future's G#5talking about you.
E5That's tC#5he past A5we are tG#5alking about the future.
E5That's tC#5he past A5we'll taG#5ke it in the future.
[Chorus]
E5What do C#5you havA5e or do yG#5ou want?
E5A lesser C#5evil oA5r a hole?G#5  
E5I would C#5die jusA5t to be tG#5aught so now that is my excuse.
E5That is C#5my excuA5se.G#5  
E5That is C#5my excuA5se.G#5  
E5That is C#5my excuA5se.G#5  
E5What do C#5you livA5e? Am I aG#5live?
E5Could be C#5true tA5his time G#5around, she's a whore and I'm her king.
E5Do you wC#5ant or A5do you haG#5ve?
E5Do you wC#5ant or A5do you haG#5ve?
E5Do you wC#5ant or A5do you haG#5ve?
[Outro]
E5Long timC#5e for yA5ou I fougG#5ht myself, 
E5I have nC#5othing A5left but G#5to be impressed.
E5That, if C#5we couA5ld freedoG#5m spare, 
E5I love tC#5his namA5e I feel G#5this pain.
E5I love tC#5his namA5e I love G#5the pain.
E5I love tC#5his namA5e I love G#5this pain.
E5I love tC#5his namA5e I love G#5it.

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Excuse

by Kurt Cobain

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#5

G#5

Tuning: Eb

(This song may OR may not be by Kurt, although it does sound kinda like him it doesn't sound 100% like him.

The fact that the recording sounds too clean to be from a cheap cassette recorder could lead that this is a

digital recording. A cheap recorder would have hiss up and down in the recording muffling certain frequencies)

[Intro]

(....) could be, "by my eyes?"

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

[Verse]

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

You've got it, wish I had your life.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Yes, it's a blessing in disguise. You lift me (....)

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Sometimes I wish I had your life.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

What the fuck I loved this life for you,

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I missed and if that's true.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Know that I loved you,

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

flying in the skies with you and than.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

The only way I like it, the only way i take this,

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

its the only way I like it , the only reason why I take this.

[Chorus]

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

What do you have or do you want a lesser evil over?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Hold, and I will try just to be fucked, that is my excuse.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That is my excuse.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That is my excuse.

[Verse]

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

What do you live, am I alive?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Can we be true this time around?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

She was a whore and I'm her king.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Do you want or do you have?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Do you want or do you have?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Do you want or do you have?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Do you want or do you.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

No time for you, just for myself

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Nothing left but to be impressed.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

It sad if we were freedom spell.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I love this name I love this pain.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Love this name I love this pain

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Love this name I love this pain.

[Verse]

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

So save yourself, tell me are for real?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Is that your name you once held?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

And just an innocence for you.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That's past and future's talking about you.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That's the past we are talking about the future.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That's the past we'll take it in the future.

[Chorus]

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

What do you have or do you want?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

A lesser evil or a hole?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I would die just to be taught so now that is my excuse.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That is my excuse.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That is my excuse.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That is my excuse.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

What do you live? Am I alive?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Could be true this time around, she's a whore and I'm her king.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Do you want or do you have?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Do you want or do you have?

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Do you want or do you have?

[Outro]

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

Long time for you I fought myself,

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I have nothing left but to be impressed.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

That, if we could freedom spare,

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I love this name I feel this pain.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I love this name I love the pain.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I love this name I love this pain.

E5 C#5 A5 G#5

I love this name I love it.

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