Nirvana - Sifting (Guitar Cover)

"Kurt began to attend Sunday service regularly, and even made appearances at the Wednesday night Christian Youth Group," writes Charles R. Cross in his Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven. As a late teenager, Cobain – a troubled kid into drugs and out of school, arrested for purportedly pro-gay graffiti, booted from the house not long after his parents divorced – turned briefly to God for support, searching for anything to replace everything that had gone missing. He gave up drugs and got baptized, but he quickly recanted. "It was a transitory moment out of fear," his former classmate and friend at the time later told Cross. Written only a few years after the spiritual crisis, "Sifting" extends a proud middle finger to teachers and preachers and every rule they'd ever given the budding bandleader – no bed wetting, no sinning, no skipping school. "Don't have nothing for you," Cobain yells a few dozen times, the song's noose-like riff tightening around the drum's own tantrum. "Sifting" is a heavy, menacing bit of Melvins obsession that, though not particularly remarkable for its music, serves as a vivid encapsulation of Cobain's lifelong obduracy. Tuning: Standard Equipment used: Fender Kurt Cobain Jaguar, Boss DS-1 and Fender Mustang IV amp. Lyrics: Afraid - to grade Wouldn't it be fun? Cross, self loss Wouldn't it be fun? Wet your bed Wouldn't it be fun? Some fear none Wouldn't it be fun? Your eyes ... Teacher said, Your eyes ... Teacher said, Your eyes ... Teacher said, Preacher said "Don't have nothing for you" [x7] Spell the smell Wouldn't it be fun? Search for church Wouldn't it be fun? Wet your bed Wouldn't it be fun? Cold in coals Wouldn't it be fun? Your eyes ... Teacher said, Your eyes ... Teacher said, Your eyes ... Preacher said [x2] "Don't have nothing for you" [x7] "Don't have nothing for you" [x9] Nirvana sifting guitar cover lesson chords