Nirvana - Downer: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Downer" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D#m
Portray sincerity act out of loyalty
Defend your free country wish away pain
Hand out lobotomies to save little families
Surrealistic fantasy bland boring plain

Chorus:
E--------------
B--------------
G--2--3--4--3--
D--2--3--4--3--
A--0--1--2--1--
E--------------

Holy now in restitution
living out our date With fusion
In our whole fleece shun in bastard
dont feel guilty
Master writing

G#        A                   D#
Somebody says that their not much like I am
E
I know I can
Make enough up the words as you go along
I sing them some

Sickening pessimist hypocrite master
Conservative communist apocalyptic bastard
Thank you dear god for putting me on this earth
I feel very privileged in debt for my thirst

Chorus

Somebody says that their not much like I am
I know I can
Make enough up the words as you go along
I sing them some


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D#

Guitar chord D#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

E

Guitar chord E

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Downer" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Downer" by Nirvana.