Nirvana - Even in His Youth: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Even in His Youth" 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.

G#           C
Even in his youth - 3 times
He was nothing

Kept his body clean - 3 times
Goin nowhere

Daddy was ashamed - 3 times
He was something

Disgraced the family name - 3 times
He was something

Chorus:
Em    C       G      D             Em
The thief is born before you're through
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back a slave

Yeah yeah yeah!

Even in his youth - 3 times
He was nothing

Kept his body clean - 3 times
Goin nowhere

Daddy was ashamed - 3 times
He was nothing

Disgraced the family name - 3 times
Goin nowhere

Chorus

Oh, ah, yeah!

Chorus:
The thief is born before you're through
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back again!

Oh, ah, yeah!

Even in his youth - 2 times
Yeah, yeah

Even in his youth - 2 times
Yeah, yeah

Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah

Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah  - 4 times


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

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 "Even in His Youth" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Even in His Youth" by Nirvana.