Come As You Are Guitar tab video
Nirvana
Make your own Come As You Are tab video, freeNo editing. No card. 10 minutes free.- Instrument
- Guitar
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Tuning
- D G C F A D
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
About this riff
The main riff is a slow, single-note line played low on the sixth and fifth strings with the guitar tuned down a whole step (D standard on this tab), giving it a heavy, dark low-end that's central to the sound. It's very accessible for beginners since it's mostly two-string picking with no chords or fast movement, but nailing the feel means capturing that watery chorus-drenched tone. The real challenge is timing and consistency at the relaxed 120 BPM rather than technical difficulty.
Did you know?
The riff's signature swirling, underwater tone comes from an Electro-Harmonix Small Clone chorus pedal, which was one of Cobain's favorite effects according to Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey. The song was also nearly not released: Cobain worried it was too similar to Killing Joke's 1985 track 'Eighties,' whose guitar riff it slows down, and manager Danny Goldberg admitted the band debated between this and 'In Bloom' as the second Nevermind single before going with 'Come As You Are' anyway.
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