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YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT NIRVANA WORDS AND MUSIC BY Kurt Cobain TRANSCRIBED BY Jeff Perrin

All guitars are tuned down one half step (low to high : Eb Ab D Gb Bb Eb).Bass tuning (low to high): Eb Ab Db Gb.All notes and chords sound one half step lower than written (key of F).

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT NIRVANA I will never promise to I will never follow you I will never bother you

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT NIRVANA 004th Pre-chorus (1:54)

Things have never been so swell I have never failed to fail [hi 2nd Chorus (2:00)

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