Load up on guns, just bring I your friends.
It’s fun to lose and to pre tend.
She’s o ver bored, it has self as sured.
Oh, no, I know a dirt y word.
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
How low?
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
How low?
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
How low?
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
With the lights out it’s less dan g’rous.
Here we are now; en ter tain us.
I feel stu pid and con ta gious.
Here we are now; en ter tain us.
A mu lat to, an al bi no, a mos qui to, my li bi do.
Yeah!
(CN.C.)Oy.
(CN.C.)Oy.
I’m worse at what just I I do best, and for this gift I feel me blessed.
Our lit tle trap it was al ways been and al ways will un til the end.
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
How low?
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
How low?
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
How low?
Hel lo, hel lo, hel lo.
With the lights out it’s less dan g’rous.
Here we are now; en ter tain us.
I feel stu pid and con ta gious.
Here we are now; en ter tain us.
A mu lat to, an al bi no, a mos qui to, my li bi do.
Yeah!
(CN.C.)Oy.
(CN.C.)Oy.
(F5)- to, my li bi do.
A de ni al, a de ni al.
A de ni al, a de ni al.
A de ni al.
This page shows “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Db at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.
This arrangement is a fantastic workout for power chords — root-and-fifth shapes that your right hand will punch out across eight different positions, mostly on black keys since you're in Db. Your left hand drives an octave bass pattern, so if octave stretches still feel unfamiliar, this is the song that'll build that confidence. At 120 BPM the energy is real but manageable; the challenge is nailing clean transitions between chords like Gbpow and Apow, where your hands jump across the keyboard quickly. Start hands-separate and at about 80 BPM — get your left-hand octaves landing accurately before you layer the right hand on top. Once both hands feel steady, loop the verse progression until the chord switches feel automatic, then bring the tempo up in small increments. Watch for tension in your wrists during the louder sections; stay loose, play from your arm weight, and let the rhythm do the heavy lifting.