- Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box Ukulele Chords
- The original song is in the key of G#
- Voice Range: G – A (1 octave + 3 half tones) – find your voice range here
- Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana Ukulele Lesson
- The Chords
- Strum Pattern
- 2 thoughts on “ Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana Ukulele Lesson ”
- Heart Shaped Box — Nirvana — Ukulele Chords
- OK, this one was a bit of a challenge as to how to present it. I wanted on final ‘anti valentine’ ukulele song to put up before Valentines Day this Friday, and this was the song that got stuck in my head. Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana.
Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box Ukulele Chords
The original song is in the key of G#
Voice Range: G – A (1 octave + 3 half tones) – find your voice range here
Verse:
A m She F eyes me D like a Pisce A m s when F I am D weak
A m I’ve been F locked ins D ide your heart-shaped A m box f F or a we D ek
A m I’ve been F drawn int D o your magnet A m tar – F pit trap D
A m I wish F I could e D at your cancer wh A m en y F ou turn blac D k
Chorus:
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m Fore F ver in de D bt to your priceless advice
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m For F ever in de D bt to your priceless advice
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m For F ever in de D bt to your priceless adv F ice D
Your adv F ice D
Verse:
A m Meat-ea F ting D orchids forg A m ive n F o one j D ust yet
A m Cut myself F on ange D l’s hair A m and ba F by’s bre D ath
A m Broken hy F men of y D our high A m ness F I’m left b D ack
A m Throw d F own your um D bilical noo A m se so F I can climb D right back
Chorus:
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m Fore F ver in de D bt to your priceless advice
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m For F ever in de D bt to your priceless advice
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m For F ever in de D bt to your priceless adv F ice D
Your adv F ice D
Verse:
A m She F eyes me D like a Pisce A m s when F I am D weak
A m I’ve been F locked ins D ide your heart-shaped A m box f F or a we D ek
A m I’ve been F drawn int D o your magnet A m tar – F pit trap D
A m I wish F I could e D at your cancer wh A m en y F ou turn blac D k
Chorus:
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m Fore F ver in de D bt to your priceless advice
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m For F ever in de D bt to your priceless advice
A m Hey! F Wait! D I’ve got a new complaint
A m For F ever in de D bt to your priceless adv F ice D
Your adv F ice D
Your adv F ice D
Your adv F ice D
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Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana Ukulele Lesson
Heart-Shaped Box is probably my favourite Nirvana song so I guess it made sense that one day the time would come for me to butcher it on the ukulele.
The Chords
3 chords will get you through the whole song – those chords are A, F and D. Just be aware that on the recording it’s tuned down half a step. The chords pretty much run in that order throughout the whole song (half a bar of A and F followed by a full bar of D) with only a couple of exceptions that I think you’ll be able to figure out for yourself.
I’ve tabbed out a really simple intro to help you break up the dynamic of the song a little…
You can check out that riff right here…
Strum Pattern
I almost never play the same pattern when I’m playing this song and it’s a great song to experiment with a few different patterns. To get you going I’d suggest going with pumping 8s like this…
So you’ll be playing 8 down strums per bar. This pattern should give you a bit of power which you need on a song like this.
To keep it interesting I’d also recommend looking at some chord inversions. So if you’re playing the A, F and D as open chords for the intro and verses, try switching to bar chords for the chorus.
That’s it. Happy strumming!
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2 thoughts on “ Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana Ukulele Lesson ”
A favourite of mine to play too!
The 5 chords really are key as you say.
Hi Baz, yeah it’s a great song – I always remember my dad hearing some of the lyrics and thinking that it was a bit of an odd song.
As for the 5 chords yeah you’re right, although I never seem to get much joy when I play actual 5 chords on a uke. They make a mockery of the word power when I try!
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Heart Shaped Box — Nirvana — Ukulele Chords
OK, this one was a bit of a challenge as to how to present it. I wanted on final ‘anti valentine’ ukulele song to put up before Valentines Day this Friday, and this was the song that got stuck in my head. Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana.
Why an ‘anti valentine’? Well, not everybody has something to celebrate on 14 February..
I believe the song was recorded in the key of A, but tuned half a step down. That is to say, a general pattern of A, F, D, but down half a step so G#, E and C#. A quick look at your chord charts will tell you they are HORRIBLE chords to play on a uke. Therefore, I present this in the standard A key, but you can either play it that way, or drop the tuning on your uke half a step on each string to match the record. Or you can work on the G#!!
Only other odd ones are in the chorus where the chord progression moves to A5, F5 and D5. They are fingered as follows
A5 — 2400
F5 — 0013
D5 — 22×0
They are not totally necessary, but help give it the right feel. I’ve included a video at the end to help with the pattern, but remember that if you are playing in A you are playing in half a step sharp!
HEART SHAPED BOX — NIRVANA FOR UKULELE
Intro [A5] [F5] [D5] repeat
[A]She [F] eyes me [D]like a Pisces [A] when [F]I am [D]weak
[A]I’ve been [F]locked in [D] side your heart-shaped [A] box [F]for [D]weeks
[A] I’ve been [F] drawn in [D] to your magnet [A] tar [F] pit [D] trap
[A] I wish [F]I could [D] eat your cancer [A] when [F] you turn [D] black
[A5] Hey! [F5]Wait! [D5]I got a new complaint
[A5]For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [A5]vice
[A5] Hey! [F5] Wait! [D5] I got a new complaint
[A5] For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [A5] vice
[A5]Hey! [F5] Wait! [D5] I got a new complaint
[A5] For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [F5] vice [D]
Your ad[F5] vice [D]
[A] Meat- [F] eating [D] orchids forgive [A] no [F] one just [D] yet
[A] Cut my [F] self on [D] angel hair and [A] ba [F] by’s [D] breath
[A] Broken [F] hymen [D] of ‘Your Highness’, [A] I’m [F] left [D] black
[A] Throw [F] down your [F] umbilical noose so [A] I can [F] climb right [D]back
[A5] Hey! [F5]Wait! [D5]I got a new complaint
[A5]For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [A5]vice
[A5] Hey! [F5] Wait! [D5] I got a new complaint
[A5] For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [A5] vice
[A5]Hey! [F5] Wait! [D5] I got a new complaint
[A5] For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [F5] vice [D]
Your ad[F5] vice [D]
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO over A, F, D twice
[A]She [F] eyes me [D]like a Pisces [A] when [F]I am [D]weak
[A]I’ve been [F]locked in [D] side your heart-shaped [A] box [F]for [D]weeks
[A] I’ve been [F] drawn in [D] to your magnet [A] tar [F] pit [D] trap
[A] I wish [F]I could [D] eat your cancer [A] when [F] you turn [D] black
[A5] Hey! [F5]Wait! [D5]I got a new complaint
[A5]For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [A5]vice
[A5] Hey! [F5] Wait! [D5] I got a new complaint
[A5] For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [A5] vice
[A5]Hey! [F5] Wait! [D5] I got a new complaint
[A5] For [F5] ever in [D5] debt to your priceless ad [F5] vice [D]
Your ad [F5] vice [D]
Your ad [F5] vice [D]
Your ad [F5] vice [D]
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