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Something In The Way

Something in the Way is part of Nirvanas second album, Nevermind, released in 1991. The song discusses Kurt Cobains experience of living under a bridge, which is a metaphor for his feelings of isolation and despair. Cobain later admitted that he never actually lived under the bridge, but that it represented his time of instability and homelessness.

Key: Em

Introduction:  Em   C/G  

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 Em               C/G 
Underneath the bridge
     Em                 C/G 
The tarp has sprung a leak
         Em           C/G 
And the animals I' ve trapped
      Em             C/G 
Have all become my pets
         Em             C/G 
And I' m living off of grass
         Em                  C/G 
And the drippings from the ceiling
 Em                C/G 
It' s okay to eat fish
             Em              C/G 
' Cause they don' t have any feelings

 Em                 C/G     Em         C/G 
Something in the way, mmm
 Em                C/G           Em        C/G 
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
 Em                 C/G     Em         C/G 
Something in the way, mmm
 Em                C/G           Em        C/G 
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
 Em                 C/G     Em         C/G 
Something in the way, mmm
 Em                C/G           Em        C/G 
Something in the way, yeah, mmm

 Em               C/G 
Underneath the bridge
     Em                 C/G 
The tarp has sprung a leak
         Em           C/G 
And the animals I' ve trapped
      Em             C/G 
Have all become my pets
         Em             C/G 
And I' m living off of grass
         Em                  C/G 
And the drippings from the ceiling
 Em                C/G 
It' s okay to eat fish
             Em              C/G 
' Cause they don' t have any feelings

 Em                 C/G     Em         C/G 
Something in the way, mmm
 Em                C/G           Em        C/G 
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
 Em                 C/G     Em         C/G 
Something in the way, mmm
 Em                C/G           Em        C/G 
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
 Em                 C/G     Em         C/G 
Something in the way, mmm
 Em                C/G           Em        C/G 
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
 Em                 C/G     Em         C/G 
Something in the way, mmm
 Em                C/G           Em        C/G 
Something in the way, yeah, mmm