Nirvana - Lithium Acoustic Cover

When Kurt Cobain appeared on Calvin Johnson’s “Boy Meets Girl“ show on Evergreen State College’s KAOS Community Radio, in September 1990, he brought along an acoustic guitar and a few new tunes. Just how new were they? As Cobain told the K Records founder during an on-air chat, he had written most of the lyrics that evening, adding, jokingly, “while I was driving…with one foot.“ The song itself is about the experience Kurt Cobain had when he spent a period of his life moving between the homes of various relatives and friends. One of these friends came from a family of reformed Christians, and in this song Kurt compares living in this house to having bi-polar depression. Tuning: About quarte step down Lyrics: I’m so happy Cause today I found my friends They’re in my head I’m so ugly That’s okay cause so are you We broke our mirrors Sunday morning Is every day for all I care And I’m not scared Lights my candles In a