As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Smells Like Teen Spirit, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.

This is the full fingerstyle guitar lesson for Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Smells Like Teen Spirit was recorded and released in 1991 and the song appears on Nirvana’s classic album Nevermind. To this day it remains an incredibly important song that helped popularise grunge across the globe.
This arrangement is great fun to play and I’d say it’s best suited to the intermediate and above player.
Alright, let’s pick up our guitars and learn how to play Smells Like Teen Spirit!
As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Smells Like Teen Spirit, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.
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Join The Mailing ListIn this lesson we learn how to play the intro and the verse. The intro is nice and straightforward but things get a little trickier in the verse.
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Hopefully you were OK with the first lesson, now let’s learn how to play the rest of Smells Like Teen Spirit.