Am                     G         Am  Em      Am
Did you know when they told you the passion was gone
Am                     G     Am  Em      Am
did you show them the way rock and roll should be born
Am                        G       Am  Em      Am
did you leave us with nothing but one single tune
Am                        G         Am  Em      Am
I don't mind that you're gone, but it happened so soon

[Chorus]
G                   Am   G                  Am
The spirit smelled good but the purpose was pain
G                Am           Em           Am
the walk in the wood became a walk in the rain
G                    Am    G             Am
Were you here to be Jesus, whom did you entertain
G                      Am          Em          Am
and would you care to explain who killed Kurt Cobain?

[Verse 2]
Am                     G    Am       Em          Am
Did you see who was there when you turned on the light
Am                     G      Am   Em           Am
was it a fan or a neighbour that shot you that night
Am             G        Am   Em        Am
who held the barrel and who loaded the gun
Am                 G    Am     Em           Am
was it me, was it you, who the hell was the one

[Chorus]
G                   Am   G                  Am
The spirit smelled good but the purpose was pain
G                Am           Em           Am
the walk in the wood became a walk in the rain
G                    Am    G             Am
Were you here to be Jesus, whom did you entertain
G                      Am          Em          Am
and would you care to explain who killed Kurt Cobain?


[Bridge]
F             G               A
Was it drugs, was it horror, was it sheer loneliness
F                F             A
was it money or sex, were you tired of being famous
F                        G         Am           F
were you scarred by the limelight, hurt by the sun
          G
as it shone on the needle when the day's work was done

[verse 3]
Am                       G     Am  Em     Am
Could it be that we've waited for 30 odd years
Am                   G       Am      Em
for a man like John Lennon, just to lose him like this
Am              G     Am    Em       Am
true wisdom is rare, so few heroes around
Am                    G       Am     Em          Am
And I'm so tired of waiting with my feet on the ground


[Chorus]
G                   Am   G                  Am
The spirit smelled good but the purpose was pain
G                Am           Em           Am
the walk in the wood became a walk in the rain
G                    Am    G             Am
Were you here to be Jesus, whom did you entertain
G                      Am          Em          Am
and would you care to explain who killed Kurt Cobain?