Playing Your Song
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Chords: (Std Tuning)
e: -9-- -5-- -10- -4--
B: -9-- -5-- -10- -4--
G: -10- -6-- -11- -5-- -+
D: -11- -7-- -12- -6-- |- most of song played on these strings
A: -11- -7-- -12- -6-- |- can even use power E's and omit G string
E: -9-- -5-- -10- -4-- -+
Notes: Since I got no response from my original post, I've decided to ditch the capo and go with
bar chords, in hopes of hitting a different audience (rockers). With male vocals, I find
playing this a step or 2 down sounds better to me. Since these are all E-form bars, you can
easily play around with them to fit your style (ie, same formations, just move down a fret).
Oh yeah, and pretty much slide between all chords!
Riff:
e:----------------|-----5----------|
B:-----9----------|---------5------|
G:---------10-----|---6-------6----|
D:---11--------11b|-------------7br|
A:----------------|----------------|
E:-9--------------|-5--------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Alt Riff: (I find this a little high pitch/gay for me. The song is also really fast, so I
often play this. Basically, you can pick/strum anything in C# and A that goes low, mid, high,
mid and it sounds good)
e:----------------|----------------|
B:----------------|----------------|
G:---------10-----|---------6------|
D:-----11------11b|-----7-----7-7b-| (note: can also slide the bends up a
A:-------------11b|-------------7b-| fret and quickly back)
E:-9-9------------|-5-5------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
(Tempo is fast: guessing 160 bpm+ = 88 of 100 on my RP80's drum machine)
Intro: |C# |A | (x6)
|C# |A | (x2) - w/ riff only
|C# |A | (x2) - w/ riff and cymbals only
|C# |A | (x2) - band kicks in
Verse: |C# |A |C# |D |(x2)
C# |
Hey you...
A |
you're way ahead of me.
You're drunk on apathy,
|D C# |
you burned right out.
C# |
Hey you...
A5 |
you're just a cripple now.
We sell for millions now,
|D C# |
they sold you out. And...
Chorus: |D C# |A D |A D |C# |(x2)
|A |
Ohhhh-hhhh--ohhhhh-hhhh--oh, I had to tell them you were
|C# |
goooo-oooo--one! I had to tell them they were
|A |
wrooo-oooo--oooooo-oooo—-ong! And now they're playing your
|C# |
soooo-oooo--oooooo-oooo--ong. (yeah, yeah, yeah)
C# |A |(x2) – w/ riff
Verse 2:
Hey you, don't take it out on me.
You're bored of everything,
you burned right out.
Hey you, so bored and cynical.
It's f-ing wonderful,
they sold you out. And...
Chorus 2:
Oh-ohh-oh, they've bought and sold it all, it's go-one!
They've taken it and built a ma-aaa-
-all! And now they're playing your so-oo-ong!
Bridge: |C# |C# |A Ab |(x4)
(Tempo cut in half: 80 bpm)
Ooh, their innocence tastes like candy, yeah.
Get so fat on it, it's a tragedy, yeah.
Ooh, I can help you come to me, yeah.
(Up tempo: 120 bpm) (Restore orig tempo: 160 bpm)
Just bring your innocence to me, yeah!
Verse 3:
Hey you, oh don't you dare blame me!
You trusted everything,
they sold you out.
Hey you, now when they call it cool,
it's just so mean and cruel.
They sold you out. And...
Chorus 3 & 4:
Oh-ohh-oh, they've bought and sold it all, it's gone!
And every note of it is wr-ooo-
-ng! And now they're playing your so-oo-ong! yeah! yeah! And..
Oh-ohh-oh, they've bought and sold it all, it's go-one!
They've taken it and built a ma-aaa-
(C#)
-all! And now they're playing your so-oo-(ong!)
Outro:
-ong! They're playing, playing your so-oo-
-ong! They're playing, playing your so-oo-
-ong! They're playing, playing your so-oo-
C#~~~~~~~~~~~~~x
-ong! Yeah!
*END*
If you like'd my capo version or aren't good at higher-fretted bars yet, here's the info
from my original post:
w/ Capo on 4 (easier way to play)
C# = A – x02220 or 577655*
= – 133311
D = Bb – x13331 or 688766*
Ab = E - 022100
Capo Intro Riff:
e:----0--------|----1---------|
B:-------2-----|-------3------|
G:--2-------2(b)--3-----3-----|
D:-------------|----------3(b)|
A:-0-----------|--------------|
E:-------------|-1------------| (x6)
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Please post comments and/or enjoy!
-CHall (1/29/07 - update: 6/17/09)