Playing Your Song
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Chords: (Std Tuning)
C# A D G#
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:
C# A
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)
C# A
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# A |D C# |(x2)
C# |
Hey you...
A |
you're way ahead of me.
C# A
You're drunk on apathy,
|D C# |
you burned right out.
C# |
Hey you...
A5 |
you're just a cripple now.
C# A
We sell for millions now,
|D C# |
they sold you out. And...
Chorus: |D C# |A D |A D |C# |(x2)
D C# |A D |
Ohhhh-hhhh--ohhhhh-hhhh--oh, I had to tell them you were
A D |C# |
goooo-oooo--one! I had to tell them they were
D C# |A D |
wrooo-oooo--oooooo-oooo—-ong! And now they're playing your
A D |C# |
soooo-oooo--oooooo-oooo--ong. (yeah, yeah, yeah)
C# |A |(x2) – w/ riff
Verse 2:
C# A
Hey you, don't take it out on me.
C# A
You're bored of everything,
D C#
you burned right out.
C# A
Hey you, so bored and cynical.
C# A
It's f-ing wonderful,
D C#
they sold you out. And...
Chorus 2:
D C# A D A D
Oh-ohh-oh, they've bought and sold it all, it's go-one!
C# D C#
They've taken it and built a ma-aaa-
A D A D C#
-all! And now they're playing your so-oo-ong!
Bridge: |C# |C# |A G# |(x4)
(Tempo cut in half: 80 bpm)
C# C# A G#
Ooh, their innocence tastes like candy, yeah.
C# C# A G#
Get so fat on it, it's a tragedy, yeah.
C# C# A G#
Ooh, I can help you come to me, yeah.
(Up tempo: 120 bpm) (Restore orig tempo: 160 bpm)
C# C# A G#
Just bring your innocence to me, yeah!
Verse 3:
C# A
Hey you, oh don't you dare blame me!
C# A
You trusted everything,
D C#
they sold you out.
C# A
Hey you, now when they call it cool,
C# A
it's just so mean and cruel.
D C#
They sold you out. And...
Chorus 3 & 4:
D C# A D A D
Oh-ohh-oh, they've bought and sold it all, it's gone!
C# D C#
And every note of it is wr-ooo-
A D A D C#
-ng! And now they're playing your so-oo-ong! yeah! yeah! And..
D C# A D A D
Oh-ohh-oh, they've bought and sold it all, it's go-one!
C# D C#
They've taken it and built a ma-aaa-
A D A D (C#)
-all! And now they're playing your so-oo-(ong!)
Outro:
C# A D
-ong! They're playing, playing your so-oo-
C# A D
-ong! They're playing, playing your so-oo-
C# A D
-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*
A = F – 133311
D = Bb – x13331 or 688766*
G# = E - 022100
Capo Intro Riff:
A F
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)
