Hole – Playing Your Song (Guitar)

Capo 4

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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)