Playing Your Song
Hole - Celebrity Skin

Chords: (Std Tuning)

    C#   A    D    Ab
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  Ab |(x4) 

(Tempo cut in half: 80 bpm)
C#            C#                    A      Ab
   Ooh, their innocence tastes like candy, yeah.
C#        C#                A        Ab
   Get so fat on it, it's a tragedy, yeah.
C#            C#               A   Ab
   Ooh, I can help you come to me, yeah.
(Up tempo: 120 bpm)              (Restore orig tempo: 160 bpm)            
C#                 C#           A   Ab    
   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*
Ab = 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)
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