Hole - Old Age

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
old age by hole
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

controversial gothic reworking of nirvana’s throwaway track of the same title . cobain
wrote the music and melody , recorded a version , and then passed it onto courtney , who
scrapped cobain’s lyrics and wrote her own . so , contrary to popular belief , this isn’t
exclusively a nirvana song . kurt didn’t like it enough to release it , and the lyrics in hole’s
versions of it are entirely different than those in nirvana’s . they just share the same
music . hole recorded this song three times , each time with different lyrics . it first
appeared on the “beautiful son” single in 1992 , and was later performed on mtv unplugged
in 1995 . the final studio version recorded by hole , originally intended to be on ’live through
this’ , was later put on the band’s compilation album ’my body , the hand grenade’ in
1997 . notice the intro verse ( accompanied by an eerie organ ) was tacked onto the beginning
of “credit in the straight world” on ’live through this’ . the intro has no guitar piece
to accompany it , although riff a was played during this intro when they performed on mtv
unplugged . note : song sounds best played on acoustic or acoustic electric guitar .

tabbed by : scott h .

“/” = slide up
“” = slide down

tuning : standard

and i will awake
your highness , i’m so high i cannot walk
and i will awake
you cripple , you take away my time
my peace , my empathy
no babies sleep on atrophy
your unborn love and fetal stress
hard bitter candy , legless caress

riff A :

E | – – – – – – – – 11111 – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – 11111 – – – – – – |
G | – 33333 – – 55555 – – – – – – |
D | – 22222 – – 55555 – – – – – – |
A | – 22222 – – 33333 – – – – – – |
E | – 00000 – – 11111 – – – – – – |

what was she for halloween?

riff A
the ugliest girl you’ve ever seen

riff B :

E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11111111111 – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11111111111 – – – – – – |
G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – 55555555555 – – – – – – |
D | – – 5555/777 – – – 55555555555 – – – – – – |
A | – – 5555/777 – – – 33333333333 – – – – – – |
E | – – 3333/555 – – – 11111111111 – – – – – – |

someday she will die alone

riff A
what was she for valentine’s?

riff A
an old forgotten concubine

riff B
someday she will die for no one

riff C :

E | – – – – – – – 11111 – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – 11111 – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – – 333 – – 55555 – – 333 – – – – – |
D | – – 222 – – 55555 – – 222 – – – – – |
A | – – 222 – – 33333 – – 222 – – – – – |
E | – – 000 – – 11111 – – 000 – – – – – |

she seems to me to know

riff C
all that glitters is sour

riff C
all that lies in her place

riff C
jesus saves

riff D :

E | – – – – – – – – – 11111 – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – 11111 – – – – – |
G | – 333333 – – 55555 – – – – – |
D | – 222222 – – 55555 – – – – – |
A | – 222222 – – 33333 – – – – – |
E | – 000000 – – 11111 – – – – – |

old age

riff D
old age

riff D
old age

riff A
it’s okay to kill your idols

riff A
just pretend you have no rivals

riff B
we all know that she is friendless

riff A
spits at mirrors , it’s not an issue

riff A
just remove this hateful tissue

riff B
we all know her rage is endless

riff C
she seems to me to know

riff C
all that glitters is sour

riff C
all that lies in her place

riff C
jesus saves

riff D
old age

riff D
old age

riff D
old age

riff D
old age

riff D
old age

riff E :

E | – – – – – – – – 1111 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1111 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – 1111 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1111 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – – – – – – – – 5555 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5555 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – 9999 – – 5555 – – 5555/9999 – – – 5555 – – 55553 – 333 – – – – – |
A | – – 9999 – – 3333 – – 5555/9999 – – – 3333 – – 55553 – 333 – – – – – |
E | – – 7777 – – 1111 – – 3333/7777 – – – 1111 – – 33331 – 111 – – – – – |

and as she begs you , she says “pretty please?”
oh , make her pure again , oh , make her clean

riff A
no one knows she’s hester prynne

riff A
someone please tell anne boleyn

riff B
that chokers are back in again

riff A
someday she won’t have to fake it

riff A
living will itself seems sacred

riff B
someday she will just refuse

riff C
she seems to me to know

riff C
all that glitters is sour

riff C
all that lies in her place

riff C
jesus saves

riff D
old age

riff D
old age

riff D
old age

riff D
jesus saves

riff D
old age

riff F :

E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – 333 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – 222 – – 77777 – – – – – – – – |
A | – 222 – – 77777 – – – – – – – – |
E | – 000 – – 55555 – – – – – – – – |

i’m sorry ( rest in peace )

riff F
so sorry ( and me in pieces )

riff F
i’m sorry ( rest in peace )

riff F
so sorry ( and me in pieces )