20 Years In The Dakota by Hole
This alt rock ditty/ode to Yoko Ono was original recorded in 1992 and released as a
b-side to "Beautiful Son", and later appeared on their compilation album ''My Body, the Hand
Grenade''. All I can find are bass tabs for the song (Courtney Love actually played bass
on the recording), but there is nothing as far as guitar is concerned. This song is
Really bass-heavy. There is a main riff composed of five chords, but the latter part of
the song is really just harping back and forth on G5 and C5 power chords, alternating
between clean acoustics and distorted electric (you can map this out by listening to the song).
Main Riff
G5 C5 F Bb5 B5
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 3 3 3 1 1 1 |
She spent 20 years in the Dakota
Every single day was black in the Dakota
Riot girls think you stop it
You're forever in her debt
Well, I know you haven't saved me
And you haven't saved her yet
She spent 20 years like a virus
They want to burn the witches inside us
Woah, yeah, you don't fuck with the Fabulous Four
Or you'll spend the rest of your life
Picking things up off the floor
G5
She's still alive, but I am sure
C5
That all the stars belong to her
Chorus 1 (heavily distorted)
G5 C5 G5 C5
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
On California king-sized beds
She's wrapped in rags inside my head
G5 C5
This is the the story, this is the story of someone's wife
G5 C5
Been in black pools her whole life
(Nah, nah, nah, nah, I don't remember, I forget)
Oh baby, dry your dirty eyes
My water breaks like turpentine
Chorus 2 (heavily distorted, play twice)
G5 C5
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
G5
The pee-girl burns to be the bride
C5
Your ever lovely suicide
G5 C5
Hey, yah, hey, yah
G5 C5
Are they coming for me? Are they coming soon?
(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Hey Jude, hey Jude
(Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
Are they coming for me, Judy Judy, are they coming soon?
(I don't remember I forget)
The pee-girl burns to be the bride
Your ever-lovely suicide
(I haven't live there yet,
I don't remember, I forget)
Hey nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
I don't remember, I forget