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ROCK STAR by Hole
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Ah, the classic mistitled closing track to 1994's Live Through This, originally known as
"Olympia". I've read through lots of tabs for this song and I think people are
over-thinking it. It's really just pure, good old-fashioned power chords. There are
obviously two guitars in the song (Courtney Love is playing clean rhythm and Eric Erlandson
is playing
lead heavily distorted). The two opening chords that ring at the beginning are played
clean, and this is repeated one other time in the song, but for the majority of it Love is
playing clean under Erlandson's heavily-distorted guitar. Easy song to learn for
beginners, and a pretty fun one too. Love's screaming vocals here are some of her best.
"When I went to school... oh"
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-9----------------------------------------------|
D|---9-9----------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7----------------------------------------------|
E|---0-0----------------------------------------------|
"Well, I went to school... aha"
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-9----------------------------------------------|
D|---9-9----------------------------------------------|
A|---7-7----------------------------------------------|
E|---0-0----------0-----------------------------------|
"Well, I went to school in Olympia, and everyone's the same"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"And what do you do with a revolution? (You just forget your name)"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"When I went to school in Olympia-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, and everyone's the same"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"We look the same, we talk the same, yeah"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"Don't you, please"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Make me real, fuck you"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Make me sick, fuck you"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Make me real, fuck you"
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hole/rock_star_tab_ver_4.html ]
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Well, I went to school in Olympia and everyone's the same"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"And so are you in Olympia-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, everyone's the same"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"We look the same, we talk the same, yeah, yeah, yeah, we even fuck the same"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"Well, I went to school in Olympia-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
A|--7-7---9-9--------77777777777------------------|
E|--------7-7--------55555555555------------------|
"Don't you, please,"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Make me real, come on"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Make me sick, come on"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Make me real, yeah, yeah, yeah"
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
A|--7-7-x-x-x-x---9-9-10-10-x-x-x-x-7-7-----------|
E|----------------7-7--8--8-x-x-x-x-5-5-----------|
"Do it for the kids, yeah, do it for the kids, yeah, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it
for the kids"
(repeat)
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-----------------|
A|--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-----------------|
E|-----------7-7-7-7---8--8--8--8--5-5-5-5-----------------|
"No, we're not done..."
"When I went to school in Olympia..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--9--9--------------------------|
D|--9--9---9--9-------------------|
A|--7--7---9--9-------------------|
E|---------7--7-------------------|
"You fascist bitches / Well, are we? / Bye bye, good bye / Good bye"
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B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---77777777777777777777777777777777-----------------------------|
A|---77777777777777777777777777777777-----------------------------|
E|---55555555555555555555555555555555-----------------------------|
"Good bye... good bye"
