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Credit in the Straight World by Hole
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From 1994's 'Live Through This'. This is actually a punk rock version of a Young Marble
Giants song, but it's an excellent cover. There are two guitars in the song and there
are some instances here where Riffs C and D overlap in the choruses, but it's not a big
deal so I tabbed it without indicating the timing for that. Listen to the song for an idea,
but you can play this with one guitar fairly easily as well. I can't say this tab is
100% correct, but it sounds damn close to me and is more complete than the ones already on
here. Play with distortion.
"x" = string mute
"/" = slide up
"\" = slide down
"b" = string bend
Tuning: Standard
(Introduction verse with organ):
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 (Intro):
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-2xxxxxxx--5xxxxxxxx/9xxxxxxxx\8xxxxxxxx-----|
A|-2xxxxxxx--5xxxxxxxx/9xxxxxxxx\8xxxxxxxx-----|
E|-00000000--3xxxxxxxx/7xxxxxxxx\6xxxxxxxx-----|
Riff B (Main Riff):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-------33333---------55555--------|
D|-22222-33333--44444--55555--------|
A|-22222-11111--44444--33333--------|
E|-00000-00000--22222--00000--------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/h/hole/300152.html ]
Riff B x 3
Riff C (Verse):
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|--2xxxxxxx-2xxxxxxx-2xxxxxxx-2xxxxxxx-----------|
A|--2xxxxxxx-2xxxxxxx-2xxxxxxx-2xxxxxxx-----------|
E|--00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-----------|
Got the credit in the straight world
Look a dealer in the eye
Got the credit in the real world
Won't you try?
Riff D (Chorus):
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-------99\88----|
D|-22-55-99\88----|
A|-22-55-77\66----|
E|-00-33----------|
Riff D x 2
Riff C
I got some credit in the straight world
I lost a leg, I lost an eye
Go for credit in the real world,
Riff D
You will die
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Riff B x 2
Riff C
It's the credit in the straight in world
Leave your money when you die
Lots of credit in the real world
Riff D
Gets you high
Riff E (Bridge):
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5----77---------|
A|---77----55--5---|
E|-----------------|
Riff E x 4
Riff B x 1
Riff F (Short Solo:)
e|-------------------19------19b--|
B|----11----13---17------15b------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-2----4-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Riff C
I got some credit in the straight world
I lost a leg, I lost an eye
Got the credit in the real world
Riff D
You will die
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Riff G (Outro):
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-2xx-2xx-2xx-2----|
A|-2xx-2xx-2xx-2----|
E|-000-000-000-0----|
