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 )