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20 Years In The Dakota by Hole
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Tabbed by Scott H.
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 (and there is a
guitar playing on the recording). So here you go— I adapted it and tabbed it myself,
it's far from perfect but it sounds pretty darn close. If you have any corrections, let me
know and I'll add/modify it. The bass is really heavy on the song and it's light on
guitar, so keep that in mind. Verses not annotated with a riff are the parts where it's bass only,
so don't mind those.
Tuning: Standard (play clean unless where noted)
She spent 20 years in the Dakota
Every single day was black in the Dakota
Riff A:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------555-----------------------------------------|
D|--5555-555-333-66666-33333-------------------------|
A|--5555-333-333-66666-33333-------------------------|
E|--3333-----111-44444-11111-------------------------|
Riff A
Riot girls think you stop it
Riff A
You're forever in her debt
Riff A
I know that you haven't saved me
Riff A
And you haven't saved her yet
Riff A
She spent 20 years like a virus
Riff A
They want to burn the witches inside us
Riff A (heavily distorted)
Well, yeah, you don't fuck with the Fabulous Four
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hole/20_years_in_the_dakota_tab.html ]
Riff A (heavily distorted)
Or you'll spend the rest of your life picking things up off the floor
She's still alive, but I am sure
That all the stars belong to her
Riff B:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------55555555------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------|
D|-55555555--55555555--55555555--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------|
A|-55555555--33333333--55555555---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------|
E|-33333333------------33333333--------------------------------|
Riff B (heavily distorted)
On California king-sized beds
She's wrapped in rags inside my head
This is the the story, this is the story of someone's wife
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
Riff C: (heavily distorted) x 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-55555555555555--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------|
A|-55555555555555--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------|
E|-33333333333333---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----------------|
The pee-girl burns to be the bride
Your ever-lovely suicide
Riff C
Hey, yah, hey yah
Riff C
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
