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Complete guitar tablature for PRETTY ON THE INSIDE (1991 album) by Hole
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Tabbed by: Scott H. (youshotandywarhol@yahoo.com)
Notes:
This album is fairly easy to play and is mostly power chords, but there is a lot going
on in the songs and a lot of it is difficult to replicate, especially if you're playing
with only one guitar. Regardless, these tabs are as accurate as I can get them, and are
based off of what I know/how I've seen these played. I didn't map out each song entirely,
but I applied the riffs according to the parts in which they are played; you can listen
to the album to figure out timing and whatnot, but everything is tabbed and noted with
lyrics and snippets of verses. Also remember that every song more or less is played with
heavy distortion and lots of feedback, so feel free to get messy with it. This was as
punk rock
as Hole ever was, so let the noise begin.
Key:
"/" = slide up
"\" = slide down
"b" = string bend
"x" = string mute
Tracks:
1) Teenage Whore
2) Babydoll
3) Garbadge Man
4) Sassy
5) Good Sister/Bad Sister
6) Mrs. Jones
7) Berry
8) Loaded
9) Starbelly
10) Pretty on the Inside
11) Clouds
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01) TEENAGE WHORE
Intro/Verse:
"When I was a teenage whore..."
e|--------------------1-----1------|
B|--------------------1-----1------|
G|--------------------1-----1------|
D|-2--2--2--2---5-5---3--2--3--2---|
A|-2--2--2--2---5-5---3--2--3--2---|
E|-0--0--0--0---3-3---1--0--1--0---|
Bridge:
"I said 'I feel so alone, and I, I wish I could die'..."
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------2222222----|
A|-0-0-7-0-7-0-----7-----7------7-----7---2222222----|
E|--------------0-----0------8------8-----0000000----|
Refrain:
"Out of my house... get out of my house!"
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--77--------------------|
D|--77-777-77\55555555----|
A|--55-777-77\55555555----|
E|-----555-55\33333333----|
Outro:
"I never had a way..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--7777777-777777-7777777--2--|
A|--7777777-777777-7777777--2--|
E|--5555555-555555-5555555--0--|
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02) BABYDOLL
Intro:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-5555555---2222222---|
A|-5555555---2222222---|
E|-3333333---0000000---|
Verse 1:
"Here you come sucking my energy, and you..."
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-6666666/9---666666/9---666666/9--666666--|
A|-6666666/9---666666/9---666666/9--666666--|
E|-4444444/7---444444/7---444444/7--444444--|
Chorus:
"Ba...by...doll"
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--555555/8--555555/8--555555/8--555555-|
A|--555555/8--555555/8--555555/8--555555-|
E|--333333/6--333333/6--333333/6--333333-|
Verse 2:
"You are sucking my energy up / Drill it in my good hole so that I can see"
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|--4444444/7777777\4444444/7777777---|
A|--4444444/7777777\4444444/7777777---|
E|--2222222/5555555\2222222/5555555---|
Bridge:
"My raw hand, my fever blister..."
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------5b-------5b-------5b----------------------|
D|--2---5b---2---5b---2---5b---55555555555555555--|
A|--2---3b---2---3b---2---3b---55555555555555555--|
E|--0--------0--------0--------33333333333333333--|
Outro:
"'I am, I am, I am not free', she says..."
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--2b---22---2b---22---2b---22---2b---22------2b---|
A|--2b---22---2b---22---2b---22---2b---22------2b---|
E|--0----00---0----00---0----00---0----00------0----|
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03) GARBADGE MAN
Intro/Verse:
"She tears the hole up even wider..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-7/999999/5555------------------------|
D|-7/999999/5555-55555-22---------------|
A|-5/777777/3333-55555-22---------------|
E|---------------33333-00---------------|
Chorus:
"Without, without a doubt..."
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-7/999999\5xxxxxx-----------|
D|-7/999999\5xxxxxx-----------|
A|-5/777777\3xxxxxx-----------|
E|----------------------------|
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04) SASSY
"We're rolling, you guys..."
e|--------------------------------|
B|-2--------2--------2--------2---|
G|-2--1111--2--1111--2--1111--2---|
D|-2--2222--2--2222--2--2222--2---|
A|-0--2222--0--2222--0--2222--0---|
E|--------------------------------|
(Repeat throughout song)
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05) GOOD SISTER/BAD SISTER
Intro/Chorus:
"Good sister, bad sister / Better burn that dress..."
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-------------------------|
A|-2-2-2--3-3-3--6-6--5--6-6-----|
E|-0-0-0--3-3-3--6-6--6--6-6--6--|
Verse:
"I try, but I can't and I want to so bad..."
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2--2-2/3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--|
A|-2-2-2-2--2-2/3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-5-5/6-6-6-6--6-6--|
E|-0-0-0-0--0-0/3-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5-5-5/6-6-6-6--6-6--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hole/pretty_on_the_inside_tab_ver_2.html ]
Bridge:
"Come here and sit and talk about it..."
e|--------------------0-----------0---|
B|-----------------2----------2----2--|
G|--------------0-----------0-------0-|
D|-44444444---------------------------|
A|-44444444---------------------------|
E|-22222222---------------------------|
Outro:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|-222----|
A|-222-3--|
E|-000-3--|
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05) MRS. JONES
Intro/Verse:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-2-5-2-5\4----|
A|-2-5-2-5\4----|
E|-0-3-0-3\2----|
Verse:
"Sorry man, sorry, sorry, I've got a bad eye..."
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|--66666666\55555555\44444444\33333333----|
A|--66666666\55555555\44444444\33333333----|
E|--44444444\33333333\22222222\11111111----|
Chorus:
"What is the matter with blackjack bones, oh, Mrs. Jones..."
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-3/55555555555555--3/55555555555555---|
A|-3/55555555555555--3/55555555555555---|
E|-1/33333333333333--1/33333333333333---|
Bridge:
"Come, see mine / I will follow you down the sick drain"
e|-----0000----0000-----|
B|-----0000----0000-----|
G|-----0000----0000-----|
D|--44------55----------|
A|--44------55----------|
E|--22------33----------|
(Repeat Intro riff from "Sister ectoplasma..." verse at 3:20 and onward)
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06) BERRY
Intro/Verse:
"Well, yeah... well, yeah..."
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-7b-7b--x-x-x--7b-7b---------|
A|-7b-7b--x-x-x--7b-7b---------|
E|-5b-5b--x-x-x--5b-5b---------|
Verse 2:
"Do you wanna ride on my death machine?"
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-4-x-x-x-x-x/9------|
A|-2-x-x-x-x-x/9------|
E|-2-x-x-x-x-x/7------|
Chorus:
"When I die, won't you bury me?"
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7\55\2-2/5/7\5/7------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5\55\2-2/5/7\5/7------|
E|--5-5-5-5-5\33\0-0/3/5\3/5------|
Bridge:
"Yeah, I wanna know..."
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-22222-44/5------|
A|-22222-44/5------|
E|-00000-22/3------|
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08) LOADED
Intro/Verse:
"Black lung coat and a little crown..."
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-3333333/444444-----------|
A|-3333333/444444-----------|
E|-1111111/222222-----------|
Verse 2:
"The pump and grind that I call my head / The suck milk nebula I use instead"
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\10-10-10/14-14-14-14-14-14-14\9/15\14------|
A|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\10-10-10/14-14-14-14-14-14-14\9/15\14------|
E|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-8--8--8/12-12-12-12-12-12-12\7/13\12------|
Bridge:
"Rip open my sky, let out my stars..."
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------5b--------------------------------|
D|------3b-------------------9b-------------9b---|
A|--2222---2222--2222/9b\2222---2222/9b\2222-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
"And now I'm loaded / Yeah, now I'm loaded"
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------88888/999----------88888/10-10-10------|
D|-55555555-88888/999-55555555-88888/-8--8--8------|
A|-55555555-66666/777-55555555-66666/-8--8--8------|
E|-33333333-----------33333333---------------------|
Outro:
"And now I'm loaded / And so am I, and so am I, I just get loaded"
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-55555555/15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b------|
A|-55555555/15b-15b-15b-15b-15b-15b------|
E|-33333333/13b-13b-13b-13b-13b-13b------|
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09) STARBELLY
Intro:
(Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" riff)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--5/7-7-7-7--7---5\4\2-------------|
D|--5/7-7-7-7--7---5\4\2--3/5-5-5----|
A|--3/5-5-5-5--5---3\2-0--3/5-5-5----|
E|------------------------1/3-3-3----|
(Rest of the song is sampling/noise)
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10) PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
Intro/Verse:
"Slutkiss girls, won't you promise her smack?"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
"Is she pretty on the inside? / Is she pretty from the back?"
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
(Repeat throughout rest of the verses)
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11) CLOUDS
Intro/Verse:
"Rows and flows of angel hair..."
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-12\5--12\5--12\5--12\5--|
D|-12\5--12\5--12\5--12\5--|
A|-10\3--10\3--10\3--10\3--|
E|-------------------------|
Open G and C chords are played underneath this throughout the whole song
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And that's it, folks. You could now be the next Courtney Love or Eric Erlandson (not
that you'd necessarily want to be)! Rock on.
