Hole: Celebrity Skin

REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL

 

Transcribed by Stephanie Rovera


Intro:

Riff 1: G5  D#5  Bb  

w/ distortion
e-------------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-|
B-------------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-|
G---------------------8-8-8-8---------------------7-7-7-7-|  (2x)
D-5---5-5---5-5--5-5--8-8-8-8-8---8-8---8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-|
A-5---5-5---5-5--5-5--6-6-6-6-8---8-8---8-8--8-8----------|
E-3---3-3---3-3--3-3----------6---6-6---6-6--6-6----------|



Verse:

Riff 1:  4x
("Love hangs herself...")


Riff 2: Gm  D#  Bb5

("...good reasons, that I can't find...")
e-3---3-3---3-3--3-3-----------------------------------|
B-3---3-3---3-3--3-3--8-8-8-8--------------------------| This is played CLEAN
G-3---3-3---3-3--3-3--8-8-8-8--------------------------| until the (*) where the
D-5---5-5---5-5--5-5--8-8-8-8-*8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| distortion is slowly
A-5---5-5---5-5--5-5--6-6-6-6-*8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--| turned up while singing
E-----------------------------*6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--| "find..."



Chorus: 

Riff 3: F5  C#5  G#5  Bb5

  Guitar I  ("Oh, give me a reason...")
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------6--6--6--6--------------------------|
D-3--3--3--3--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--|
A-3--3--3--3--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--|
E-1--1--1--1--------------4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--|
|                                                    (4x)
| Guitar II                                           
e-------3~~---------4~~--------4~~----------6~~---|
B-------3~~---------6~~--------4~~----------6~~---|
G-------2~~---------6~~--------5~~----------7~~---|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|



Verse 2:

Riff 1: 4x
("Love hates you...")

Riff 2: 1x
("...blossom, and the blossoms dead.")



Chorus:

Riff 3: 4x
("Oh, give me a reason...")



Bridge: C5  G#5  Bb5  F5   C5   G#5  Bb5   G#5   Bb5 

e---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G-5--5-5-5--5-5-------------------------------------------| 
D-5--5-5-5--5-5-6--6-6-6--6-6/8--8-8-8--8-8\3--3-3-3--3-3-|
A-3--3-3-3--3-3-6--6-6-6--6-6/8--8-8-8--8-8\3--3-3-3--3-3-|
E---------------4--4-4-4--4-4/6--6-6-6--6-6\1--1-1-1--1-1-|
                                                             (2x)
e---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G-5--5-5-5--5-5-------------------------------------------| 
D-5--5-5-5--5-5-6--6-6-6--6-6/8--8-8-8--8-8\6--6-6/8--8-8-|
A-3--3-3-3--3-3-6--6-6-6--6-6/8--8-8-8--8-8\6--6-6/8--8-8-|
E---------------4--4-4-4--4-4/6--6-6-6--6-6\4--4-4/6--6-6-|



Verse 3:

Riff 1: 4x
("Hey baby take it...")

Riff 2: 1x with distortion
("...fading like a rose.")



Chorus:

Riff 3: 4x
("Give me a reason...")



Verse 4:

Riff 1: 4x
("And they say that in the end...")

Riff 2: 1x clean
("...better to rise, than fade away.")



Outro:

Chords:

e-0--0--1--0--0--0--0--0--|
B-3--3--1--3--1--3--3--1--|  These are the chords I use for the outro.
G-0--3--0--0--0--3--0--0--|  I don't know all there names,
D-0--x--3--0--2--x--0--2--|  I'm not even sure they're right.
A-2--1--3--2--3--1--2--3--|  The rhythym is shown below.
E-0--1-----0--0--1--0--0--|



  Hey...    you   were        right.           Name  a    star           for   your
e-0----0---0-0--0-0----------|0----0---0-0--0-0----------|1----1---1-1--1-1----------|
B-3----3---3-3--3-3----------|3----3---3-3--3-3----------|1----1---1-1--1-1----------|
G-0----0---0-0--0-0----------|3----3---3-3--3-3----------|0----0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
D-0----0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|x----x---x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-|3----3---3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
A-2----2---2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|1----1---1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|3----3---3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|
E--------------------0-0-0-0-|1----1---1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|---------------------------|



  eyes.          Did   you    freeze?      Did   you      weep?          Turn  to
e-0----0---0-0--0-0----------|0----0---0-0--0-0----------|3----3---3-3--3-3----------|
B-3----3---3-3--3-3----------|1----1---1-1--1-1----------|3----3---3-3--3-3----------|
G-0----0---0-0--0-0----------|0----0---0-0--0-0----------|0----0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
D-0----0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|2----2---2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|x----x---x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-|
A-2----2---2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|3----3---3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|1----1---1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|
E--------------------0-0-0-0-|-------------------3-3-3-3-|1----1---1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|


  gold...           Baby,     Sleep.
e-0----0---0-0--0-0----------|0----0---0-0--0-0---------- ||
B-3----3---3-3--3-3----------|1----1---1-1--1-1---------- ||
G-0----0---0-0--0-0----------|0----0---0-0--0-0----------.||  repeat once
D-0----0---0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|2----2---2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-.||
A-2----2---2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|3----3---3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3- ||
E--------------------0-0-0-0-|-------------------3-3-3-3- ||


After second time play:

e-------3-----------3-----------3----3~---|
B-------3-----------3-----------3----3~---|
G-------0-----------0-----------0----0~---|
D----0----0------0----0------2----2--0~---|
A-1---------1-2---------2-3----------2~---|
E------------------------------------3~---|


LYRICS
Love hangs herself,
With the bedsheets 
In her cell.
Threw myself 
On fires for you.
Ten good reasons 
To stay alive.
Ten good reasons,
I can't find.

Oh, give me a reason 
To be beautiful.
So sick in this body, 
So sick in this soul.
Oh, give me one reason 
To be beautiful,
Oh, and everything I am.

Love hates you.
I live my life 
In ruins for you.
And for all 
Your secrets kept,
I squashed the blossom, 
And the blossom's dead.

Oh, give me a reason 
To be beautiful.
So sick in this body, 
So sick in this soul.
Oh, and I will make myself 
So beautiful,
Oh, and everything I am.

Miles and miles 
Of perfect skin...
I swear I do, 
I fit right in.
My love burns 
Through everything,
I cannot breathe.

Miles and miles 
Of perfect sin...
I swear I said, 
I fit right in.
I fit right in 
Your perfect skin,
I cannot breathe.

Hey baby take it 
All the way down.
Hey, baby,
Take me away
Oh, you were born
So pretty oh summerbabe.
We'll never know..
And fading like a rose

Give me a reason 
To be beautiful.
So sick in this body, 
So sick in this soul
I'll give you my body, 
Just sell me your soul.
Oh, and everything I am 
Will be bought and sold.
Oh, and everything I am 
Will turn hard and cold.

And they say 
In the end,
You'll get bitter 
Just like them.
And they steal 
Your heart away.

When the fire goes out 
You better learn to fake,
It's better to rise
Than fade away.

Hey you were right,
Named a star 
For your eyes.
Did you freeze? 
Did you sleep?
Turn to gold, 
Baby, sleep.

Hey honey mine,
I was there 
All the time.
And I weep 
At your feet,
And it rains 
And rains.