Veruca Salt - Celebrate You guitar tab

Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 01:10:02 +0000

From: mills@ptw.com

Subject: TAB: "Celebrate You" by Veruca Salt

"Celebrate You" written by Louise Post, performed by Veruca Salt from the

album American Thighs. Transcribed by Michael Dalby ( mills@ptw.com) with

the help of some concert footage.

Chords Used:

Open D (XX0232)

D Power Chord (X577XX)

A Power Chord (577XXX)

Bb Power Chord (688XXX)

G Power Chord (355XXX)

C Major (81010988)

Bb Major (688766)

F Major (133211)

Ab Major (466544)

G Major (355433)

Intro: (Mostly Clean)

Open D melody, something like 4 1 2...3 1 2 1 (numbers indicate string numbers)

Verse: (Power Chords - Distortion)

D A Bb G D

I wear my patent leather shoes

D(cont) A Bb G

And my golden fleeces,

Repeat

Chorus: (Major Chords - Distortion)

A Bb G C A

At your Celebration (Oh-oh, Oh-oh)

A (cont) Bb G C A

Celebration (Oh-oh, Oh-oh)

Repeat

Interlude?: (Major Chords - Mostly Clean)

C, Bb, F, Ab, Bb, C

C, Bb, F, Ab, F

C Bb F Ab Bb C

And in the dream you held a gun,

C (cont) Bb F Ab Bb C

You killed off all who hurt you

Repeat - kick in distortion on...

C Bb F Ab Bb C

I'm safe here growing in the shade

Repeat 'til last chord progression, then follow pattern but slide from Ab

to C, skipping Bb at the end.

Verse: (Same as before)

Chorus: (Same as before until the end when she switches it up a little and

I get confused)

Please Post any and all improvements to this transcription.