Asking For It Bass Tab

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Hole   "Asking For It"

Listen to the song for the right rythyms also I don't think it's exact but
it's pretty close

Verse (repeat 4x in first verse, 6x in second and 4x in bridge)
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------5--
E----------------------------0-5-5-5-4-3-3-3-3-3-3----

Chorus  (repeat 4x)
G--------------------
D--------------------
A----------5---5-5-0-
E-1------------------

post-(right after)chorus
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3----------------------
E-1-1-1-1-1----------------------------5-5-5-5-4-3-3-3-3-3

after chorus, before bridge
G------------------
D------------------
A------------------
E-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--

The bridge is the same as the verse just a little bit of a tempo change

End ("ah....ah.....ah....ah...")
same as post-chorus but slower add an open E at the end

Hope it doesn't confuse you too much,
Megan Skrypichayko

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/h/hole/113234.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Emily Average	#1 by Emily F at Aug 11, 1970 at 10:38 AM EST
	Hmm, Bite Me-- your tactics are verrry clever. As in "I got the meaning wrong so I'll attack the singer". Teach me how to avoid logical fallacies just like you, PLEASE!! PS Phenobarbiedoll is obviously clever FOR REAL (great name)-- Bite Me needs to take lessons from her!

No Picture Andy Average	#2 by Andy Quinton at Aug 8, 1973 at 2:47 AM EST
	I'm not what you could class as a Courtney fan, although I do like some of her music. However, I fcuking HATE sexist shit like... "..why would anyone be dumb enough to wear a dress into a moshpit anyways??" I think that's what this song is about. It's tongue in cheek, it's cynical, and I find a lot of these comments really amusing considering that this is what this song is partially about... peoples attitudes like.. "well she was asking for it going there dressed like that."

No Picture Tim Rhythm Player	#3 by Tim Jessop at Apr 22, 1978 at 2:20 AM EST
	the person called "Bite Me"....just shut up. your comment really didnt make a hell of a lot of sense and you seem to have misenterprated the quite obvious meaning. despite what real life events this song is/ isnt based on, the basic theme is obviosuly challenging the notion that if an attractive girl is raped then she is 'asking for it'. this is a stigma that feminsts have always fought against and courtney is pretty much a feminist (being part of the riot grrrl thing) despite how she kind of sold out her ideals.. anyway. the 'was she asking for it' line is courtney sticking two fingers up at anyone who believes this crap. irony my dears.

No Picture Matt Average	#4 by Matt at Nov 11, 1979 at 12:34 AM EST
	That was just an afterthought.

No Picture I fought the la Average	#5 by I fought the law and the law kicked my ass I never learn do i...?? at Jul 2, 1980 at 8:03 PM EST
	If this song, or at least the chorus, is about rape, then I think Courtney has her head up her ass. She is referrring to that old cliche people say when a woman who went out dressed like a slut and flirted to heavily with some guys ends up getting raped. You're not supposed to take the phrase "asking for it" literally, Courtney, you stupid cunt! It just means she SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER than to dress/act like that around a bunch of horny assholes. P.S. What did Kurt ever see in her?

No Picture l2aVeN-5 String Wanna Be	#6 by l2aVeN-5 Stringed Mother F***er at Jan 6, 1988 at 10:01 PM EST
	I wore a skit in the mosh pit last night and i was grand. Good for me. I think what Courtny is trying to say is that even if a girl is "asking for it" it's not an excuss. I love Hole

No Picture Kevin Average	#7 by Kevin Fournier at Jan 12, 1988 at 2:49 PM EST
	Adding on to the little argument going on here...this song is about her little stage-rape (when her dress was teared off). But things like that are not only the men's fault. If a girl goes out playing with a man's mind, she is at more of a risk. Still, rape is not excepable. Courtney seems somewhat cynical about the hole rape thing...like when, in a different song, she crys out "oh god just let him rape you". But, in any case, rape is an awful thing. Not something that Courtney (or I) are encouraging!

No Picture Derek Wanna Be	#8 by Derek Wilkinson at Dec 26, 1989 at 9:00 AM EST
	This is about rape, then. Shame...this song used to mean so much to me when i thought it was about domestic violence.

No Picture anthony Wanna Be	#9 by anthony barter at May 25, 1992 at 9:43 AM EST
	I will tear the devil out of you should be I will tear the petals out of you.

No Picture Tom Average	#10 by Tom Parton at Apr 23, 1997 at 3:34 AM EST
	this song is about a girl who likes to be taken advantage of.

No Picture philipp Rhythm Player	#11 by philipp at Feb 2, 2000 at 6:57 AM EST
	she once said in an interview that it asking for it was written about a stage rape. she jumped into the crowd and her dress was ripped off. people were touching her. but she was asking for it.

No Picture jake Average	#12 by jake battkoo at Aug 17, 2002 at 5:10 AM EST
	and i just know someone is soon gonna claim that kurt wrote it, as they always do.

No Picture Adam Wanna Be	#13 by Adam Martinez at May 8, 2004 at 6:21 AM EST
	yeah it was about when she stage dived and everyone started groping her, or something like that. her and kurt were gonna release this as a duet type of thing later on, or so i've heard. and i agree with phenobarbiedoll

No Picture Erik Average	#14 by Erik Wyko at Dec 4, 2006 at 6:18 AM EST
	Yeah, you can download the Courtney AND Kurt version on LimeWire. It's gold. I do think Courtney Love has talent, and she's pretty when she wants to be... They really loved each other. But, I'm still not completely sure about the whole conspiracy bullshit... If she did kill him, she hired someone.