Celebrate You Guitar Tab

American Thighs Tabs:

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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)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture kyle Average	#1 by kyle anderson at Dec 19, 1978 at 8:59 PM EST
	I think not every song is about a friend or lover. Musician had an interview back in the day... the interviewer said this song was about "the price of female self-denial in the face of the male sense of entitlement", backed up by what Louise Post said in the interview: "I've seen all those kids having a hard time deciding what to do with their lives, or having problems with drugs, feeling worthless," Post adds. "I don't feel confident or competent in this world." That's what "Celebrate You" is about: "It started with my father and extended to the other men in my life," she says. "I spent so much time celebrating them that I sort of neglected to celebrate myself or even acknowledge myself in that way."

No Picture TOm Wanna Be	#2 by TOm HIrsch at Jan 25, 1987 at 2:02 AM EST
	I think it's about losing a friend or a lover. Not literally losing them but having them drift away or break up with you.

No Picture Eric Rhythm Player	#3 by Eric at Feb 20, 1989 at 6:20 PM EST
	I wish someone would comment on these songs. Big fans probably know more about what they mean than I do. But is this about sexual abuse? The last two verses mainly make me think that...

No Picture Badass	#4 by guess wha' i suck at Jan 17, 2000 at 9:49 AM EST
	I feel like the first two verses start off about a girl who's not longer with her lover and she goes to a party of his, all dressed up to show him what he's missing. But she misses him too much and she starts cracking up. The last two verses shift to something much darker, and I'm not sure exactly what they're about.