Traffic - Hole In My Shoe guitar tab
"Hole In My Shoe" (Dave Mason) Intro: sitar arr. for guitar [3/4, w/snare]: v v v v v v v v v -7-----------|-------------|------------- -------7-----|-9-----------|-7----------- -------------|-------8-----|------------- -------------|-------------|-------9----- -------------|-------------|------------- -------------|-------------|------------- sitar arr. for guitar [4/4] [4X; band enters 1st time; flute 2nd] B v v v v --------------------------------- ---------10-9*---7-------7------- -8-9----------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- * omit 1st time during intro Verse 1: G I looked in the sky where an elephant's eye Am Was looking at me from a bubblegum tree G And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe Bb Eb/Bb Bb Which was letting in water (letting in water) (letting in water) [repeat 4/4 section of intro] Verse 2: I walked through a field that just wasn't real With one hundred tin soldiers which stood at my shoulder And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe Which was letting in water (letting in water) (letting in water) Bridge: (mellotron: E/Bb tritone, raised gradually to F#/C over 4 bars) F Eb C [2X] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / (Narration: I climbed on the back of a giant albatross What flew through a crack in the cloud To a place where happiness reigned all year round And music played ever so loudly) (mellotron: F#/C tritone, lowered gradually to E/Bb over 2 bars) Verse 3: I started to fall and suddenly woke And the dew on the grass had soaked through my coat And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe Which was letting in water (letting in water) (letting in water) Coda: instrumental (w/wordless backup vocals) over B chord; fade out and fade back in -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers