Hole in My Shoe Tabs & Lyrics by Traffic

Hole in My Shoe

guitar tabs lyrics

Traffic

"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