Traffic – Hole In My Shoe (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Song: Hole in my shoe Artist: Traffic Composer: Dave Mason Album: The best of Traffic Tabbed by DJ 22nd Nov 2021 IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website displays, they are generated automatically from a generic database and often don't show the best options for a particular chord progression. Just use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers B = x24442 F = 133211 G = 320003 or 355433 F4 = 133311 G4 = 320013 or 355533 Edim7 = xx2323 Am = x02210 or 577555 Fdim7 = xx3434 A4 = x02230 or 577755 F#dim7 = xx4545 Bb = x13331 or 688766 D#dim7 = xx1212 Bb4 = x13341 or 688866 Eb = x68886 C = x35553 N.C. = No chords NOTE: For tablature of Sitar and Flute Riffs see the bottom of the document Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Sitar Riff]
  (B5)    (B6)         (B5)(B)    (B4)(B7)(B5)
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
[Flute riff]
  B            B            B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Verse 1]
  G             G4  G        G          G4   G
I looked in the sky where an elephant's eye,

    Am     A4  Am           Am    A4    Am
Was look - ing at me from a bub - ble - gum tree,

    G          G4   G       G          G4
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe,

G         Bb         Bb4  Bb
Which was letting in wa - ter,

 Bb      N.C
                  Letting in water
(Letting in water--------!) [Flute riff]
  B            B            B            B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Verse 2]
  G                G4    G        G           G4
I walked through a field  ...that just wasn't real,

G        Am    A4   Am
With one hun - dred tin soldiers...

      Am    A4 Am
Which stood at my shoulder,

    G          G4   G       G          G4
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe,

G         Bb         Bb4  Bb
Which was letting in wa - ter,

 Bb      N.C
         Letting in water
(Letting in water--------!) [Bridge]
  Edim7        Fdim7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

  F F4  F  F4  F4   F
| /__/  /__/  /__/  / |

F F4 F         F4     F               Eb
     I climbed on the back of a giant albatross,

      C
Which flew through a crack in the cloud,

F  F4 F     F4              F
To a  place where happiness reigned...

F   F4  F F4  F               Eb
All the year 'round and music played ever so loudly
[Link]
  C           F#dim7 Fdim7  Edim7 D#dim7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Verse 3]
  G          G4    G      G        G4    G
I started to fall, ...and suddenly woke,

        Am  A4 Am            Am     A4      Am
And the dew on the grass had soaked through my coat,

    G          G4   G       G          G4
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe,

G         Bb         Bb4  Bb
Which was letting in wa - ter,

 Bb      N.C
         Letting in water
(Letting in water--------!) [Flute riff]
  B            B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Coda - Repeats over Flute Riff]
B        B                   B        B
Ah----!    Ah - ah, ah - ah, ah, ah!

B        B                   B        B
Ah----!    Ah - ah, ah - ah, ah, ah!

B        B                   B        B
Ah----!    Ah - ah, ah - ah, ah, ah!

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[Intro - Sitar Riff]
    (B5)      (B6)       (B5) (B)     (B4)(B7)(B5)
e |--7------------|---------------|----------------|
B |--------7---9--|--------7---0--|--------10---7--|
G |---------------|--8------------|--8-h9----------|
D |--9-----9---9--|--9-----9---9--|--9------9---9--|
A |---------------|---------------|----------------|
E |---------------|---------------|----------------|

                                  h = Hammer-on note
[Flute Riff *]
     B
e |--2-----2-------|
B |--4-------4-----|
G |--4--4-------4--|
D |--4-------------|
A |--2-(2)-(2)-(2)-|
E |----------------|