{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1710609,"song":"The Hole","artist":"Townes Van Zandt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11360436-the-hole-chords-by-townes-van-zandt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1710609?type=chord","rating":4.86134,"votes":19,"content":"The Hole (Acoustic version)\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro - [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWell the old woman finally caught me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSneakin' 'round her cave[/tab]\r\n\r\nHer hair looked just like barb wire, boys\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd her smile just like the grave[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe asked me could I stay a while\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI said I'd better go[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe slid her arm around my neck\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd sweetly whispered no[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt's cold and dark and lonely here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs soon enough you'll see[/tab]\r\n                         \r\nI'm oh so glad you stumbled in\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI've been cravin' company[/tab]\r\n\r\nI cannot stay too long you know\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI left some friends at home[/tab]\r\n\r\nDon't you fret about your friends\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nDown here we're all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWell what about my mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI can't just leave her there to mourn?[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou don't have to think about her\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJust forget you were ever born[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I'll disappoint my father\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou know he worked so hard for me[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf you have to pay your father back\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJust send him some misery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'll miss, I said, a girl I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI can't just leave there to pine[/tab]\r\n\r\nOh She's still got plenty of men to go\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI'm sure she'll do just fine[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell what about my little boy?\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe said, he's just like you[/tab]\r\n\r\nLet a few short years roll by\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe'll end up down here too[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd her pale green eyes began to glow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd she placed her hand on mine[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe smiled and said don't worry\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou'll get used to me in time[/tab]\r\n\r\nAs her cold tongue flickered toward my throat\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI spun myself around[/tab]\r\n\r\nI Made a dive for the passageway\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut the walls came tumbling down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow her eyes were the only light[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]           \r\nMy fevered brain could see[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I tore myself away from them\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd fell down to my knees[/tab]\r\n\r\nI've come too far, I can't get back\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI beseeched all the Gods of men[/tab]\r\n\r\nFame and fortune just laughed at me\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd it's silence once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThen I whispered deep within[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nEmbraced the God of Love  [/tab]\r\n\r\nI lifted my face and through the tears\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI saw light fall from above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI hurled myself into the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI ripped and clawed my way[/tab]\r\n\r\nThrough the stinkin', clingin' loam\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBack to the light of day[/tab]\r\n\r\nI crawled out into the wind again\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWith the sky upon my face[/tab]\r\n\r\nI heard the earth sigh patiently\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAs I slid back into place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow I'm back among the ones I love[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm loved by them in turn[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd it's only on the darkest night\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThat green eyed memory burns[/tab]\r\n\r\nSo walk my friends, in the light of day\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDon't go sneakin' 'round no holes[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere might be something down there\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWants to gobble up your soul[/tab]","plain_text":"The Hole (Acoustic version)\n\n\nIntro - F#m Bm F#m Bm\n\n\n\n\nHer hair looked just like barb wire, boys\n\n\nShe asked me could I stay a while\n\n\nShe slid her arm around my neck\n\n\n\n\n                         \nI'm oh so glad you stumbled in\n\n\nI cannot stay too long you know\n\n\nDon't you fret about your friends\n\n\n\n\n\nYou don't have to think about her\n\n\nBut I'll disappoint my father\n\n\nIf you have to pay your father back\n\n\n\n\n\nOh She's still got plenty of men to go\n\n\nWell what about my little boy?\n\n\nLet a few short years roll by\n\n\n\n\n\nShe smiled and said don't worry\n\n\nAs her cold tongue flickered toward my throat\n\n\nI Made a dive for the passageway\n\n\n\n\n\nBut I tore myself away from them\n\n\nI've come too far, I can't get back\n\n\nFame and fortune just laughed at me\n\n\n\n\n\nI lifted my face and through the tears\n\n\n\n\nThrough the stinkin', clingin' loam\n\n\nI crawled out into the wind again\n\n\nI heard the earth sigh patiently\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd it's only on the darkest night\n\n\nSo walk my friends, in the light of day\n\n\nThere might be something down there","chords":["F#m","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]}}}