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The Bottomless Hole

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Standard Tuning
[Verse]
        Am(A2)                     C         E  Am  
My name I don’t remember though I hail from Ohio
             Am(A2)        C                  F    C(A2)
I had a wife and children, good tires on my car
                                            F      C(A2)   Am  
What took me from my home and put me in the earth
FWas the mouth of the deep dark hole I foEund behind my bAmarn
        Am(A2)                                C            E  Am  
We’d been filling it with garbage as long as you could count
             Am(A2)             C               F    C(A2)
Kitchen scraps and dead cows, tractors broken down
                                        F      C(A2)   Am  
But never did I hear one thing hit the ground
FAnd slowly I came to fear, that thEis was a bottomless hAmole
        Am(A2)                             C          E  Am  
I went out behind the barn and stared down in that hole
          Am(A2)         C                     F    C(A2)
Late into the evening, my mind would not let go
                                            F      C(A2)   Am  
So I got out my ropes and a rusty claw foot tub
FAnd I rigged myself a chariot to rEide down in that Amhole
        Am(A2)                       C           E  Am  
My wife she did help me, she fed me down the ropes
          Am(A2)                 C              F    C(A2)
And then I sank away from the surface of this world
                                                       F      C(A2)   Am  
When the last rope pulled tight, I had not reached the end
FAnd in anger I swung there down Ein that dark abAmyss
        Am(A2)                     C           E  Am  
So I got out my knife, I told my wife goodbye
                Am(A2)         C                   F    C(A2)
I cut loose from the ropes and fell on down that hole
                                               F      C(A2)   Am  
And still I am there falling down in this evil pit
FBut until I hit the bottom I won’t beElieve it’s bottAmomless
[Outro]
Am  F  E  Am

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The Bottomless Hole

by The Handsome Family

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning

[Verse]

Am A2 C E Am

()

My name I don’t remember though I hail from Ohio

Am A2 C F C A2

() ()

I had a wife and children, good tires on my car

F C A2 Am

()

What took me from my home and put me in the earth

F E Am

Was the mouth of the deep dark hole I found behind my barn

Am A2 C E Am

()

We’d been filling it with garbage as long as you could count

Am A2 C F C A2

() ()

Kitchen scraps and dead cows, tractors broken down

F C A2 Am

()

But never did I hear one thing hit the ground

F E Am

And slowly I came to fear, that this was a bottomless hole

Am A2 C E Am

()

I went out behind the barn and stared down in that hole

Am A2 C F C A2

() ()

Late into the evening, my mind would not let go

F C A2 Am

()

So I got out my ropes and a rusty claw foot tub

F E Am

And I rigged myself a chariot to ride down in that hole

Am A2 C E Am

()

My wife she did help me, she fed me down the ropes

Am A2 C F C A2

() ()

And then I sank away from the surface of this world

F C A2 Am

()

When the last rope pulled tight, I had not reached the end

F E Am

And in anger I swung there down in that dark abyss

Am A2 C E Am

()

So I got out my knife, I told my wife goodbye

Am A2 C F C A2

() ()

I cut loose from the ropes and fell on down that hole

F C A2 Am

()

And still I am there falling down in this evil pit

F E Am

But until I hit the bottom I won’t believe it’s bottomless

[Outro]

Am F E Am

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