TRAFFIC - "hole in my shoe" Tablature

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"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 ...
Am
Was looking at me from ...
G
And all that I knew was ...
Bb Eb/Bb Bb
Which was letting in ....
(letting ....

[repeat 4/4 section of intro]

Verse 2:

I walked through a field .....
(letting i....

Bridge:

(mellotron: E/Bb tritone, raised gradually to F#/C over 4 bars)

F Eb C [2X]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

(Narration: I climbed on the .....
What flew through .....
To a place where happiness ....
And music played .....

(mellotron: F#/C tritone, lowered gradually to E/Bb over 2 bars)

Verse 3:

I started to fall and ...
(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

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