Black Hole Sun Tab by Soundgarden

Black Hole Sun tab by Soundgarden

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This is as complete as I could come up with.  Use standard tuning.  No solo
or verse lyrics.  Criticism appreciated.


                              Black Hole Sun  by Soundgarden
                              ==============

Intro:
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E----------------|-----------|-----------------|------------|
B-------3--------|-------3---|-------3---------|-------2----|
G-----2----2-----|-----2-----|-----0----0------|------------|
D---2--------2---|---2-------|---0--------0----|-----4------|
A-0------------0-|-3---------|-----------------|---4--------|
E----------------|-----------|-3-------------0-|-2--------0-|

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E----------------|-----------|
B----------------|-----------|
G-------3--------|--------4--|
D-----3----3-----|------2----|
A---3--------3---|----5------|
E-1------------1-|--0--------|



Verses:  (Note:  Bass note appears below)
=======


E----------14-------|-------12--|--------15--------|-------14--|
B-------14----14----|----13-----|-----15----15-----|----14-----|
G----14----------14-|-14--------|--12----------12--|-14--------|
D-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
A-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
E-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
  A                   C            G                 F#

E--------13----------|--------12----------|-------14----------12----|
B-----13----13----13-|-----12----12----12-|----14----14----12----12-|
G--14----------14----|--14----------14----|-14----------12----------|
D--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
A--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
E--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
   F                    E                   A           G

E--------13--|
B-----15-----|
G--15--------|
D------------|
A------------|
E------------|
   Bb



Chorus:
=======

"Black hole..."

E-------------------|---------------|------------------|
B-------------------|---------------|------------------|
G----------3--------|--------4------|------2-------2---|
D--------3-----3----|------2---2----|----2---2---2---2-|
A------3---------3--|----5-------5--|--0---------------|
E----1--------------|--0------------|----------3-------|

"...sun    won't you  come        and ....


E------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B----------5-------|------------------|-----------------|
G-------5-----5----|--------3---------|--------4--------|
D-----5---------5--|------3-----3-----|------2----2-----|
A---3--------------|----3----------3--|----5---------5--|
E------------------|--1---------------|--0--------------|

  "rain.  Black hole sun     won't you ...


After the FIRST chorus

E------------------|------|
B---7---7h8p7------|--9---|
G---7---7-----7----|--9---|
D---7---7-------7--|--9---|   then back to verse
A---5---5----------|--7---|
E------------------|--0---|
  "come"


After the SECOND and THIRD chorus

E----------------|---------|
B---7--7h8p7-----|--5--5---|
G---7--7-----7---|--5--5---|    then repeat chorus once
D---7--7-------7-|--5--5---|
A---5--5---------|--3--3---|
E----------------|---------|
  "come"
                       "Black hole..."

E-----------------|
B---7--7h8p7------|
G---7--7-----7----|
D---7--7-------7--|
A---5--5----------|
E-----------------|


(Repeat)
E---------------|---------------|-----------------|
B--5--5h6p5-----|-9--9h10p9-----|--10--7h8p7------|
G--5--5-----5---|-9--9------9---|--7---------7----|
D--5--5-------5-|-9--9--------9-|--7-----------7--|
A--3--3---------|-7--7----------|-----------------|
E---------------|---------------|-----------------|
     "Won't you come                Won't ...



Rhythm for solo and used once to end the song:
----------------------------------------------

(Repeat)
E-------------------------------|
B----------------------------2--|
G----------------------------0--|
D----------------------------2--|
A--5--4---2---5---0-------------|
E--------------------4--3-------|



E------------|
B------------|
G------------|
D--5-/-7--7--|
A--5-/-7--7--|
E--3-/-5--5--|


---
+-------------------------------------------------+
| Roger Meech | rmeec@hcsd.hac.com | meech@sfu.ca |
+-------------------------------------------------+



Here's the first bit of chorus from Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun. I
played it with my chorus cranked all the way to the right for short
bandwith to give it that
 70s' oscillatory effect, with lots of distortion and flange/echo.

It's from memory so be forgiving...


    A			   Cmaj7            D           B
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------0--------------------------4-----4---------
G -------------------0---0------------------------4---4---4-------
D --2-------------2-------------------------------4---------------
A --0-----2-------3--------------(3s--5)----3-----2---------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------

   Black -hole    sun,            wo- nt   you    co- ome,   ...



Heres the chorus for Black Hole Sun.

IMPORTANT: You MUST use dropped-D tuning (tune your low E string down to D)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------1-------------2-----------------------------7--------------------
------1---1---------0---0---------5-------3-------8---8------------------
----1-------1-----0-------0-----5---5---3---3---8-------8----------------
--1-----------1-0-----------0-5-------3-------8-----------8--------------
..sun   won't you come      and wash  away the ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------5--5----7---------------------------------
--------1-------------2--------5--5----7---------------------------------
------1---1---------0---0------5--5----7---------------------------------
----1-------1-----0-------0----3--3----5---------------------------------
--1-----------1-0-----------0--------------------------------------------
 sun    won't you come won't you.....

After the first chorus, I believe the barre chords in subsequent choruses
are C-A#-D (instead of C-D shown above).

Anyway, the above sounds close to my ears. However, I don't have a copy
of the album, so corrections are welcome. Anyone who has figured out the
verse chords, please post. I'm trying various triads around the octave
fret but just can't seem to nail it.

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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