Bass tabs
HOLE IN MY SHOE (Bassline)
As recorded by Traffic
(From the 1967 Album MR. FANTASY)
Words and Music by Dave Mason
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Winwood - Bass'
Intro & Interlude
Q=102
3/4
Gtr I
W W W
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4/4
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
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1st & 2nd Verses
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
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|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|
q q q q q q q q q q q E E W
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|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|------------1-|------|
W W W
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Bridge
W W W
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W W W
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W W W W
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3rd Verse
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
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|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|
q q q q q q q q q q q E E W W
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|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|------------1-|----------|------|
Outro
W q q q q q q q q
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q q q q q q q q q q q q 5x
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|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--o||
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Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
I looked in the sky
Where an elephant's eye
Was looking at me
From a bubblegum tree
And all that I knew was
The hole in my shoe that
Was letting in water (letting in water)
I walked through a field
That just wasn't real
With 100 tin soldiers
Would shoot at my shoulder
And all that I knew was
The hole in my shoe that
Was letting in water (letting in water)
(I climbed on the back of a giant albatross
Which flew through a crack in the cloud
To a place where happiness reigned all year round
And music played ever so loudly)
I started to fall
And suddenly woke
And the dew on the grass
Had stuck to my coat
And all that I knew was
The hole in my shoe that
Was letting in water (letting in water)
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1967 Island Music Ltd., London, England
