Hole In My Shoe bass tab by Traffic

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
|--------|--------|------|
|--------|--------|------|
|--------|--------|------|
|--------|--------|------|

  4/4
  q q q q  q q q q  q q q q  q q q q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
||o-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||


 1st & 2nd Verses
 q q q q  q q q q  q q q q  q q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-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
|-------------|-------------|--------------|------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|------|
|-------------|-------------|-1--1--1--1---|-1----|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|------------1-|------|


 W      W     W
|-----------||----------|------||
|----------o||----------|------||
|----------o||----------|------||
|-----------||----------|------||


 Bridge
 W     W     W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||


 3rd Verse
 q q q q  q q q q  q q q q  q q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-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
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------|------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------|------|
|-------------|-------------|-1--1--1--1---|-1--------|------|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|------------1-|----------|------|


              Outro
 W     q q q q   q q q q
|----------|-------------||--------------|
|----------|-------------||o-------------|
|----------|-2--2--2--2--||o-2--2--2--2--|
|----------|-------------||--------------|


 q q q q  q q q q  q q q q  5x
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--o||
|-------------|-------------|--------------||


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
----------------
 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
-----------
 | - 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