Tablature hole in the river - Crowded House

          



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  Hole in the River

  (N. Finn/ E. Rayner)

  

  NOTES:

  

  -- For the intro, if you sit on an Em chord on the 7th fret (X79987),

  you can find your way around the main melody line of the keyboard that

  Eddie Rayner is playing.  (The guitar part at that point is just doing

  that damped string/percussive thing, so when playing it alone on an

  acoustic, it helps to play around on the Em.)

  

  -- The psychedelic instrumental break is composed entirely on C#m (a

  last-minute idea from Nick Seymour that saved this song from being

  scrapped.)  All the fun stuff is going on in the keyboards, while the

  guitar just sits on that one chord.  I would suggest creating a guitar

  solo for this section (which is what Neil does when it's performed

  live).

  

  

  

  

  INTRO:  Keyboard doodling around Em

  

                        C    D                A     Em

  There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies

                       C     D               A      Em

  From the land of the living to the air and sky

                      C    D                 A      Em

  Left her car by the river left her shoes beside

                             C     D           Am

  Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was ...

  

  Am/G*         Am/F#*

  Dreaming of glory

  B      Am       Am/G          Am/F#

  Miles above the mountains and plains

  B       Am   Am/G   Am/F#

  Free at last

  

  We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I

  The sound of desperate breathing her fear inside us all

  She was coming to see him but something changed her mind

  Drove her down to the river

  There is no return

  

  [INSTR. BREAK:  Keyboards based around C#m chord]

  

  Gtr. solo:

  

  

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  4--7--9-9--7--|-4--7--9----|-4--7--9-9----|-4--7--9-|| Am  Am/G  Am/F#

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  B  Am  Am/G  Am/F#

  

  

  There's a hole in the river where a memory lies

  From the land of the living to the air and sky

  She was coming to see him

  But something changed her mind,

  drove her down to the river

           Am

  There is no return

  

  

  Instr. to fade:  C#m

  

  

  * UNUSUAL CHORDS

  

  Am/G   302210

  Am/F#  202210

  

  

  (Transcription by Marck Bailey)

  

   


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 Hole in the river, de Crowded house 

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