Hole In The Sky Chords & Tabs
From Black Sabbath's Sabotage - July, 1975
Tuning Info: Tune to C#, Andante, 105 beats/min., 4/4 count
NOTE: Lyrics written here may not align with the tab due to space constraints.
Multiple guitar parts may not align due to space constraints.
{inaudiable} Check It!
1 - 2 - 3 - 4
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C D D C
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-5------5--------5-----------8--10--5--------5-------5----------10---8--
C D D C
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C D D C
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-5------5--------5-----------8--10--5--------5-------5----------10---8--
I'm looking through, a hole in the sky, I'm seeing nowhere through the eyes of a lie
C D D C
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I'm getting closer to the end of the line. I'm living easy where the sun doesn't shine.
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C D D C
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-5------5--------5-----------8--10--5--------5-------5----------10---8--
I'm living in a room without any view, I'm living free because the rent's never due
C D D C
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-5------5--------5-----------8--10--5--------5-------5----------10---8--
The synonym of all the things that I've said, are just the riddles that are built in my
head
CHOURSE (1:31)
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Hole in the Sky,
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-10-10\(7)--------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--10-110\(7)-------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--
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-10-10\(7)--------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--10-110\(7)-------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--
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Gateway to Heaven,
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-10-10\(7)--------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--10-110\(7)-------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--
-10-10\(7)--------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--10-110\(7)-------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--
-10-10\(7)--------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--10-110\(7)-------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--
------------8h10-------------------------------8h10--------------------
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Window in Time,
C C C B
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---8------8------8----7/(12\7)---
Through which I'll fly!
C D D C
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C D D C
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C D D C
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-5------5--------5-----------8--10--5--------5-------5----------10---8--
I've seen the stars that dissappear in the sun, shooting's easy if you've got the right
gun,
C D D C
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And though I'm sitting here waiting for Mars, I don't believe there's any future in
"Cause"
CHOURSE (1:31)
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Hole in the Sky,
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-10-10\(7)--------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--10-110\(7)-------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--
-10-10\(7)--------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--10-110\(7)-------10-10\(7)--(x-x)--
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Gateway to Heaven,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/black_sabbath/hole_in_the_sky_tab.html ]
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Window in Time,
C C C B
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---8------8------8----7/(12\7)---
Through which I'll fly! Yeah!!
LEAD (2:40)
(2:51)
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(Guitar 1)
(2:51)
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(Guitar 2)
C D D C
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(Guitar 3)
(2:54-2:56)
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(Guitar 2)
C D D C
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(Guitar 3)
(3:02)
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(Guitar 1)
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(Guitar 2)
C D (3:02) D C (3:05)
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(Guitar 3)
(3:07)
-12^(14-14-14)--12^(14-14-14)--12^(14-144-14)--12^(14-14-14)--12^(14-14`12)-10-12p10----
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(Guitar 1)
(3:07)
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(Guitar 2)
C D D C (3:12)
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(Guitar 3)
(3:12)
-14^(16-16-16-16`14)-12~-14^(16)-14-14p112---------
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(3:12)
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(Guitar 2)
C D D C
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I've seen the Dogs of War enjoying their feast, I've seen the Western World go down in
the East
C D D C
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The Food of Love became the greed of our time, and now we're living on the profits of
crime.
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C D D C
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