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BLACK HOLE SUN - Soundgarden
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Tabbed by: Brandon
e-mail: brandonvin@gmail.com
Tuning: Drop D - DADG and all strings tuned a quarter step sharp
/ Slide up
\ Slide down
h Hammer on
p Pull off
Verses go like this:
G Bb F E Eb D
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-5-----------5-/-8-----------8\-|-3-----------3---2-------2------|-1-----------1---0-----------0/-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G F Ab
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
D|-5-----5-3-----/-6--------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Play that pattern twice.
First chorus (a little different from other choruses)
Eb D G F Bb Eb D
G|-------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-------------|-------------------------------|-----------------1-----------1--|-----------------------------|
D|-------------|1-------------1-0-------------0|-5-----5-3-----3---------------0|1---------------0------------|
1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C D
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-----3-3---3-/-5-------------------------------|
D|-----------------0-------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
Play verse pattern twice again.
Next, you play the chorus 8 times.
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Eb D / First and third times, play this ending.
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------1-----------1--|
D|-1-------------1-0-------------0|-5-----5-3-----3---------------0|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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/ Second time, use this ending.
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-3-----3-3---3-0-1-----1-1---1--|
D|-------------------------------0|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Then, on the 4th time, you will end it the following way.
But on the the 5th-8th times, you leave out the Eb and D, and play ONLY the ending part.
It might sound complex when I explain it, but if you listen to the song you'll know what I mean.
For this measure, make up a simple fill using 5ths and octaves of D.
G|---------------------------------|-----------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------|
A|-3-----3-3---3-0-1-----1-1---1-/-|-5-----5-5---5---|
D|---------------------------------|---0-0-----0---0-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
As an example, here's a fill you could use:
G|-----------------|
D|---7-------------|
A|-5---5---5-5-5---|
D|-------0-------0-|
1 + 2 +
Then it goes in to the guitar solo. Bass plays:
(9/8 time)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------3-----------3-----------|
A|-3---2-------0-------2h3---------------------------------------------0---|
D|-------------------------5---4-------3-------3---3-------3---3-----------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 +
Play that 6 times.
Then:
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
D|-3/5-5--------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(A short, simplified verse as drums rest)
G Bb F E
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
D|-5-------------/-8-----------8\-|-3---------------2--------------|-----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
Next go to the chorus. Do the same series of endings as you did in the chorus before the guitar solo,
but just go on a little bit longer at the end.
Then end with this bit.
(9/8 time for one measure)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
A|-3---2-------0-------2h3-------------------------------------------------|----------------|
D|-------------------------5---4-------3-------3---3-------3---3---0-------|-3/5-5~~~~~~~~~~|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 +