The Handsome Family - The bottomless hole
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The Bottomless Hole by The Handsome Family
Tabbed by MericanSoil
Standard Tuning
One could play this song by simply playing chords, but the walking bass line used in the recording
really takes the song to the next level. In this transcription, I've attempted to SIMULATE that
bass line by adding an additional chord between the primary chords â please note that I've put this
chord in parentheses for those who don't wish to play it. For those who do, the emphasis should be on the
low B note on the A string. To achieve the EXACT sound heard in the recording would require a full
tablature transcription of the songâ¦which could be done relatively easily by using the below chords
as a guideline. Regardless, this walk-down/walk-up chord is noted below as âA2.â
A2 = Am add9 = 0-1-0-0-2-0 (e-B-G-D-A-E)
Am (A2) C G Am
My name I donât remember though I hail from Ohio
Am (A2) C F C ( A2)
I had a wife and children, good tires on my car
F C (A2) Am
What took me from my home and put me in the earth
FWas the mouth of the deep dark hole I foEund behind my bAmarn
Am (A2) C G Am
Weâd been filling it with garbage as long as you could count
Am (A2) C F C ( A2)
Kitchen scraps and dead cows, tractors broken down
F C (A2) Am
But never did I hear one thing hit the ground
FAnd slowly I came to fear, that thEis was a bottomless hAmole
Am (A2) C G Am
I went out behind the barn and stared down in that hole
Am (A2) C F C ( A2)
Late into the evening, my mind would not let go
F C (A2) Am
So I got out my ropes and a rusty claw foot tub
FAnd I rigged myself a chariot to rEide down in that Amhole
Am (A2) C G Am
My wife she did help me, she fed me down the ropes
Am (A2) C F C ( A2)
And then I sank away from the surface of this world
F C (A2) Am
When the last rope pulled tight, I had not reached the end
FAnd in anger I swung there down Ein that dark abAmyss
Am (A2) C G Am
So I got out my knife, I told my wife goodbye
Am (A2) C F C ( A2)
I cut loose from the ropes and fell on down that hole
F C (A2) Am
And still I am there falling down in this evil pit
FBut until I hit the bottom I wonâ?E?t believe itâAms bottomless
Outro: Am F E Am