Townes van Zandt - The hole
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The Hole (Acoustic version)
Intro - F#m Bm F#m Bm
F#mWell the old woman finally caught me
BmSneakin' 'round her cave
Her hair looked just like barb wire, boys
And her smile just like the F#mgrave
She asked me could I stay a while
IBm said I'd better go
She slid her arm around my neck
And sweetly whisperedF#m no
F#mIt's cold and dark and lonely here
As soon enough you'll sBmee
I'm oh so glad you stumbled in
I've been cravin' companyF#m
I cannot stay too long you know
I left some friends at Bmhome
Don't you fret about your friends
Down here we're all aF#mlone
F#mWell what about my mother
I can't just leave her there to mBmourn?
You don't have to think about her
Just forget you were ever bF#morn
But I'll disappoint my father
You know he wBmorked so hard for me
If you have to pay your father back
Just send him some miserF#my
F#mI'll miss, I said, a girl I know
I can't just leave there to pBmine
Oh She's still got plenty of men to go
I'm sure she'll do just fF#mine
Well what about my little boy?
She said, hBme's just like you
Let a few short years roll by
He'll end up down here toF#mo
F#mAnd her pale green eyes began to glow
And she placed her hand on mBmine
She smiled and said don't worry
You'll get used to me in tiF#mme
As her cold tongue flickered toward my throat
I spun myself arBmound
I Made a dive for the passageway
But the walls came tumbling dF#mown
F#mNow her eyes were the only light
My fevereBmd brain could see
But I tore myself away from them
And fell down to my knF#mees
I've come too far, I can't get back
I beseecheBmd all the Gods of men
Fame and fortune just laughed at me
And it's silence once agaiF#mn
F#mThen I whispered deep within
EBmmbraced the God of Love
I lifted my face and through the tears
I saw light fall from aF#mbove
F#mI hurled myself into the wall
I ripped and clBmawed my way
Through the stinkin', clingin' loam
Back to the light of dF#may
I crawled out into the wind again
With the sBmky upon my face
I heard the earth sigh patiently
As I slid back into plaF#mce
F#mNow I'm back among the ones I love
And I'BMm loved by them in turn
And it's only on the darkest night
That green eyed memory burnF#ms
So walk my friends, in the light of day
BmDon't go sneakin' 'round no holes
There might be something down there
Wants to gobble up your soul F#m