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Back in the Hole

Hunters & Collectors
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Hunters and Collectors

Back in the hole

Tabbed by James Greig

VERSE

Lead Guitar (slight distortion)

Tap the strings with your right hand after each chord, just before the next one

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------7-------7---|
D|--9---7---5---7---|
A|--9---5---5---5---|
E|--7-------3-------|

Acoustic Guitar part

(comes in about halfway through the verse)

B min D G D

e|--2--2-2-2-2---2-2-3--3-3-3-2---2-2---|
B|--3--3-3-3-3---3-3-0--0-0-0-3---3-3---|
G|--4--4-4-4-2---2-2-0--0-0-0-2---2-2---|
D|--4--4-4-4-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0---|
A|--2--2-2-2---------2--2-2-2-----------|
E|-------------------3--3-3-3-----------|

The chords played by the guitar for

the verses are: Bm, D, G, D

However, when played live, Mark uses

a capo on the second fret. The chords

for when using A capo are: Am, C, F, C

Remember that these are just the chord

shapes used, not the actual chord note

that is being played.

CHORUS ("but you don't take it out on your children...")

D C

e|-5-5-5-5--5--5--3---3---3-3-3---|
B|-5-5-5-5--5--5--3---3---3-3-3---|
G|-6-6-6-6--6--6--4---4---4-4-4---|
D|-7-7-7-7--7--7--5---5---5-5-5---| x3
A|-7-7-7-7--7--7--5---5---5-5-5---|
E|-5-5-5-5--5--5--3---3---3-3-3---|

F#

e|-2-2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2---|
B|-2-2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2---|
G|-3-3-3-3--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3---|
D|-4-4-4-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4---|
A|-4-4-4-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--4--4-4---|
E|-2-2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2---|

BRIDGE

e|-2:-----2:-----3:-----2:-----|
B|-3:-----3:-----0:-----3:-----|
G|-4:-----2:-----0:-----2:-----|
D|-4:-----0:-----0:-----0:-----|
A|-2:------------2:------------|
E|---------------3:------------|

OUTRO

Repeat until end

e|-2-------2---2---3-2---3-------2---2---3-2-----|
B|-3---3---3-----------3-0---0---3-----------3---|
G|-4-----4-2-2---2-------0-------2-2---2---------|
D|-4-4-----0-------------0-0---0-0---------------|
A|-2---------------------2-----------------------|
E|-----------------------3-----------------------|

Final note

e|--2:----|
B|--3:----|
G|--2:----|
D|--0:----|
A|--------|
E|--------|

When the day shift is over

There'll be fear in the pipeline tonight

All the prisoners are restless

Locked up from dusk to daylight

Well how can you blame them?

I get pretty close myself sometimes...

I know the score, I know the feeling

Isolation for canteen crimes

Still I gotta keep my shirt on

Gotta wait for the nerves to unwind

I gotta get control again

Gotta let the blood boil in my mind

But you don't take it out on your children

Honey I won't take my work home tonight

On the weekend I'm gonna have a good one

'Cos I'll be back in the hole in the morning light

When the schoolboy's witch hunt is over

He's gonna tell us that the system is wrong

But I'll still be working in the cold Coburg air

We've had it too easy for too long

I'm on my way home now

To face up to the rest of my life

Hot water and a home cooked meal

And send kind regards to my wife

But you don't take it out on your children

Honey I won't take my work home tonight

On the weekend I'm gonna have a good one

'Cos I'll be back in the hole in the morning light

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