Chords for TOWNES VAN ZANDT - "The Hole" on Solo Sessions, January 17, 1995

_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ The old lady finally caught me, [Bm] sneaking through a cave. _
Her [B] hair looked just like barbed wire, boys, and her smile just like the grave. _
_ She asked me could I stay a while.
[A] _ [Bm] I said I believe I better go.
She slid her arm around my neck, and she [F#m] sweetly whispered no.
_ It's _ cold and dark and lonely here as [Bm] soon as you'll see.
_ I'm oh so glad you stumbled in.
I've been craving company.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ I cannot stay too long, you know.
I left some friends [B] at home.
_ [Bm] She said don't you fret about your friends.
[B] Down here we're all alone.
[F#m] _ _ _
_ I cannot leave my mother.
I cannot [Bm] leave her there to mourn.
Oh, you don't have to think about her.
[F#] Just forget you [F#m] were ever born. _
_ _ But I'll disappoint my father.
[B] You know he worked so hard for [Bm] me.
_ If you have to pay your father back, just send him some [F#m] misery.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ I'll miss, I said, a girl I know.
[Bm] I can't just leave her there to pine.
While she's got plenty of men to go, [F#] I'm sure she'll do just [F#m] fine.
What _ _ about my little boy?
_ [Bm] She said he's just like you. _ _
Let a few short years roll by and he'll end up down here [F#m] too. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Your pale green eyes began to glow and [B] she placed her hand on [Bm] mine. _
She smiled and said don't worry, you'll get used to me in [F#m] time.
There's a cold tongue flickered toward my throat.
[Bm] I spun myself around.
I made a dive for the passageway, but the walls [F#m] come tumbling down. _ _
_ _ And our eyes were the only [Bm] light my fevered brain could see.
_ I tore myself away from them and I fell down to my [F#m] knees.
_ I've come too far, I can't get back.
I've [Bm] assist all the gods of men.
_ Well, fame and fortune just laughed at me and in silence once again.
Then _ _ _ _ _ _ I whispered deep within, _ embrace the god of love.
I lifted my face and through the tears I saw light fall from above.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I hurled myself into the wall.
[Bm] I ripped and clawed my way
through the stinking clinging loam [C#] back to the light of day.
[F#m] _ I crawled out into the wind again [Bm] with the sky upon my face.
I heard the earth sigh patiently as it slid back into [F#m] place. _ _
_ Now I'm back among the ones I love.
[Bm] I'm loved by them in turn.
And it's only on the darkest night [B] that green-eyed memory burns.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So walk my friends in the light of day.
_ [Bm] Don't go sneaking around no holes.
_ There might be something down there wants [F#m] to gobble up your soul. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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