• Song:

    Black Hole Sun

  • Artist:

    Soundgarden

  • Album:

    A Sides

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                            Black Hole Sun  - Soundgarden
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Tabbed by: Scot-Guitarist


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


E----------------|-----------|
B----------------|-----------|
G-------3--------|--------4--|
D-----3----3-----|------2----|
A---3--------3---|----5------|
E-1------------1-|--0--------|

Verses:
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E----------14-------|-------12--|--------15--------|-------14--|
B-------14----14----|----13-----|-----15----15-----|----14-----|
G----14----------14-|-14--------|--12----------12--|-14--------|
D-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
A-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
E-------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
  A                   C            G                 F#

E--------13----------|--------12----------|-------14----------12----|
B-----13----13----13-|-----12----12----12-|----14----14----12----12-|
G--14----------14----|--14----------14----|-14----------12----------|
D--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
A--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
E--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
   F                    E                   A           G

E--------13--|
B-----15-----|
G--15--------|
D------------|
A------------|
E------------|
   Bb

Chorus:
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"Black hole..."

E-------------------|---------------|------------------|
B-------------------|---------------|------------------|
G----------3--------|--------4------|------2-------2---|
D--------3-----3----|------2---2----|----2---2---2---2-|
A------3---------3--|----5-------5--|--0---------------|
E----1--------------|--0------------|----------3-------|

"...sun    won't you  come        and ....


E------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B----------5-------|------------------|-----------------|
G-------5-----5----|--------3---------|--------4--------|
D-----5---------5--|------3-----3-----|------2----2-----|
A---3--------------|----3----------3--|----5---------5--|
E------------------|--1---------------|--0--------------|

  "rain.  Black hole sun     won't you ...


After the FIRST chorus

E------------------|------|
B---7---7h8p7------|--9---|
G---7---7-----7----|--9---|
D---7---7-------7--|--9---|   then back to verse
A---5---5----------|--7---|
E------------------|--0---|
  "come"


After the SECOND and THIRD chorus

E----------------|---------|
B---7--7h8p7-----|--5--5---|
G---7--7-----7---|--5--5---|    then repeat chorus once
D---7--7-------7-|--5--5---|
A---5--5---------|--3--3---|
E----------------|---------|
  "come"
                       "Black hole..."

E-----------------|
B---7--7h8p7------|
G---7--7-----7----|
D---7--7-------7--|
A---5--5----------|
E-----------------|


(Repeat)
E---------------|---------------|-----------------|
B--5--5h6p5-----|-9--9h10p9-----|--10--7h8p7------|
G--5--5-----5---|-9--9------9---|--7---------7----|
D--5--5-------5-|-9--9--------9-|--7-----------7--|
A--3--3---------|-7--7----------|-----------------|
E---------------|---------------|-----------------|
     "Won't you come                Won't ...

Rhythm for solo and used once to end the song:
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(Repeat)
E-------------------------------|
B----------------------------2--|
G----------------------------0--|
D----------------------------2--|
A--5--4---2---5---0-------------|
E--------------------4--3-------|

E------------|
B------------|
G------------|
D--5-/-7--7--|
A--5-/-7--7--|
E--3-/-5--5--|

Here's the first bit of chorus from Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun. I
played it with my chorus cranked all the way to the right for short
bandwith to give it that 70s' oscillatory effect, with lots of distortion and flange/echo.

It's from memory so be forgiving...


    A                      Cmaj7            D           B
e ----------------------------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------0--------------------------4-----4---------|
G -------------------0---0------------------------4---4---4-------|
D --2-------------2-------------------------------4---------------|
A --0-----2-------3--------------(3s--5)----3-----2---------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------|

   Black -hole    sun,            wo- nt   you    co- ome,   ...


IMPORTANT: You MUST use dropped-D tuning (tune your low E string down to D)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------1-------------2-----------------------------7--------------------|
------1---1---------0---0---------5-------3-------8---8------------------|
----1-------1-----0-------0-----5---5---3---3---8-------8----------------|
--1-----------1-0-----------0-5-------3-------8-----------8--------------|
..sun   won't you come      and wash  away the ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------5--5----7---------------------------------|
--------1-------------2--------5--5----7---------------------------------|
------1---1---------0---0------5--5----7---------------------------------|
----1-------1-----0-------0----3--3----5---------------------------------|
--1-----------1-0-----------0--------------------------------------------|
 sun    won't you come won't you.....

After the first chorus, I believe the barre chords in subsequent choruses
are C-A#-D (instead of C-D shown above).
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