Black Hole Sun Based on the Cherry Lane Book. Dropped D tuning. Key of G. G||--------5--------|--------5----|--------5--------|--------4-----| D||------5---5------|------5------|------3---3------|------2-------| A||----5-------5----|----5--------|----3-------3----|----2---------| D||--5-----------5--|--8----------|--3-----------0--|--2--------0--| Guitar II(with slide): G||-------------15/-|-/19/---/21\-|-\14/15\14\12----|--------(12)/-| G||--------1--------|--------2-----| D||------1---1------|------0-------| A||----1-------1----|----3---------| D||--1-----------1--|--0-----------| Guitar II(with slide): G||/15---------(15)/|/19-----------| For the verses you only use the first 3 strings (in 4/4 time): E||---------12-------------|--------10---|--------13-------------| B||------12------12----12--|-----11------|-----13------13----13--| G||---12------------12-----|--12---------|--10------------10-----| E||---------12---|--------11-------------|--------10-------------| B||------12------|-----11------11----11--|-----10------10----10--| G||--/12---------|--12------------12-----|--12------------12-----| E||--------12----------12-----|--------11----| B||-----12----------12--------|-----11-------| G||--12-------12-10-------10--|--13----------| For the chorus play: G||--------1---------|-------2---------|-------------------| D||------1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----|-------5-------5---| A||----1---------1---|---3---------3---|-----5-------5-----| D||--1-------------1-|-0-------------0-|-3/5-----5-3-----3-| B||-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------| G||-----3-----3-----|-------1---------|-------2---------| D||---3---------3---|-----1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----| A||-1-------------1-|---1---------1---|---3---------3---| D||-----------------|-1-------------1-|-0-------------0-| B||-5--5h6p5------7---| G||-5----------5--7---| D||-5--------5----7---| A||-3-------------5---| D||-------------------| Go to the verse again and then play the second chorus riff: G||--------1---------|-------2---------|-------------------| D||o-----1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----|-------5-------5---| A||o---1---------1---|---3---------3---|-----5-------5-----| D||--1-------------1-|-0-------------0-|-3/5-----5-3-----3-| B||-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------| G||-----3-----3-----|-------1---------|-------2---------| D||---3---------3---|-----1-----1-----|-----0-----0-----| A||-1-------------1-|---1---------1---|---3---------3---| D||-----------------|-1-------------1-|-0-------------0-| |1. ||2. B||-5-5h6p5-----|-------3----------||---5-5h6p6-----|-3-3h4p3-----| G||-5-------5---|-----3-----3-----o||o--5-------5---|-3-------3---| D||-5---------5-|---3---------3---o||o--5---------5-|-3---------3-| A||-3-----------|-1-------------1--||---3-----------|-1-----------| D||-------------|------------------||---------------|-------------| B||-7--7-7-7-7---|| G||-7--7-7-7-7--o|| D||-7--7-7-7-7--o|| Play 4 times | A||-5--5-5-5-5---|| D||--------------|| For the solo section just play: 6 times E||-------------------|-------3--3-3---|| B||-------------------|-------3--3-3---|| G||o------------------|-------4--4-4--o|| D||o------------------|-------3--3-3--o|| A||---3-2-0--/3-------|-------3--3-3---|| D||-------------5-4-3-|-(3)---3--3-3---|| A||--3//5-5---|| D||--3//5-5---|| Play the first half of the first verse and then play the second chorus riff. Take the second ending and play that riff a whole bunch of times and the ending riff is the same one as the solo riff but only played once
The intro is played by two guitars, one slightly distorted, the other with a clean tone....the distorted guitar's riff is played a few more times in different parts of the song. Just listen to it to get all the parts right: guitar 1 (a little distortion): e |--12----10--9-12\7--6---|-6--6/8-8/10----------------| Repeat B |------------------------|----------------------------| this 6 times G |------------------------|----------------------------| guitar 2 (clear tone): comes in on second measure the first cycle of the riff guitar one is playing e |------------------------|-7\12--12--12/7--7--7\12----| repeat 4 B |------------------------|----------------------------| times G |------------------------|----------------------------| on fourth time play this for second guitar: e |-12/7--7--7\12--12-13/7-| e |--14/8-8\14-14\8-14/7-| B |------------------------| then this B |----------------------| G |------------------------| G |----------------------| then the bass and drums come in for their little intro and during that the distorted guitar plays something close to this slowly in rythym with the bass: D -12-12-12-12-12---12-12/11-11/10--10-10-10-10-10---10/9-9/8--8-8-8-8-8 then comes the main riff, and oh how nice it is: all strums are DOWN- e |-7-7-7-7-7--7-7/6-6/5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5/4-4/3-3-3-| B |-7-7-7-7-7--7-7/6-6/5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5/4-4/3-3-3-| G |-8-8-8-8-8--8-8/7-7/6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6/5-5/4-4-4-| D |-9-9-9-9-9--9-9/8-8/7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7/6-6/5-5-5-| A |-9-9-9-9-9--9-9/8-8/7--7-7-7-7-7--7-7/6-6/5-5-5-| E |-7-7-7-7-7--7-7/6-6/5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5/4-4/3-3-3-| I'm not sure but I think that right before the main riff is played this chord is strummed once : e 6 B 6 G 7 D 8 A 8 E 6 the main riff is repeated it I think 5 times and then goes back into the intro riff the distorted guitar played and then back into the main riff later and then....you get it. oh, towards the end there's a little dink of a riff that sort of hangs there until the end - I forgot to figure that out but it shouldn't exactly be difficult. that's about it. disclaimer: I figured ths out on an acoustic guitar so keep that in mind while you fix the mistakes....