HOLE IN MY LIFE
As recorded by The Police
(From the 1978 Album OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR)
Words and Music by Sting
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Joe Sinclair - Piano'
Intro
Q=216
Am7 Am6
12/8
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. w/ flanger)
W Q E E q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E 8x
|-----------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------||o--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5---o||
|---------------5-||--5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5----||
|---------------5-||--5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5----||
|-----------------||o----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------||--5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5--------||
Chorus
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
||--5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
||--5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5-----|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5---|
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5---|
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5---|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5-------|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5-----|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5----||
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5----||
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5----||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5--------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Dm7 Dm6
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10---(0)-|
|-10----10----10----10---10-|-10----10----10----10---(0)-|
|-10----10----10----10----9-|--9-----9-----9-----9---(0)-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10-------|
Dm7 Dm6
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10---(0)----|
|-10----10----10----10---10-|-10----10----10----10---(0)----|
|-10----10----10----10----9-|--9-----9-----9-----9---(0)----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10----------|
Dm7 Dm6
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10---(0)-|
|-10----10----10----10---10-|-10----10----10----10---(0)-|
|-10----10----10----10----9-|--9-----9-----9-----9---(0)-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10-------|
E E/D
q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q.
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9-----|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9-----|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9-----|
|-7----7----7----7----|--------------------------|
|-0----0----0----0----|-10----10----10----10-----|
1. 2.
C B Bb E B Bb E
q. q. q. q. q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------o||-----------------------||
|--9-----9-----9-----9----|-8----8----7----1---1--||-8----8----7----1---1--||
|-10----10----10----10----|-9----9----8----2---2--||-9----9----8----2---2--||
|-10----10----10----10----|-9----9----8----2---2-o||-9----9----8----2---2--||
|--8-----8-----8-----8----|-7----7----6----0------||-7----7----6----0------||
Bridge
$
Bm7 Bm6
Q. Q. Q. Q. q. q. q. q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-6----6----6----6----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7----|
Bm7 Bm6
Q. Q. Q. Q. q. q. q. q.
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7-----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7-----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-6----6----6----6-----|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7-----|
Bm7 Bm6
Q. Q. Q. Q. q. q. q. q.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-6----6----6----6----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7----|
Bm7 Bm6
Q. Q. Q. Q. q. q. q. q.
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7-----||
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7-----||
|-7----7----7----7----|-6----6----6----6-----||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-7----7----7----7----|-7----7----7----7-----||
3rd Verse
Dm7 Dm6
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10---(0)-|
|-10----10----10----10---10-|-10----10----10----10---(0)-|
|-10----10----10----10----9-|--9-----9-----9-----9---(0)-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10-------|
Dm7 Dm6
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10---(0)----|
|-10----10----10----10---10-|-10----10----10----10---(0)----|
|-10----10----10----10----9-|--9-----9-----9-----9---(0)----|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10------|-10----10----10----10----------|
E E/D
q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q.
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9----|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9----|
|-9----9----9----9----|--9-----9-----9-----9----|
|-7----7----7----7----|-------------------------|
|-0----0----0----0----|-10----10----10----10----|
To Coda
C B Bb E
q. q. q. q. q. q. q. E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--9-----9-----9-----9----|-8----8----7----1---1----||
|-10----10----10----10----|-9----9----8----2---2----||
|-10----10----10----10----|-9----9----8----2---2----||
|--8-----8-----8-----8----|-7----7----6----0--------||
Chorus
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5-----|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5----|
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5----|
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5--------|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5-|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5-----|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5----||
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5----||
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5----||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5--------||
Interlude
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
||--5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5-|
||--5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5-----|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------5-|-5----5----5----5---5---o||
|-5----5----5----5---5-|-5----5----5----5---5----||
|-5----5----5----5---4-|-4----4----4----4---5----||
|----------------------|------------------------o||
|-5----5----5----5-----|-5----5----5----5--------||
Guitar Solo
Dm7 Dm6
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10--------|-10-------10-------10-------10-----(0)-|
|-10-------10-------10-------10-----10-|-10-------10-------10-------10-----(0)-|
|-10-------10-------10-------10------9-|--9--------9--------9--------9-----(0)-|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10--------|-10-------10-------10-------10---------|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| |-----3------| |-----3-----| |-----3------| |-----3-----|
| q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q.
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-14---14------14---14---14-----14-----|-14---14------14---14---14-----14------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Dm7 Dm6
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. E E E
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10--------|-10-------10-------10-------10-----(0)----|
|-10-------10-------10-------10-----10-|-10-------10-------10-------10-----(0)----|
|-10-------10-------10-------10------9-|--9--------9--------9--------9-----(0)----|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10--------|-10-------10-------10-------10------------|
|
| |-----3------| |-----3-----| |-----3------| |-----3-----|
| q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q.
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-13---13------13---13---13-----13-----|-12---12------12---12---12-----12---------|
|-14---14------14---14---14-----14-----|-14---14------14---14---14-----14---------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
Dm7
q. q. q. E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10--------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10-----10-|
|-10-------10-------10-------10------9-|
|--------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10--------|
|
| |-----3------| |-----3-----|
| q. q. q. q. q. q.
|-10---10------10---10---10-----10-----|
|-13---13------13---13---13-----13-----|
|-14---14------14---14---14-----14-----|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
Dm6 E
q. q. q. E E E q. q. q. q.
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10-------10-------10-------10-----(0)-|--9-------9---------9----9-----|
|-10-------10-------10-------10-----(0)-|--9-------9---------9----9-----|
|--9--------9--------9--------9-----(0)-|--9-------9---------9----9-----|
|---------------------------------------|--7-------7---------7----7-----|
|-10-------10-------10-------10---------|--0-------0---------0----0-----|
|
| ~~~~
| |-----3------| |-----3-----|
| q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q. +h.
|-10---10------10---10---10-----10------|-12------12-------(12)---------|
|-12---12------12---12---12-----12------|-15b17---15b17====(15)---------|
|-14---14------14---14---14-----14------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E/D C
q. q. q. q. q. q. q. q.
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---9------9-----9-----9----|--------------------------------------|
|---9------9-----9-----9----|--9-------9---------9------9----------|
|---9------9-----9-----9----|-10------10--------10-----10----------|
|---------------------------|-10------10--------10-----10----------|
|--10-----10----10----10----|--8-------8---------8------8----------|
|
| ~~~~~
| +w. q. q. +q. +Q E
|-(12)----------------------|-12------12-------(12)----------------|
|-(15)r---------------------|-15b17---15b17====(15)r==(15)--15b17==|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
B Bb E
q. q. q. E E E
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|---8------8------------7-----1---1--||
|---9------9------------8-----2---2--||
|---9------9------------8-----2---2--||
|---7------7------------6-----0------||
|
| ~~~~~
| Q. +Q E H.
|--12------------------12------------||
|-(15)r==(15)--15b17==(15)r----------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
Out-Chorus
&
Am7
q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----4-|
|----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|
|
| Gtr III (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Am6 Am7
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|--------------------------------------5--|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5--|
|--4---------4---------4---------4-----5-|--5---------5---------5---------5-----4--|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|--5---------5---------5---------5--------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22-----|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19--|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Am6
q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|
|--4---------4---------4---------4-----5-|
|----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
||-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------5-|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5--|
||---5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5--|
||---5---------5---------5---------5-----4-|--4---------4---------4---------4-----5--|
||o----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
||---5---------5---------5---------5-------|--5---------5---------5---------5--------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22-----|
||o----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
||------19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19--|
||-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Am7
q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----4-|
|----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Am6 Am7
q. Q. q. E E E 12x q. Q. q. E E E
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-o||--------------------------------------5--|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5--||--5---------5---------5---------5-----5--|
|--4---------4---------4---------4-----5--||--5---------5---------5---------5-----4--|
|----------------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5--------||--5---------5---------5---------5--------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E 12x E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22-----||-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22-----|
|----------------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19--||-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19--|
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------o||-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
Am6
q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|
|--4---------4---------4---------4-----5-|
|----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
H.=H
Am7 Am6
q. Q. q. E E E q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5-|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5--|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5--|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----4-|--4---------4---------4---------4-----5--|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|--5---------5---------5---------5--------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22-----|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19--|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
q. Q. q. E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----4-|
|----------------------------------------|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
TP
q. Q. q. E E E w.
|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|-(5)----*|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-----5-|--5-----*|
|--4---------4---------4---------4-----5-|--5-----*|
|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|--5---------5---------5---------5-------|--5-----*|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-22-----22-----22----22-----22----22----|--------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|-----19----19-----19-----19----19----19-|--------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Yeah, yeah, yeah
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
Shadow in my heart
Is tearing me apart
Or maybe it's just something in my stars
There's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
Be a happy man
I try the best I can
Or maybe I'm just looking for too much
There's something missing from my life
Cuts me open like a knife
It leaves me vulnerable
I have this disease
I shake like an incurable
God help me, please
Oh, there's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
Yeah, yeah, yeah
There's something missing from my life
Cuts me open like a knife
It leaves me vulnerable
I have this disease
I shake like an incurable
God help me, please
Oh, there's a hole in my life
There's a hole in my life
