Tablature wreck of the hesperus - Procol Harum

          



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                          "Wreck Of The Hesperus"

                       (Matthew Fisher - Keith Reid)

  

  Intro:

  

  	(single drum beat)

  

  	(piano w/bass, acoustic guitar, and drums)

  

  	F                 Eb

  	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 

  	Dm      G7/B      C        C7

  	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	F

  	  We'll hoist a hand

  	   Eb

  	Becalmed upon a troubled sea

  	Dm                  G7/B                 C

  	   "Make haste your funeral," cries the Valkyrie

  

  	F

  	  We'll hoist a hand

  	    Eb

  	Or drown amidst a stormy sea

  	Dm              G7/B                C           C#dim

  	   "Here lies a coffin," cries the cemetery, it calls to me

  

  Chorus 1:

  

  	Dm              Bb               C              C#dim

  	   And all for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed

  	Dm                Bb                  C                  C7

  	   No thoughts explained, no moments gained, no hope forever lost

  	F             F7                  Bb    /A        Gm

  	One moment's space, one moment's final fall from grace

  	          C7            Bb/C   C7         (F)

  	Burnt by fire, blind in sight,    lost in ire

  

  Instrumental break 1:

  

  	(fuzz guitar):

  

  	 F                          Eb 

  	 v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  	-------------|-------5--7--|-8-----------|-------8-10--

  	/7-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  

  	Dm            G7/B           C           C#dim

  	 v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  	12b14--------|-------------|-12----------|-------------

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

  	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

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  Instrumental break 2:

  

  	(orchestra):

  

  	Dm        Bb        C       C#dim

  	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

  	Dm        Bb        C       Em/B C7/Bb

  	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

  	A      C#m/G# A7/G  Gb     Bbm/F Gb7/Fb

  	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

  	Eb                  C

  	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	We'll hoist a hand

  	Becalmed upon a troubled sea

  	I fear a mighty wave is threatening me

  

  	We'll hoist a hand

  	Or drown amidst a stormy sea

  	Come follow after cry the humble, you will surely see

  

  Chorus 2:

  

  	But still for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed

  	No moments gained, no thoughts explained, no hope forever lost

  	One moment's space, one moment's final fall from grace

  	Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire

  

  [repeat instrumental break 2]

  

  Coda [repeat to fade]:

  

  	Dm       Bb       C      C#dim

  	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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