Tablature wee small hours - Procol Harum

          



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                    "In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence"

                        (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

  

  Intro:

  

  	C

  	/  [drum fill]

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	        C                  Fm

  	In the wee small hours of sixpence

  	         C             Fm

  	And the lighted chandelier

  	          Dm   Em        F     C

  	Stands a rusty    old retainer

  	          Abdim [N.C.]          C/G

  	Whose old eyes are filled with tears

  

  	For his master, good Sir Gallant

  	Who is now off to the wars

  	And although his eyes are crying

  	We know grief is not the cause

  

  Chorus 1:

  

  	         F     F#dim     C

  	And if grief is not the reason

  	        F     F#dim     C

  	He must be of sterner stuff

  	          F              Am/E  Dm

  	And his sword, though old and rusty

  	          G       /F     /E    /D

  	Must be blunt as sharp enough

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	In the wee small hours of sixpence

  	And the broken windowpane

  	Stand the remnants of the evening

  	Who are waiting all in vain

  

  	For the crowing of the cockroach

  	Sure as morning is not night

  	But the air is filled with silence

  	And the day bright is not light

  

  Chorus 2:

  

  	But still darkness is no reason

  	We are men of sterner stuff

  	And our swords, though old and rusty

  	Still are blunt as sharp enough

  

  Instrumental break [key changes to D]:

  

  	D        Bm       D/A       Bm

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

  	G   Bm/F# Em        A   /G   /F#  /E

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

  

  Verse 3:

  

  	        D                 Gm

  	In the wee small hours of sixpence

  	         D                Gm

  	And the hat stand in the hall

  	         Em  F#m          G       D

  	Waiting only     for the morning

  	        Bbdim [N.C.]        D/A

  	Shadows flitting 'cross the wall

  

  	And perhaps that old retainer

  	Who now giving of his all

  	May have once been just as we are

  	And now has no face at all

  

  Chorus 3:

  

  	            G      G#dim     D

  	But still grief was not the reason

  	        G      G#dim     D

  	He was made of sterner stuff

  	          G              Bm/F# Em

  	And his sword, though old and rusty

  	            A       /G     /F#   /E

  	Still was blunt as sharp enough

  

  	D       Bm        D [end cold]

  	/ / / /  / / / /  /

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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