{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":79942,"song":"Wee Small Hours","artist":"Procol Harum","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11547865-wee-small-hours-chords-by-procol-harum/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/79942?type=chord","rating":0.03454,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n                  \"In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence\"\r\n                      (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\t/  [drum fill][/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n\tIn the wee small hours of sixpence[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n\tAnd the lighted chandelier[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\tStands a rusty    old retainer[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]Abdim[/ch] [N.[ch]C[/ch].]          [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\tWhose old eyes are filled with tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tFor his master, good Sir Gallant\r\n\tWho is now off to the wars\r\n\tAnd although his eyes are crying\r\n\tWe know grief is not the cause\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F#dim[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\tAnd if grief is not the reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F#dim[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\tHe must be of sterner stuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am/E[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\tAnd his sword, though old and rusty[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]G[/ch]       /[ch]F[/ch]     /[ch]E[/ch]    /[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tMust be blunt as sharp enough[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n\tIn the wee small hours of sixpence\r\n\tAnd the broken windowpane\r\n\tStand the remnants of the evening\r\n\tWho are waiting all in vain\r\n\r\n\tFor the crowing of the cockroach\r\n\tSure as morning is not night\r\n\tBut the air is filled with silence\r\n\tAnd the day bright is not light\r\n\r\nChorus 2:\r\n\r\n\tBut still darkness is no reason\r\n\tWe are men of sterner stuff\r\n\tAnd our swords, though old and rusty\r\n\tStill are blunt as sharp enough\r\n\r\nInstrumental break [key changes to D]:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]D/A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\t/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bm/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   /[ch]G[/ch]   /[ch]F#[/ch]  /[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\t/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\tIn the wee small hours of sixpence[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\tAnd the hat stand in the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tWaiting only     for the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t        [ch]Bbdim[/ch] [N.[ch]C[/ch].]        [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n\tShadows flitting 'cross the wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tAnd perhaps that old retainer\r\n\tWho now giving of his all\r\n\tMay have once been just as we are\r\n\tAnd now has no face at all\r\n\r\nChorus 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G#dim[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tBut still grief was not the reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G#dim[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tHe was made of sterner stuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\tAnd his sword, though old and rusty[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t            [ch]A[/ch]       /[ch]G[/ch]     /[ch]F#[/ch]   /[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\tStill was blunt as sharp enough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [end cold]\r\n\t/ / / /  / / / /  /[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n                  \"In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence\"\n                      (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)\n\nIntro:\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tFor his master, good Sir Gallant\n\tWho is now off to the wars\n\tAnd although his eyes are crying\n\tWe know grief is not the cause\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\tIn the wee small hours of sixpence\n\tAnd the broken windowpane\n\tStand the remnants of the evening\n\tWho are waiting all in vain\n\n\tFor the crowing of the cockroach\n\tSure as morning is not night\n\tBut the air is filled with silence\n\tAnd the day bright is not light\n\nChorus 2:\n\n\tBut still darkness is no reason\n\tWe are men of sterner stuff\n\tAnd our swords, though old and rusty\n\tStill are blunt as sharp enough\n\nInstrumental break [key changes to D]:\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tAnd perhaps that old retainer\n\tWho now giving of his all\n\tMay have once been just as we are\n\tAnd now has no face at all\n\nChorus 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers","chords":["C","Fm","Dm","Em","F","Abdim","C/G","F#dim","Am/E","G","E","D","Bm","D/A","Bm/F#","A","F#","Gm","F#m","Bbdim","G#dim"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}