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"In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence"
(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro:
C/ [drum fill]
Verse 1:
In the wCee small hours of sFmixpence
And the lCighted chandelFmier
Stands a rDmusty Em old retFainer C
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:
And if grFief isF#dim not the rCeason
He must Fbe of F#dimsterner stCuff
And his swFord, though oldAm/E and rDmusty
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:
In the wDee small hours of Gmsixpence
And the hDat stand in the hGmall
Waiting oEmnly F#m for the mGorning D
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:
But still grGief wasG#dim not the rDeason
He was mGade of G#dimsterner stDuff
And his swGord, though oldBm/F# and rEmusty
A /G /F# /E
Still was blunt as sharp enough
D Bm D [end cold]
/ / / / / / / / /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers