Favourite Hour chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

"Favourite Hour" (Capo: 5th. fret)

____Intro: A augmentedA

____Verse: 1

 A augmentedA     C# minorC#m     F#m7F#m7    A7A7
 Figure han___ging on a leather band
 D MajorD      F#m7F#m7      Bm7Bm7
 cog___consults the watch he cups in his hand
      E MajorE         A augmentedA         E MajorE
 Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time
       FdimFdim       A augmentedA
 pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime

____Chorus:

  Amaj7Amaj7  F#m7F#m7       Bm7Bm7
 So stay the hands, arrest the time
      FdimFdim       A augmentedA
 till I am captured by your touch
       F#m7F#m7     Dm/F
 bless___ings____I don't count____
    F minorFm       C majorC
 small mercies and su___ch
        E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7         D MajorD
 the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour

____Verse: 2

A augmentedA       C# minorC#m        F#m7F#m7    A7A7
 Now there's a tra___gic waste of brutal youth
D MajorD      F#m7F#m7     Bm7Bm7
 strip___and polish this unvar___nished truth
      E MajorE         A augmentedA        E MajorE
 the tricky door that gapes beneath the ragged noose
       FdimFdim     A augmentedA
 the crippled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse

____Chorus:

  Amaj7Amaj7  F#m7F#m7       Bm7Bm7
 So stay the hands, arrest the time
      FdimFdim       A augmentedA
 till I am captured by your touch
       F#m7F#m7     Dm/F
 bless___ings____I don't count____
    F minorFm       C majorC
 small mercies and su___ch
        E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7         D MajorD
 the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour

____Verse: 3

A augmentedA         C# minorC#m     F#m7F#m7   A7A7
 Pull___out my eyes___so I may never spy
D MajorD      F#m7F#m7       Bm7Bm7
 wa___ving branches as they're waving goodbye
        E MajorE         A augmentedA       E MajorE
 their vile perfume brings to my mouth a bitter taste
         FdimFdim         A augmentedA
 the murmuring brooks had best speak up, it's a terrible waste

____Chorus:

  Amaj7Amaj7  F#m7F#m7       Bm7Bm7
 So stay the hands, arrest the time
      FdimFdim       A augmentedA
 till I am captured by your touch
       F#m7F#m7     Dm/F
 bless___ings____I don't count____
    F minorFm       C majorC
 small mercies and su___ch
        E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7         D MajorD