The Holy Hour chords by The Cure

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Album: Faith (1981)
Tempo: 115

Intro:
(Bass riff)
e|-----------------|----------------|
BB|-----------------|----------------|
G+G|-----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|-----0---8-8-7-7-|5-5-2---3-3-2-2-|  x14
E MajorE|-3-3-------------|----------------|

| FF | FF | FF | FF |
| A minorAm | E minorEm | A minorAm | E minorEm |
| A minorAm | E minorEm | A minorAm | E minorEm |

Verse 1:
  A minorAm   E minorEm
I kneel
      A minorAm   E minorEm
And wait in silence
  A minorAm       E minorEm      A minorAm  E minorEm
As one by one the people slip away
     A minorAm   E minorEm
Into the night
       A minorAm      E minorEm
The quiet and empty bodies
A minorAm        E minorEm
Kiss the ground before they pray
A minorAm         E minorEm
Kiss the ground and slip away

| FF | FF | FF | FF |
| A minorAm | E minorEm | A minorAm | E minorEm |
| A minorAm | E minorEm | A minorAm | E minorEm |

Verse 2:
 A minorAm  E minorEm
I sit
      A minorAm     E minorEm
And listen dreamlessly
   A minorAm     E minorEm        A minorAm  E minorEm
A augmentedA promise of salvation makes me stay
       A minorAm     E minorEm
Then look at your face
      A minorAm       E minorEm
And feel my heart pushed in
  A minorAm       E minorEm
As all around the children play
  A minorAm            E minorEm
The games they’re tired of yesterday...

| FF   | FF   | FF   | FF   |
    They play
| A minorAm  | E minorEm  | A minorAm  | E minorEm  |
They play
| A minorAm  | E minorEm  | A minorAm  | E minorEm  |

Verse 3:
  A minorAm  E minorEm
I stand
      A minorAm      E minorEm
And hear my voice cry out
 A minorAm         E minorEm
A augmentedA wordless scream at ancient power
A minorAm    E minorEm        A minorAm     E minorEm
       It breaks against stone
     A minorAm        E minorEm
I softly leave you crying
 A minorAm        E minorEm
I cannot hold what you devour
    A minorAm      E minorEm
The sacrifice of penance in the

Outro:
| FF  | FF  | FF  | FF  |
 holy hour
| FF  | FF  | FF  | FF  |
| FF E minorEm G+G A minorAm |

(bells)