Twelve Hours Of Sunset chords by Roy Harper

Chords with lyrics

Roy Harper "Twelve Hours of Sunset"
Transcribed by Gordon Walker

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Twelve Hours of Sunset
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Sweeping skies and breezey greens, ....
C majorC                   E minorEm
To feel the worlds.....
  D MajorD           Em(7)
I'll come and see you yesterday, we'll ....,
C majorC                    E minorEm
Can we be real, ...
D MajorD             Em(7)

   Twelve hours of sunset....
A major 6A6          E minor 7Em7   A major 6A6         E minor 7Em7
   Illusions and movies....
A major 6A6          E minor 7Em7   C* D MajorD        Em(7)
   Twelve hours of sunset, half a ...
A major 6A6          E minor 7Em7   A major 6A6         E minor 7Em7
 (I'll) be with you tomrrow,    as the ....
A major 6A6              C* D MajorD        Em(7)
.....oh...........how time flies......
C*     D MajorD     E minorEm     C*     D MajorD     E minorEm

I used to think I wasn't mad, .....


   Twelve hours of sunset,    ...,
A major 6A6          E minor 7Em7   A major 6A6         E minor 7Em7
   Be with you tomorrow....
A major 6A6          E minor 7Em7  C*  D MajorD        E minorEm
.....oh...........how ....
C*     D MajorD     E minorEm


(o)====o===o  o=====o=o=o  x(o)o======  (o)o========  o=o===o=o=o
 |_|_|_|_1_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
 |_|_2_|_|_|  |_1_2_|_|_|  |_|_|_1_|_2  |_|_1-1-1-1  |_|_1_|_|_|
 |_3_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
 |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|

   C majorC       E minorEm       D MajorD       A major 6A6       E minor 7Em7
(C*= first finger
taken off and
put on again
during strumming)

(x=don't play; o=open string; (o)=open string which it doesn't matter
if played by accident but should try not to).

Some of the E minorEm chords may be Em7, and various other fingers can come
and go in the middle of chords (like taking the first finger out of the
D MajorD occasionally, like the C* chord above).
I think this is all basically correct.

The key to playing this song is to get the strumming right, especially
in the chorus - you need to listen carefully to the record.
The A major 6A6 is essentially one strum from bottom (ie lowest) string to top
(best to miss out the bottom E MajorE really), and then the strings plucked
appropriately back down to the middle E MajorE (D-string), and then strummed
lightly again (if that makes sense - is anyone following this??!).
It also helps if you have at least one echo-box, and chorus and flange pedals
if you want to do it properly! (Although, I reckon it still holds it's
own as a 'straight' song - s'pose it depends what state of mind you're in
whilst playing it :-)