Wreck Of The Hesperus chords by Procol Harum

Chords with lyrics

"Wreck Of The Hesperus"
           (Matthew Fisher - Keith Reid)

Intro:

	(single drum beat)

	(piano w/bass, acoustic guitar, and drums)

	FF         Eb MajorEb
	/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
	DmDm   G7/B   C majorC    C7C7
	/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

	FF
	 We'll hoist ...
	  Eb MajorEb
	Becalmed upon a ...
	DmDm         G7/B         C majorC
	  "Make haste your funeral," ...

	FF
	 We'll ...
	  Eb MajorEb
	Or drown amidst a ...
	DmDm       G7/B        C majorC      C#dimC#dim
	  "Here lies a coffin," cries the ...

Chorus 1:

	DmDm       Bb majorBb        C majorC       C#dimC#dim
	  And all for nothing quite ...
	DmDm        Bb majorBb         C majorC         C7C7
	  No thoughts explained, no ...
	FF       F7F7         Bb majorBb  /A    G minorGm
	One moment's space, one ...
	     C7C7      Bb/CBb/C  C7C7     (FF)
	Burnt by fire, blind in ...

Instrumental break 1:

	(fuzz guitar):

	 FF             Eb MajorEb
	 v v v v  v v v v  v v v v  v v v v
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------5--7--|-8-----------|-------8-10--
	/7-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

	DmDm      G7/B      C majorC      C#dimC#dim
	 v v v v  v v v v  v v v v  v v v v
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	12b14--------|-------------|-12----------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

Instrumental break 2:

	(orchestra):

	DmDm    Bb majorBb    C majorC    C#dimC#dim
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	DmDm    Bb majorBb    C majorC    Em/B C7/Bb
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	A augmentedA   C#m/G# A7/GA7/G GbGb   Bbm/F Gb7/Fb
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	Eb MajorEb         C majorC
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 2:

	We'll hoist a hand...

Chorus 2:

	But still for nothing quite in vain was ....

[repeat instrumental break 2]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

	DmDm    Bb majorBb    C majorC   C#dimC#dim
	/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers