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Wreck Of The Hesperus Chords by Procol Harum

Wreck Of The Hesperus chords by Procol Harum

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

Intro:

	(single drum beat)

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

	F                 Eb
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	Dm      G7/B      C        C7
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:
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	F
	  We'll hoist ...
	   Eb
	Becalmed upon a ...
	Dm                  G7/B                 C
	   "Make haste your funeral," ...

	F
	  We'll ...
	    Eb
	Or drown amidst a ...
	Dm              G7/B                C           C#dim
	   "Here lies a coffin," cries the ...

Chorus 1:

	Dm              Bb               C              C#dim
	   And all for nothing quite ...
	Dm                Bb                  C                  C7
	   No thoughts explained, no ...
	F             F7                  Bb    /A        Gm
	One moment's space, one ...
	          C7            Bb/C   C7         (F)
	Burnt by fire, blind in ...

Instrumental break 1:

	(fuzz guitar):

	 F                          Eb
	 v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------5--7--|-8-----------|-------8-10--
	/7-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

	Dm            G7/B           C           C#dim
	 v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	12b14--------|-------------|-12----------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

Instrumental break 2:

	(orchestra):

	Dm        Bb        C       C#dim
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
	Dm        Bb        C       Em/B C7/Bb
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
	A      C#m/G# A7/G  Gb     Bbm/F Gb7/Fb
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
	Eb                  C
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

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]:

	Dm       Bb       C      C#dim
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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