ONE CROWDED HOUR – Augie March
6 beats per chord (6/8 feel) * , = barre chord voicings
' = 3 beats ~ = extensions added by organ part
(capo at second fret) (refer below)
[pick-up]
Now should you ex-
VERSE-A:
G Am
pect to see something that you hadn't seen in some-
Bm C
body you've known since you were sixteen and if
D Em,
Love is a bolt from the blue then
C* G*
What is a bolt but a glorified screw and that
C, D, D,
Doesn't hold nothing to-gether far from these
VERSE-A:
G Am
Nonsense bars and their nowhere music it's
Bm C
Making me sick and I know it's making you sick there's
D Em,
Nothing there it's like eating air it's like
C* G*
Drinking gin with nothing else in and
C, D, D,
That doesn't hold me to-gether but for
CHORUS:
G Am~ Bm~ C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room I
D~ Em, C* G*
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
B C* G Em
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
G Am 'C 'D G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin now I know you like
VERSE-B:
G Am
Your boys who take their medicine from the
Bm C
Bowl with a silver spoon who
D Em,
Run away with the dish and scale the fish by
C* G*
The silvery light of the moon who were
VERSE-C:
B C*
Taught from the womb to be-lieve till the tomb that as
G Em
Far as their bleeding eyes see is a
G Am
Pleasure pen meant for them build-ed and rent for them
'C 'D G
Not for the likes of me no not for the
C, D, D,
Likes of you and me____ and for
CHORUS:
G Am~ Bm~ C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
D~ Em, C* G*
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
B C* G Em
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
G Am 'C 'D G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin oh but the
BRIDGE:
D D 'Bm 'Am G
Green-eyed harpy of the salt land__ she
D D(F#-bass) 'Bm 'Am G
Takes in-to hers my hand__ and she says
Em A9 'Bm 'Am D D(F#-bass)
Boy I know you're lying oh but then so am I and to this I said oh
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/augie_march/one_crowded_hour_crd.html ]
SOLO: (short chorus)
G Am Bm C
Well
D Em, C*(G-bass) G*
B C* G Em
G Am 'C 'D
Now
VERSE-B:
G Am~
Put me in a cage full of lions I'll learn to speak
Bm~ C
Lion in fact I know the language
D Em,
Well I picked it up while I was
C*(G-bass) G*
Versing myself in the languages they speak in
VERSE-D:
Am Bm C
Hell that night that silence gave birth to a baby they
D Em,
Took it away to her silent dismay and they
C* G*
Raised it to be a lady now she
C, D, D,(F#-bass)
Can't keep her mouth shut__ and for
CHORUS:
G Am~ Bm~ C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
D Em, C*(G-bass) G*
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
B C* G Em
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
G Am 'C 'D G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin and yes that
CHORUS-VARIATION:
G Am~ Bm~ C
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
D~ Em,
Played a few songs for those bumps in the night in fact
C*(G-bass) G*
I played this very tune but you said
B C* G Em
What is this six string-ed instrument but an adolescent loom__ and
G Am 'C 'D G
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin__
(tags may have been edited on the video source)
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In the promotional video Glenn can clearly be seen playing chords in
the key of G while song is pitched in the key of A. The occasional
appearance of open strings in the arpeggios (G in Bm, B in Am and C)
confirm the first position voicings.
To match the recording either tune up a whole step or use a capo at
the second fret. Tuning up an acoustic guitar is not recommended.
CHORDS:
G Am Bm C D Em, C* G* C, D, B Em A9......seventh and third
E|--3---0---2---0---2---7----8---3---3---5---7---0---0--| are not played by
B|--0---1---3---1---3---8----8---3---5---7---7---0---0--| the guitar but the
G|--0---2---4---0---2---9----9---4---5---7---8---0---2--| ensemble harmony
D|--0---2---4---2---0---9----10--5---5---7---9---2---2--| is ninth not sus2
A|--2---0---2---3-------7----10--5---3---5---9---2---0--|
E|--3------------------------8---3---3---5---7---0------|
Barre chord voicings:
* root on 6th-string
, root on 5th-string
Organ plays a G-note drone through several chords.
These voicings mimic the ensemble harmony:
Am~ Bm~ D~
Am7 Gmaj7/B Dadd11 A9
E|--0------2---------2-----3--|
B|--1------0---------3-----0--|
G|--0------0---------0-----2--|
D|--2------0---------0-----2--|
A|--0------2---------0-----0--|
E|----------------------------|
The chord progression is not consistent
hence the labelling of verses A B C D.
