Favourite Hour Chords & Tabs
"Favourite Hour" (Capo: 5th. fret)
____Intro: A
____Verse: 1
A C#m F#m7 A7
Figure han___ging on a leather band
D F#m7 Bm7
cog___consults the watch he cups in his hand
E A E
Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time
Fdim A
pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime
____Chorus:
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm7
So stay the hands, arrest the time
Fdim A
till I am captured by your touch
F#m7 Dm/F
bless___ings____I don't count____
Fm C
small mercies and su___ch
Em7 Am7 D
the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour
____Verse: 2
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A C#m F#m7 A7
Now there's a tra___gic waste of brutal youth
D F#m7 Bm7
strip___and polish this unvar___nished truth
E A E
the tricky door that gapes beneath the ragged noose
Fdim A
the crippled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse
____Chorus:
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm7
So stay the hands, arrest the time
Fdim A
till I am captured by your touch
F#m7 Dm/F
bless___ings____I don't count____
Fm C
small mercies and su___ch
Em7 Am7 D
the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour
____Verse: 3
A C#m F#m7 A7
Pull___out my eyes___so I may never spy
D F#m7 Bm7
wa___ving branches as they're waving goodbye
E A E
their vile perfume brings to my mouth a bitter taste
Fdim A
the murmuring brooks had best speak up, it's a terrible waste
____Chorus:
Amaj7 F#m7 Bm7
So stay the hands, arrest the time
Fdim A
till I am captured by your touch
F#m7 Dm/F
bless___ings____I don't count____
Fm C
small mercies and su___ch
Em7 Am7 D
the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour
