• Song:

    Favourite Hour

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    My Flame Burns Blue

"Favourite Hour" (Capo: 5th. fret)

____Intro: A

____Verse: 1

A (x02220@1)       C#m (x13321@4)        F#m7 (131141@2)      A7 (x02020@1)Figure han___ging on a leather band
 D (xx0232@1)          F#m7 (131141@2)         Bm7 (x20202@1)cog___consults the watch he cups in his hand
            E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time
              Fdim (1201xx@1)            A (x02220@1)pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime

____Chorus:

Amaj7 (x02120@1)  F#m7 (131141@2)            Bm7 (x20202@1)So stay the hands, arrest the time
           Fdim (1201xx@1)           A (x02220@1)till I am captured by your touch
             F#m7 (131141@2)        Dm/F   
 bless___ings____I don't count____
       Fm (133111@1)           C (x32010@1)small mercies and su___ch
               Em7           Am7 (x02010@1)               D (xx0232@1)the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour

____Verse: 2

A (x02220@1)            C#m (x13321@4)              F#m7 (131141@2)      A7 (x02020@1)Now there's a tra___gic waste of brutal youth
D (xx0232@1)          F#m7 (131141@2)        Bm7 (x20202@1)strip___and polish this unvar___nished truth
            E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)the tricky door that gapes beneath the ragged noose
              Fdim (1201xx@1)        A (x02220@1)the crippled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse

____Chorus:

Amaj7 (x02120@1)  F#m7 (131141@2)            Bm7 (x20202@1)So stay the hands, arrest the time
           Fdim (1201xx@1)           A (x02220@1)till I am captured by your touch
             F#m7 (131141@2)        Dm/F   
 bless___ings____I don't count____
       Fm (133111@1)           C (x32010@1)small mercies and su___ch
               Em7           Am7 (x02010@1)               D (xx0232@1)the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour

____Verse: 3

A (x02220@1)                C#m (x13321@4)       F#m7 (131141@2)   A7 (x02020@1)Pull___out my eyes___so I may never spy
D (xx0232@1)          F#m7 (131141@2)            Bm7 (x20202@1)wa___ving branches as they're waving goodbye
               E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)their vile perfume brings to my mouth a bitter taste
                 Fdim (1201xx@1)                A (x02220@1)the murmuring brooks had best speak up, it's a terrible waste

____Chorus:

Amaj7 (x02120@1)  F#m7 (131141@2)            Bm7 (x20202@1)So stay the hands, arrest the time
           Fdim (1201xx@1)           A (x02220@1)till I am captured by your touch
             F#m7 (131141@2)        Dm/F   
 bless___ings____I don't count____
       Fm (133111@1)           C (x32010@1)small mercies and su___ch
               Em7           Am7 (x02010@1)               D (xx0232@1)the flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour
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