Wee Small Hours Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

  C/ [drum fill]

Verse 1

  In the wCee small hours of sFmixpence

  And the lCighted chandelFmier

  Stands a rDmusty Em old retFainer C

  Whose old G♯dimeyes aCre filled withC/G tears

For his master, good Sir Gallant

Who is now off to the wars

And although his eyes are crying

We know grief is not the cause

Chorus 1

  And if grFief isF♯dim not the rCeason

  He must Fbe of F♯dimsterner stCuff

  And his swFord, though oldAm/E and rDmusty

  Must be blGunt as shFarp enoEugh D

Verse 2

In the wee small hours of sixpence

And the broken windowpane

Stand the remnants of the evening

Who are waiting all in vain

For the crowing of the cockroach

Sure as morning is not night

But the air is filled with silence

And the day bright is not light

Chorus 2

But still darkness is no reason

We are men of sterner stuff

And our swords, though old and rusty

Still are blunt as sharp enough

Instrumental break [key changes to D]:

D/ / / / Bm / / / / D/A / / / / Bm / / / /

G/ / B/ Em/ / / / A/ /G / / F♯/ /E / / /

Verse 3

  In the wDee small hours of Gmsixpence

  And the hDat stand in the hGmall

  Waiting oEmnly F♯m for the mGorning D

  Shadows A♯dimflittiCng 'cross thD/Ae wall

And perhaps that old retainer

Who now giving of his all

May have once been just as we are

And now has no face at all

Chorus 3

  But still grGief wasG♯dim not the rDeason

  He was mGade of G♯dimsterner stDuff

  And his swGord, though oldB aEmnd rusty

  Still was blAunt as shGarp enoF♯ugh E

  D Bm D [end cold]

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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers