Wreck Of The Hesperus
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Procol Harum
(From the 1969 Album A SALTY DOG)
[Intro]
C D# Dm G C
[Verse 1]
F D#
We'll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea
Dm G C
"Make haste to your funeral," cries the valkyrie
F D#
We'll hoist a hand or drown amidst this stormy sea
Dm G C A
"Here lies a coffin," cries the cemetery, it calls to me
[Chorus 1]
Dm A# C A
And all for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed
Dm A# C
No thoughts explained, no moments gained, all hope forever lost
F A#
One moment's space, one moment's final fall from grace
F C F
Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire
[Orchestral Intterlude]
F D# Dm G C C#dim
Dm A# C C#dim Dm A#
C E C A A# C#m F#7
A# D#7 C
[Verse 2]
F D#
We'll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea
Dm G C
I fear a mighty wave is threatening me
F D#
We'll hoist a hand, or drown amidst this stormy sea
Dm G C A
"Come follow after," cry the humble, "you will surely see"
[Chorus 2]
Dm A# C Adim
But still for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed
Dm A# C
No moments gained, no thoughts explained, all hope forever lost
F A# Dm Gm
One moment's space, one moment's final fall from grace
F C F
Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire
[Guitar solo]
F D# Dm G C C#m
[Orchestral Outro]
Dm A# C C#dim
Dm A# C C#dim
Dm A# C C#dim
Dm A# C C#dim
Dm A# C
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