Elvis Costello – Favourite Hour (Ukulele)

Capo 5
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

____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
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