George Harrison – Flying Hour (Guitar)
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Guitar
Ukulele Intro
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Chords
Written by: George Harrison/Mick Ralphs
- 1978 outtake from the “George Harrison” sessions
- From the rejected version of the album “Somewhere in England” (1981)
available recording of the outtake is sped up which makes it slightly
faster and higher in pitch)
- Later re-mixed and (in a slightly longer edit) released on the CD
that came with the book "Songs by George Harrison 2" (1988):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nrHmiQJA0M (this official recording is
in the proper key of E and has the correct tempo)
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[Intro] Lick
[ E ] A [ A ] A(7)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------| |-----(3)--------| (the slide guitar adds the 7)
B|------------0-2-| |----------------|
G|----------1---2-| |------2---------|
D|--------2-----2-| |----2-2---------|
A|--------------0-| |0-4---0---------|
E|----------------| |----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D9 x-x-0-2-1-0
B/D# x-6-4-4-4-x
F#7 2-4-2-3-2-2 (the keyboard adds the 9: 2-4-2-3-2-4)
C#m x-4-6-6-5-4
C#m/B 7-x-6-x-5-4
C#m/A# 6-x-6-6-5-x or x-1-2-1-2-x---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| A D9 | E | A D9 | E | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| A B | E | A7 A7 B B |
[Verse 1]
E A B | E | % | All through my life I've been hearing E A B | E | E B/D# | All about those good old days C#m It makes no difference F#7 [ A ] A What was or what may be ...
(lick)
[Chorus]
E A D9 The past it is go-one E A D9 The future may not be at a-all 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E A B | E | A7 A7 B B | The present improve the flying hour
[Verse 2]
E A B | E | % | Some people look into the future E A B | E | E B/D# | They're hoping that they'll see better days C#m It's such a sweet thought F#7 [ A ] A It's something that could be but ...
[Chorus]
E A D9 The past it is go-one E A D9 The future may not be at a-all E A B | E | % | The present improve the flying hour
[Middle 8]
F#m D What was and what may be A E | F#m | % | Is not here, it is not clear to me F#m D Right now is the one thing A E | F#m | B | That I can feel, the one thing real to me – Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 3]
E A B | E | % | So as you sit back to remember E A B | E | E B/D# | That which you cannot recall C#m It makes no difference 2/4 F#7 [ A ] A | N.C. | What was or what may be ...
(lick)
[Chorus]
E A D9 The past it is go-one E A D9 The future may not be at a-all 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E A B | E | A7 A7 B B | The present improve the flying hour
[Verse]
| E | A B | E | % | (Moog solo) | E | A B | E | E B/D# | (Moog solo) C#m It makes no difference 2/4 F#7 [ A ] A | N.C. | What was or what may be ...
(lick)
[Chorus]
E A D9 The past it is go-one E A D9 The future may not be at a-all E A B [ C#m ] The present improve the flying hour [Interlude] | C#m | C#m/B | C#m/A# | [ A ] A | (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (link)
[Chorus] (in the 1987 remake only; missing from the 1980 outtake)
| E | A D9 | E | A D9 | (playback only, no vocals or solo) | E | A B | (playback only, no vocals or solo)
[Interlude] (in the 1987 remake only; missing from the 1980 outtake)
| C#m | C#m/B | C#m/A# | [ A ] A | (link)
[Chorus]
E A D9 The past it is go-one E A D9 The future may not be at a-all E A B [ C#m ] The present improve the flying hour
[Interlude]
| C#m | C#m/B | C#m/A# | [ A ] A | (link)
[Chorus]
| E | A D9 | E | A D9 | (Moog solo) | E | A B | (Moog solo)
[Interlude] = coda
| C#m | C#m/B | C#m/A# | [ A ] A (Moog solo) (link)