George Harrison – Wreck Of The Hesperus (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: George Harrison From: "Cloud Nine" (1987) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: soprano (C-Tuning) / baritone (G-Tuning) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORDS
         g-C-E-A  d-G-B-E
Am7      0-0-0-0  2-2-1-3
B        4-3-2-2  4-4-4-2
B7       2-3-2-2  1-2-0-2
Bbdim7   0-1-0-1  2-3-2-3
C        0-0-0-3  2-0-1-0
C7       0-0-0-1  2-3-1-0
Em       0-4-3-2  2-0-0-0
Em7      0-2-0-2  0-0-0-0
G        0-2-3-2  0-0-0-3
Gsus4    0-2-3-3  0-0-1-3

G                         C
 I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus

G                   C       B
 Feel more like the Wall of China

Em       Em7    A
 Getting old as Methuselah

B                 Em     Em7
 Feel tall as the Eiffel Tower

G                   C
 I'm not a power of attorney

G                       C    B
 But I can rock as good as Gibraltar

Em        Em7            A
 Ain't no more no spring chicken

B                 Em        Em7
 Been plucked but I'm still kicking

         Bbdim7 G     Bbdim7  G       D
But it's al  -  right, it's alright

[Middle 8]

Em                   C7
 Poison penmen sneak, have no nerve to speak

Am7                     Em
 Make up lies then they leak 'm out

Em                  C7
 Behind a pseudonym, the rottenness in them

Am7                     B7
 Reaching out trying to touch me

[Verse]

G                    C
 Met some Oscars and Tonys

G               C        B
 I slipped on a pavement oyster

Em     Em7            A
 Met a snake climbing ladders

B               Em      Em7
 Got out of the line of fire

         Bbdim7 G
But it's al  -  right

Em                 C7
 Brainless writers gossip nonsenses

Am7                          Em
 To others heads as dense as they is

Em        Em7      A
 It's the same old malady

Am7             B7
What they see is faulty

[Verse]

G                         C
 I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus

G               C        B
 Feel more like Big Bill Broonzy

Em       Em7       A
 Getting old as my mother

B                 Em       Em7
 But I tell you I got some company

         Bbdim7 G       | Bbdim7 | G Gsus4 G   |
But it's al  -  right

[Riff] (no chord) | Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | [Outro] (solo) | Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | | Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | | Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | | Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G |

         Bbdim7 G     Bbdim7  G       D
But it's al  -  right, it's alright

         Bbdim7 G     Bbdim7  G       D
But it's al  -  right, it's alright

(repeat and fade)