Procol Harum – Wreck Of The Hesperus (Guitar)

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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