Grant Lee Buffalo
Storm Hymnal - Gems From The Vault Of Grant Lee Buffalo - 2001
Disk II: Double Takes
CHORDS

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Tune guitar down half a step to play along: Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb.

2. THE SHINING HOUR (ALTERNATE ACOUSTIC VERSION)

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Comments:
1. Piano chords:
       Bass   Chords
Dsus2   D     d  -  e  -  a
2. Guitar chords:
Dsus2
[0]
[3]
[2]
[0]
[0]
[x]
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Verse 1:

Figure 1: x2 (is played through all Verses)

    Am          C            Bm         Dm
b[-----------------1-----1--------------------------]
g[-----2-----2-----0-----0-----4----4---------------]
d[-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4----4---0--2--0-----]
a[--0-----0-----3-----3------2----2--------------3--]

Am         C       Bm        Dm
   Are we still on the phone
Am           C        Bm             Dm         Am
   With the lady Anna Clarke and her trumpet solo
      C           Bm      Dm
Whose ghost sings for pay
Am         C            Bm          Dm
   In the blue billiard room of the Monterey
Am      C           Bm    Dm
   For room and for board
Am         C                 Bm           Dm
   And the backdoor key is a 19th century civil war sword
Am      C        Bm         Dm
   Once owned by John Booth
Am         C           Bm           Dm                Am (this Am starts the Chorus)
   Who misplaced his script when he caught his rubber boot

Chorus:

C                 F       Dm
This could be the shining hour
Am  C                  F   Dm
    Based on all those mad beliefs
Am         C             F     Dm
    In the money oil and angel powder
Am  C              F   Dsus2
    In the new age magazine

Verse 2:

Am           C       Bm       Dm
   There's a hole in the wall
Am            C             Bm               Dm                   Am
   Behind the photograph of Al Capone he's a sittin' down at city hall
      C                   Bm      Dm
The police they peek thru    here
Am          C             Bm             Dm
   And they watch you get dressed in the two-way mirror
Am          C           Bm       Dm
   But it's all in good spirits
Am            C                  Bm              Dm                 Am (this Am start the Chorus)
   And if you close your eyes ya can't help help    but to hear 'em move

Chorus:

C                 F       Dm
This could be the shining hour
Am  C                  F     Dm
    Based on all those mad beliefs
Am          C            F     Dm
    In the money oil and angel powder
Am  C                  F      Dsus2
    Ah the truths they rule obscene

Verse 3:

Am   C         Bm    Dm
   I propose a toast
Am        C             Bm        Dm                       Am
   To the memory of the horse who carried King Tut and his gold
C        Bm  Dm
Into the sun
Am        C                         Bm                            Dm
   He collapsed last summer from the heat stroke somewhere in the East Village oh
Am    C           Bm    Dm
   It kills me to think
Am          C         Bm          Dm                      Am
   That I'm no longer living just looking for excuses to drink
   C            Bm    Dm
So lift up your glass
Am         C                      Bm            Dm
   And you Ouija board 'cause I'm fading fading fading fast

Chorus:

Am C                 F       Dm
   This could be the shining hour
Am C                  F      Dm
   Based on all those mad beliefs
Am         C            F     Dm
   In the money oil and angel powder
Am C              F   Dsus2    Am
   In the new age magazine