One Crowded Hour by Augie March ONE CROWDED HOUR – Augie March 6 beats per chord (6/8 feel) * , = barre chord voicings ' = 3 beats ~ = extensions added by organ part (capo at second fret) (refer below) [pick-up] Now should you ex- VERSE-A: G Am pect to see something that you hadn't seen in some- Bm C body you've known since you were sixteen and if D Em, Love is a bolt from the blue then C* G* What is a bolt but a glorified screw and that C, D, D, Doesn't hold nothing to-gether far from these VERSE-A: G Am Nonsense bars and their nowhere music it's Bm C Making me sick and I know it's making you sick there's D Em, Nothing there it's like eating air it's like C* G* Drinking gin with nothing else in and C, D, D, That doesn't hold me to-gether but for CHORUS: G Am~ Bm~ C One crowded hour you were the only one in the room I D~ Em, C* G* Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I B C* G Em Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but G Am 'C 'D G One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin now I know you like VERSE-B: G Am Your boys who take their medicine from the Bm C Bowl with a silver spoon who D Em, Run away with the dish and scale the fish by C* G* The silvery light of the moon who were VERSE-C: B C* Taught from the womb to be-lieve till the tomb that as G Em Far as their bleeding eyes see is a G Am Pleasure pen meant for them build-ed and rent for them 'C 'D G Not for the likes of me no not for the C, D, D, Likes of you and me____ and for CHORUS: G Am~ Bm~ C One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I D~ Em, C* G* Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I B C* G Em Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but G Am 'C 'D G One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin oh but the BRIDGE: D D 'Bm 'Am G Green-eyed harpy of the salt land__ she D D(F#-bass) 'Bm 'Am G Takes in-to hers my hand__ and she says Em A9 'Bm 'Am D D(F#-bass) Boy I know you're lying oh but then so am I and to this I said oh SOLO: (short chorus) G Am Bm C Well D Em, C*(G-bass) G* B C* G Em G Am 'C 'D Now VERSE-B: G Am~ Put me in a cage full of lions I'll learn to speak Bm~ C Lion in fact I know the language D Em, Well I picked it up while I was C*(G-bass) G* Versing myself in the languages they speak in VERSE-D: Am Bm C Hell that night that silence gave birth to a baby they D Em, Took it away to her silent dismay and they C* G* Raised it to be a lady now she C, D, D,(F#-bass) Can't keep her mouth shut__ and for CHORUS: G Am~ Bm~ C One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I D Em, C*(G-bass) G* Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I B C* G Em Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but G Am 'C 'D G One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin and yes that CHORUS-VARIATION: G Am~ Bm~ C One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I D~ Em, Played a few songs for those bumps in the night in fact C*(G-bass) G* I played this very tune but you said B C* G Em What is this six string-ed instrument but an adolescent loom__ and G Am 'C 'D G One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin__ (tags may have been edited on the video source) ================================================================================ In the promotional video Glenn can clearly be seen playing chords in the key of G while song is pitched in the key of A. The occasional appearance of open strings in the arpeggios (G in Bm, B in Am and C) confirm the first position voicings. To match the recording either tune up a whole step or use a capo at the second fret. Tuning up an acoustic guitar is not recommended. CHORDS: G Am Bm C D Em, C* G* C, D, B Em A9......seventh and third E|--3---0---2---0---2---7----8---3---3---5---7---0---0--| are not played by B|--0---1---3---1---3---8----8---3---5---7---7---0---0--| the guitar but the G|--0---2---4---0---2---9----9---4---5---7---8---0---2--| ensemble harmony D|--0---2---4---2---0---9----10--5---5---7---9---2---2--| is ninth not sus2 A|--2---0---2---3-------7----10--5---3---5---9---2---0--| E|--3------------------------8---3---3---5---7---0------| Barre chord voicings: * root on 6th-string , root on 5th-string Organ plays a G-note drone through several chords. These voicings mimic the ensemble harmony: Am~ Bm~ D~ Am7 Gmaj7/B Dadd11 A9 E|--0------2---------2-----3--| B|--1------0---------3-----0--| G|--0------0---------0-----2--| D|--2------0---------0-----2--| A|--0------2---------0-----0--| E|----------------------------| The chord progression is not consistent hence the labelling of verses A B C D. www.TAB6.com