Peter Hammill - Happy Hour (chords)


Tab by Juan Rubio (jano_rubio@yahoo.com) with the unavoidable assistance of my teacher 
Gabriel Berales (gabrielberales@yahoo.com). Greetings from Buenos Aires. 

       D     C   Em7/9           D              C                           Em7/9
e:-----2------0---2--------------2------------0------------------------------2---|
B:-----3------1---3--------------3------------1------------------------------3---|
G:-----2------0---0--------------2------------0------------------------------0---|
D:------------2---2----5---------0------------2------------------------------2---|
A:-2320---023 3---2----6---2320---------023 3--------------------------------2---|
E:---------------------6----------------------2----------------------------------|
  Intro                        Fuelled by alcohol Shooting out words like a rocket like a prophet out of Babylon

  Power chords:  D#   E  F#    D#   E         then start again with  2-3-2-0 in the fifth 
e:---------------------- -----------------------2--------------------------------|
B:---------------------- -----------------------3--------------------------------|
G:---------------------- -----------------------2--------------------------------|
D:--------------888899911-8888999---------------0--------------------------------|
A:--------------66667779 -6666777----------2320----------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Method acting the absurd                       Shoot me those highballs... (same as before until...)


   Power chords:  D#  E  F#     D#   E F#       keep strumming - "bring on the clowns..." starts
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--------------888899911-888899911-888899911-8888999---888899911-888899911--etc-|
A:--------------66667779 -66667779 -66667779 -6666777---66667779 -66667779---etc-|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Let's not bother with the words                 Oh, bring on the clowns... double vision in black & white

e:---------------------------------2---------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------3---------------------------------------------|
G:------------2-0------------2-0---2---------------------------------------------|
D:---0--0----3-2-----0--0---3-2----0---------------------------------------------|
A:--2--0------------2--0--------320----------------------------------------------|
E:-3--2--023-------3--2--023-----------------------------------------------------|
   I'm falling,        falling -      don't give me that look!
   I'm falling,        falling -      it's the oldest trick in the book

     D   (arpeggios)       C               D                          C
e:-2-----------------0------------2----------------------0----------------|
B:-3-----------------1------------3----------------------1----------------|
G:-2-----------------0------------2----------------------0----------------|
D:-0-----------------2------------0----------------------2----------------|
A:-------------------3--------320------------------------3----------------|
E:-------------------------------3----------------------------------------|
   My chickadee, my passion flower,          show me the way to the happy hour

From "I don't like to see that" to "is this really what they mean by 'Happy Hour'?" is very much the same, I think. 

Then some strumming in C - D - Bb: 

    C     D       C    D     C    E     Bb        C             E
e:--3-----5-------3----5-----3----5-----2---------3-------------5-----------|
B:--5-----7-------5----7-----5----7-----4---------5-------------7-----------|
G:--5-----7-------5----7-----5----7-----4---------5-------------7-----------|
D:--5-----7-------5----7-----5----7-----4---------5-------------7-----------|
A:--3-----5-------3----5-----3----5-----2---------3-------------5-----------|
E:--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 The line... suicidal... fine... crossed it... lost it... social kick... gauging-stick of survival.

Here comes the bass, I mute he power chords  D# - E . F# and then move to same 
chords to try to get something somewhat similar, trying to play as raspy as possible. 
After this freestyle version of the bridge we come to another verse similar to the 
first two ones, from "Here's to the circus" to "is this really what they mean by happy hour..."

And then the long finale  repeats C-D with  some  Dsus4 thrown in.

       D          Dsus4                     C                            D                                                    C
e:-2----3------------0------------2----------------------0----------------|
B:-3----3------------1------------3----------------------1----------------|
G:-2----2------------0------------2----------------------0----------------|
D:-0----0------------2------------0----------------------2----------------|
A:-------------------3--------320------------------------3----------------|
E:-------------------------------3----------------------------------------|
   Put on the greasepaint, we're getting ready for Happy Hour.

Enjoy! Improvements are welcome. 



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