Song Name: | After Hours | By: | Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | C | Genre: | Blues |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2010-07-30 12:07:32 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | AFTER HOURS
W; Robert Bruce & Buddy Feyne M: Avery Parish Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra Key: C 7 7 7 7 -6 7 Af-ter hours, when it�s time -6 -5* 5 3 To close the doors -3 5 -3 5 5 6 and turn the lights down low 7 7 7 7 -6 7 -6 -5* 5 Af-ter hours, where the lone-ly sha-dows 3 -3 5 -3 5 5 6 Spend the night, that�s where I go 5 6 -6 7 You can find me, -6 7 -6 6 5 3 -4-5 5 Walk-in� with those af-ter hours blues 6 7 -6 -7 8 7 Af-ter hours with the blues 5 6 7 -7* 8 -9 8 -7* 7 -5* 6 Look-in� a-round for a place to for-get her 7 5 6 7 -7* 8 -9 8 -7* 7 6 I keep com-in� back to the one where we met 7 5 6 7 -7* 8 -9 8 -7* It�s dark and de-sert-ed, but some-thing 7 -5* 6 7 5 6 7 -7* A-bout it still makes me a-ware 8 -9 8 -7* 7 6 That I care for her yet -6 -7 8 -9* -9 9 -9* -9 8 7* -7 Out of the past comes a dim re-col-lec-tion, 8 -6 -7 8 -9* -9 9 -9 -9 9 -7 She�s sit-tin� with me at a ta-ble for two 5 6 7 -7* 8 -9 9 -7* 7 -5* 6 Then in the dark of a win-dows re-flec-tion 7 5 6 7 -7* 8 -9 9 -7* 7 6 I see I�m a-lone and I know that we�re thru 6 6 -6 7 -6 7 -6 6 And I go on walk-in� with those 5 3 -4 -5 5 af-ter hours blues 6 7 -6 -7 8 7 -5* -5 af-ter hours, just the blues and me 6 -6 -6* 7 6 -6 -6* 7 I try to find some peace of mind -7 -7* -8 8 -7 -7* -8 8 A friend-ly voice some one who�s kind 6 -6 -6* 7 6 -6 -6* 7 I close my eyes try not to think -7 -5* 5 3 -4 -5 5 Oh Lord, got ta have a drink 6 7 5 7 7 -6 6 5 Oh Lord please help me to for-get 6 7 5 7 7 -6 6 5 Oh Lord, my heart is heav-y yet 6 7 5 7 7 -6 -5* 5 Oh Lord, I�ve got to find a place -5* 7 5 7 7 -6 6 5 Where I won�t see that haunt-ing face 6 7 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 7 A place where I can go to lose 6 -6 7 -6 6 5 3 -4 -5 5 Those mel-an-chol-y af-ter hours blues 6 -6 -6* 7 6 -6 -6* 7 The night is still, the streets are bare -7 -7* -8 8 -7 -7* -8 8 And like the blues, she�s ev-�ry-where 6 -6 -6* 7 6 -6 -6* 7 I close my eyes, but mem-�ries stay -7 -5* 5 3 -4 -5 5 Oh Lord, make them go a-way 6 7 5 7 7 -6 6 5 She�s gone, why can�t she let me be 6 7 5 7 7 -6 6 5 She�s gone, and yet she�s here with me 6 7 5 7 -6 -5* 5 So on I go find a place 6 7 5 7 7 -6 6 5 Where I won�t see that haunt-ing face 6 7 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 7 A place where I can go to lose 6 -6 7 -6 6 5 3 -4 -5 5 Those mel-an-chol-y af-ter hours blues |