Key: C major
Verse 1
Fm
reid) * In the wee small hours of sixpence
C
Fm
And the lighted chandelier
Dm
Em
F
Stands a rusty old retainer
C
Abdim
C
Whose old eyes are filled with tears
C
Fm
Who is now off to the wars
Dm
Em
F
And although his eyes are crying
C
Abdim
C
We know grief is not the cause
F
F#dim
C
And if grief is not the reason
F
F#dim
C
He must be of sterner stuff
F
Dm
And his sword though old and rusty
G
Em
Must be blunt as sharp enough
Verse 2
C
Fm
In the wee small hours of sixpence
C
Fm
And the broken window pan e
Dm
Em
F
Stand the remnants of the evening
C
Abdim
C
Who are waiting all in vain
C
Fm
Showing morning is not night
Dm
Em
F
But the air is filled with silence
C
Abdim
C
And the day light is not bright
F
F#dim
C
But still darkness is no reason
F
F#dim
C
We are men of stern er stuff
F
Dm
And our swords though old and rusty
G
Em
Still are blunt as sharp enough.
D
Interlude 1
Bm
D
Bm
G
Em
A
F#m
Verse 3
D
Gm
wee small hours of sixpence
D
Gm
And the hat-stand in in the hall
Em
F#m
G
Waiting only for the morning
D
Bbdim
D
Shadows flitting 'cross the wall
D
Gm
Whom now giving of his all
Em
F#m
D
G
May have once been just as we are
D
Bbdim
D
And now has no face at all.
G
Abdim
D
But still grief was not the reason
G
Abdim
D
He was made of sterner stuff
G
Em
And his sword though old and rusty
Outro 1
enough.
F#m
A
D
Bm
D
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