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The Hour Grows Late

Artist: Yo La Tengo
Album: Electr-O-Pura (release date: May 2, 1995)
Song: The Hour Grows Late

This is a very easy song to play. The first part of the song is played on the 2nd, 3rd, 
4th, and 5th strings, while the latter part is played with a simple combination of two chords.

Tuning: Standard

Beginning:

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----2-0----------------------------2-------------------------------------|
|D------------------------------0-0-2---4-----------------------4-2-0-------|
|A--------------------------------------------------------------------0-0---|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----2-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D---------0------------------------0-0-------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------2-2----------------------------------0-0----|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------0-0----------------------0-0---------------------------------------|
|A---0-0-----2------------------2-------0-----------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

               As he fired up the drum machine

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
|D-------0-0----------------------0-----------------------------------------|
|A-0-0-0-----2------------------2---0---------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

               He stole a glance at the empty seats

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-2-2-2-2------------2---2-2---2-------------------------------------------|
|D-----------0--------------------4-4---4-----------------------------------|
|A--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

               He took a minute to re-tune his guitar

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----2-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D---------0------------------0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------------0-0-----------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba, as the hour grew late

The rest of the song essentially consists of these two very simple chords:

     G   D
|e---3---2---|
|B---3---3---|
|G---0---2---|
|D---0---0---|
|A---2---x---|
|E---3---x---|

^ = down-stroke
v = upstroke

Verse:

     G                       D
|e---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|B---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3|
|G---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|D---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0|
|A---2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
|E---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
     ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v
           I wanna send this out to Richie Vey
           In his thrift-store corner of the world
                  His soul is my cheap laugh
     Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba, as the hour grows late


"Instrumental" Part:

         G                       D
|e---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|B---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3|
|G---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|D---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0|  repeat x3
|A---2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
|E---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
     ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v

And then:

         G                       D
|e---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|B---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3|
|G---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|D---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0|  repeat x4
|A---2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
|E---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
     ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v
     Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba, as the hour grows late

Fourth time around, end on the first D.

Also, if you listen closely, you can hear a gentle riff playing several times throughout 
the song (during the G, D part). Here it is:

|e------------------|
|B------------------|
|G------------------|
|D---2-0---0--------|
|A-------------2----|
|E------------------|

x

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