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-:
pect to see something that you hadn't seen in some-
body you've known since you were sixteen and if
,
Love is a bolt from the blue then
* *
What is a bolt but a glorified screw and that
, , ,
Doesn't hold nothing to-gether far from these
VERSE-:
Nonsense bars and their nowhere music it's
Making me sick and I know it's making you sick there's
,
Nothing there it's like eating air it's like
* *
Drinking gin with nothing else in and
, , ,
That doesn't hold me to-gether but for
CHORUS:
~ ~
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room I
~ , * *
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
*
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
' '
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin now I know you like
VERSE-:
Your boys who take their medicine from the
Bowl with a silver spoon who
,
Run away with the dish and scale the fish by
* *
The silvery light of the moon who were
VERSE-:
*
Taught from the womb to be-lieve till the tomb that as
Far as their bleeding eyes see is a
Pleasure pen meant for them build-ed and rent for them
' '
Not for the likes of me no not for the
, , ,
Likes of you and me____ and for
CHORUS:
~ ~
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
~ , * *
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
*
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
' '
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin oh but the
BRIDGE:
' '
Green-eyed harpy of the salt land__ she
(F#-bass) ' '
Takes in-to hers my hand__ and she says
' ' (F#-bass)
Boy I know you're lying oh but then so am I and to this I said oh
SOLO: (short chorus)
Well
, *(G-bass) *
*
' '
Now
VERSE-:
~
Put me in a cage full of lions I'll learn to speak
~
Lion in fact I know the language
,
Well I picked it up while I was
*(G-bass) *
Versing myself in the languages they speak in
VERSE-:
Hell that night that silence gave birth to a baby they
,
Took it away to her silent dismay and they
* *
Raised it to be a lady now she
, , ,(F#-bass)
Can't keep her mouth shut__ and for
CHORUS:
~ ~
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
, *(G-bass) *
Sailed around all those bumps in the night to your beacon in the gloom I
*
Thought I had found my golden September in the middle of that purple June but
' '
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin and yes that
CHORUS-VARIATION:
~ ~
One crowded hour you were the only one in the room and I
~ ,
Played a few songs for those bumps in the night in fact
*(G-bass) *
I played this very tune but you said
*
What is this six string-ed instrument but an adolescent loom__ and
' '
One crowded hour would lead to my wreck and ruin__
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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:
, * * , , ......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:
~ ~ ~
/ Dadd11
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.