The Hours Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays681

The Hours by Beach House is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, F, G, E and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C C C Em (8x) 

F        Em       G 
   Can I wait the hours 
         Em   F     
Til they find me 
         Em     G 
Climb up to the tower 
         Em         C  
So that you could see 

C C C E (4x) 

F           Em     G 
   Violence in the flowers  
Em                F 
Where they found you 
      Em       G 
Can I wait the hours 
         Em     F 
Would it be untrue 
         Em      G 
Climb up to the tower 
         Em       F 
So that you can see 
       Em       G 
All across the hours 

F             G 
   Frightened eyes 
C               Dm 
Looking back at me 
F                 G 
   Change your mind 
C     Dm 
Don't care about me 
F             G 
   Frightened eyes 
C               Dm 
Looking back at me 
F                 G 
   Change your mind 
C     Dm 
Don't leave without me 
F             G 
   Frightened eyes 

C C C E (8x) 

F            Em      G 
   Made in your reflection 
         Em       F 
So that you can feel 
         Em      G 
Mad in your intentions 
        Em    F 
Fear it isn't real 
         Em  G 
All the recollections 
         Em   F 
Spinning in a field 
        Em      G 
Left in your possession 
       Em   F 
Til it isn't real 
           Em    G 
You say it isn't real 

F             G 
   Frightened eyes 
C               Dm 
Looking back at me 
F                 G 
   Change your mind 
C     Dm 
Don't care about me 
F             G 
   Frightened eyes 
C               Dm 
Looking back at me 
F                 G 
   Change your mind 
C     Dm 
Don't leave without me 
F             G 
   Frightened eyes 

F                    G      C  Dm 
   It's deeper than you and me  
F                    G         C  Dm 
   It's farther than you could see 
F                    G       C  Dm 
   It's too much to ask tell me 
F                   G           C  Dm 
   It's all in a glance you'll see 
F                    G      C  Dm 
   It's deeper than you and me (looking back at me) 
F                   G           C  Dm 
   It's all in a glance you'll see (don't care about me) 
F                    G         C  Dm 
   It's farther than we could be (looking back at me) 
F                    G      C  Dm 
   It's deeper than you and me (don't care about me) 
F             G C 
   Frightened eyes 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante