Wreck Of The Hesperus Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Wreck Of The Hesperus by George Harrison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Bbdim7, G, Gsus4, C, B, Em, Em7, A, D, C7, Am7 and B7. 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 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G Gsus4 G   | 


Verse 
G                         C 
 I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus 
G                   C       B 
 Feel more like the Wall of China 
Em       Em7    A 
 Getting old as Methuselah 
B                 Em     Em7 
 Feel tall as the Eiffel Tower 


Interlude 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G Gsus4 G   | 


Verse 
G                   C 
 I'm not a power of attorney 
G                       C    B 
 But I can rock as good as Gibraltar 
Em        Em7            A 
 Ain't no more no spring chicken 
B                 Em        Em7 
 Been plucked but I'm still kicking 
         Bbdim7 G     Bbdim7  G       D 
But it's al  -  right, it's alright 


Middle 8 
Em                   C7 
 Poison penmen sneak, have no nerve to speak 
Am7                     Em 
 Make up lies then they leak 'm out 
Em                  C7 
 Behind a pseudonym, the rottenness in them 
Am7                     B7 
 Reaching out trying to touch me 


Verse 
G                    C 
 Met some Oscars and Tonys 
G               C        B 
 I slipped on a pavement oyster 
Em     Em7            A 
 Met a snake climbing ladders 
B               Em      Em7 
 Got out of the line of fire 
         Bbdim7 G 
But it's al  -  right 


Interlude 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G D    | 


Middle 8 
Em                 C7 
 Brainless writers gossip nonsenses 
Am7                          Em 
 To others heads as dense as they is 
Em        Em7      A 
 It's the same old malady 
Am7             B7 
What they see is faulty 


Verse 
G                         C 
 I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus 
G               C        B 
 Feel more like Big Bill Broonzy 
Em       Em7       A 
 Getting old as my mother 
B                 Em       Em7 
 But I tell you I got some company 
         Bbdim7 G       | Bbdim7 | G Gsus4 G   | 
But it's al  -  right 


Riff (no chord) 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | 


Outro (solo) 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | 
| Bbdim7 | G | Bbdim7 | G | 

         Bbdim7 G     Bbdim7  G       D 
But it's al  -  right, it's alright 
         Bbdim7 G     Bbdim7  G       D 
But it's al  -  right, it's alright 

(repeat and fade) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante