Finest Hour Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays425

Finest Hour by Stone Temple Pilots is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, D, Bb, Am, Dm and Gm. 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 F |G |D 

Verse 
D 
You never said goodbye 
                                Bb    |C 
It left a void that's like no other 
  F       G                |D 
I know because it's true 
D 
A darkness hid inside 
          D                 Bb     |C 
Another storm has scorned another 
  F      G             |D 
I know because of you 

Am 
And now 
C                               D 
I know the pressure you were under 
C                       D      Am 
Behind your eyes there lied a war 
C                            D 
I never thought you'd be another 
C                         F 
Another thought and I was up 
               D          F 
Here in your finest hour 
C               D 
This is your finest hour 

Verse 
D 
I won't forget that smile 
                            Bb   C 
It was contagious like no other 
   F      G           D 
I know because it's true 
D 
I'll hold our precious time 
                               Bb     C 
Up to the sky, I'll miss you brother 
   F         G         D 
I hope you know it's true 

Am 
And now 
C                               D 
I know the pressure you were under 
C                       D      Am 
Behind your eyes there lied a war 
C                            D 
I never thought you'd be another 
C                         F 
Another thought and I was up 
               D          F 
Here in your finest hour 
F              D          F 
This is your finest hour 
     Dm        D          F 
Here in your finest hour 
F               D 
This is your finest hour 

Solo 
|Gm Bb |Bb 
|C Bb |Bb 
|Gm C Bb |Bb C |C |Bb |Bb C 

Outro 
Am 
And now 
C                               D 
I know the pressure you were under 
C                       D      Am 
Behind your eyes there lied a war 
C                            D 
I never thought you'd be another 
C                         F 
Another thought and I was up 
               D          F 
Here in your finest hour 
Am             D          F 
This is your finest hour 
     Dm        D          F 
Here in your finest hour 
C              D 
This is your finest hour 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante