Wreck Of The Hesperus

George Harrison

Key

Em

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3

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Verse 1

G7 C

I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus

G C B

Feel more like the Wall of China

Em A

Getting old as Methuselah

B Em

Feel tall as the Eiffel Tower

Interlude

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Verse 2

G7 C

I'm not a power of attorney

G C B

But I can rock as good as Gibraltar

Em A

Ain't no more no spring chicken

B Em

Been plucked but I'm still kicking

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(But it's alright, it's alright)

Bridge 1

Em C7

Poison penmen sneak, have no nerve to speak

Am Em

Make up lies then they leak 'm out

Em C7

Behind a pseudonym, the rottenness in them

Am B7

Reaching out trying to touch me

Verse 3

G7 C

Met some Oscars and Tonys

G C B

I slipped on a pavement oyster

Em A

Met a snake climbing ladders

B Em

Got out of the line of fire

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(But it's alright)

Interlude

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Bridge 2

Em C7

Brainless writers gossip nonsenses

Am Em

To others heads as dense as they is

Em C7

It's the same old malady

Am B7

What they see is faulty

Verse 4

G7 C

I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus

G C B

Feel more like Big Bill Broonzy

Em A

Getting old as my mother

B Em

But I tell you I got some company

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(But it's alright)

Outro

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But it's alright, it's alright

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But it's alright, it's alright

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It's alright, alright

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It's alright

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Chords Used