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                      Flying Hour – George Harrison
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Written by: George Harrison/Mick Ralphs
- 1978 outtake from the “George Harrison” sessions
- From the rejected version of the album “Somewhere in England” (1981)
  available recording of the outtake is sped up which makes it a little
  faster and higher in pitch)
- Later re-mixed and (in a slightly longer edit) released on the CD
  that came with the book "Songs by George Harrison 2" (1988):
  in the proper key of E and has the correct tempo)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C

Capo: 2nd fret
Play: D
Key: E
For chords in original key, transpose +2

[Intro]
        [ D ]   G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|------------0-2-|
E|----------2---3-|
C|--------2-----2-|
g|----------------|
 
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CHORDS
      g-C-E-A
C9    0-2-0-1
E9    1-2-2-2
Bm    4-2-2-2
Bm7   2-2-2-2
Bm6   1-2-2-2
 
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[Intro]
| G C9 | D | G C9 | D |
           1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| G A | D |  G7  G7  A A   |
 
  
[Verse 1]
D                G    A        |  D  |  %  |
  All through my life I've been hearing
D           G     A         |  D  |  D  A  |
  All about those good old days
Bm
 It makes no difference
E9           G        G7
 What was or what may be ...

 
[Chorus]
D                G  C9
  The past it is go-one
D                G          C9
  The future may not be at a-all       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D               G         A     |  D  |  G7  G7  A A   |
  The present improve the flying hour
 
 
[Verse 2]
D             G      A      |  D  |  %  |
  Some people look into the future
D                     G           A    |  D  |  D  A  |
  They're hoping that they'll see better days
Bm
 It's such a sweet thought
E9              G          G7
 It's something that could be but ...
 
 
[Chorus]
D                G  C9
  The past it is go-one
D                G          C9
  The future may not be at a-all
D               G         A     |  D  |  %  |
  The present improve the flying hour
 
 
[Middle 8]
Em                 C
 What was and what may be
G               D             | Em | % |
Is not here, it is not clear to me
Em                C
 Right now is the one thing
     G               D              |  Em  |  A  |
That I can feel, the one thing real to me – Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
 
 
[Verse 3]
D               G    A   |  D  |  %  |
  So as you sit back to remember
D                G  A   |  D  |  D  A  |
  That which you cannot recall
Bm
 It makes no difference    2/4
E9           G        G7 | N.C. |
 What was or what may be ...

 
[Chorus]
D                G  C9
  The past it is go-one
D                G           C9
  The future may not be at a-all       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D               G         A     |  D  |  G7  G7  A A   |
  The present improve the flying hour
 
 
[Verse]
| D | G A | D | % |
(Moog solo)
| D | G A | D | D A |
(Moog solo)
Bm
 It makes no difference     2/4
E9           G        G7  | N.C. |
 What was or what may be ...

 
[Chorus]
D                G  C9
  The past it is go-one
D                G           C9
  The future may not be at a-all
D               G         A     [ Bm ]
  The present improve the flying hour
 
 
[Interlude]
|  Bm  |  Bm7  |  Bm6  | G G7     |
 (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
 
 
[Chorus] (in the 1987 remake only; missing from the 1980 outtake)
| D | G C9 | D | G C9 |
(playback only, no vocals or solo)
| D | G A |
(playback only, no vocals or solo)
 
 
[Interlude] (in the 1987 remake only; missing from the 1980 outtake)
|  Bm  |  Bm7  |  Bm6  | G G7      |
  
 
[Chorus]
D                G  C9
  The past it is go-one
D                G          C9
  The future may not be at a-all
D               G         A     [ Bm ]
  The present improve the flying hour
 
 
[Interlude]
|  Bm  |  Bm7  |  Bm6  | G G7     |
                         
 
[Chorus]
| D | G C9 | D | G C9 |
(Moog solo)
| D | G A |
(Moog solo)
 
 
[Interlude] = coda
|  Bm  |  Bm/A  |  Bm/G#  | G G7
(Moog solo)