ONE CROWDED HOUR – Augie March

6 beats per chord (6/8 feel)        *   , = barre chord voicings
'  = 3 beats                           ~     = extensions added by organ part
(capo at second fret)                  (refer below)

[pick-up]
Now should you ex-


[Verse A]

             
pect to see so

             
mething that y


ou hadn' t see

n in some-
            
body you' ve k

          
nown since you

 were sixteen 

and if
           
Love is a bolt

,
 from the blue

 then
  *          
What is a bolt

            *
 but a glorifi

 
ed screw and t

hat
 ,           
Doesn' t hold 

             
nothing to-get

,      ,
her  far from 

these


[Verse A]

             
Nonsense bars 

          
and their nowh

ere music it' 

s
            
Making me sick

       
 and I know it

' s making you

 sick there' s
             
Nothing there 

          ,
it' s like  ea

ting air it' s

 like
 *           
Drinking gin w

       * 
ith nothing el

se in and
 ,           
That doesn' t 

            ,
hold me to-get

     ,
her  but for


[Chorus]

           
One crowded ho

 ~            
ur you were th

        ~   
e only one in 

              
the room I
 ~           
Sailed around 

              
all those bump

  ,         
s in the night

           * 
 to your beaco

              
n in the gloom

    * 
 I
             
Thought I had 

          *  
found my golde

              
n September in

             
 the middle of

              
 that purple J

 
une but
           
One crowded ho

        '    
ur would lead 

      '      
to my wreck an

    
d ruin now I k

now you like


[Verse B]

             
Your boys who 

           
take their med

icine from the
            
Bowl with a si

     
lver spoon who
             
Run away with 

             
the dish and s

 ,
cale the fish 

by
 *           
The silvery li

             
ght of the moo

 * 
n who were


[Verse C]

             
Taught from th

             
e womb to be-l

 * 
ieve till the 

tomb that as
             
Far as their b

             
leeding eyes s


ee is a
             
Pleasure pen m

              
eant for them 


build-ed and r

ent for them
'           '
 Not for the l

         
ikes of me no 

not for the
 ,           
Likes of you a

     ,   ,
nd me____ and 

for


[Chorus]

           
One crowded ho

 ~            
ur you were th

        ~   
e only one in 

              
the room and I
 ~           
Sailed around 

              
all those bump

  ,         
s in the night

           * 
 to your beaco

              
n in the gloom

    * 
 I
             
Thought I had 

          *  
found my golde

              
n September in

             
 the middle of

              
 that purple J

 
une but
           
One crowded ho

        '    
ur would lead 

      '      
to my wreck an

    
d ruin oh but 

the


[Bridge]

            
Green-eyed har

         '  
py of the salt

 '   
 land__ she
         
Takes in-to he

      '  ' 
rs     my  han

  
d__ and she sa

ys
            
  Boy I know y

        ' 
ou' re lying  

      '     
oh but then so

          
 am I and to t

#      
his I said oh


[Solo]

(short chorus)

       
Well
   ,   * (G-bass)   * 

   *     

    '   ' 
              


Now
 
[Verse B]

             
Put me in a ca

            
ge full of lio

~    
ns I' ll learn

 to speak
 ~          
Lion in fact I

      
 know the lang

uage
             
Well I picked 

    ,
it up while I 

was
 * (  
Versing myself

           * 
 in the langua

ges they speak

 in


[Verse D]

            
Hell that nigh

            
t that silence

              
 gave birth to

   
 a baby they
             
Took it away t

       ,
o her silent d

ismay and they
 *           
  Raised it to

         * 
 be a lady now

 she
 ,           
Can' t keep he

         ,  
r mouth shut__

 ,(
 and for


[Chorus]

           
One crowded ho

 ~            
ur you were th

        ~   
e only one in 

              
the room and I
             
Sailed around 

           ,
all those bump

              
s in the night

      * (
 to your beaco

          
n in the gloom

* 
 I
             
Thought I had 

          *  
found my golde

              
n September in

             
 the middle of

              
 that purple J

 
une but
           
One crowded ho

        '    
ur would lead 

      '      
to my wreck an

    
d ruin and yes

 that


[Chorus Vaiation]

           
One crowded ho

 ~            
ur you were th

        ~   
e only one in 

              
the room and I
 ~           
Played a few s

              
ongs for those

       ,
 bumps in the 

night in fact
 * (  
I played this 

        * 
very tune but 

you said
             
What is this s

             
ix string-ed i

 *            
nstrument but 

             
an  adolescent

       
 loom__ and
           
One crowded ho

        '    
ur would lead 

      '      
to my wreck an

        
d ruin__

(tags may have been edited on the video source)

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In the promotional video Glenn can clearly be seen playing chords in
the key of G while song is pitched in the key of A. The occasional
appearance of open strings in the arpeggios (G in Bm , B in Am and C)
confirm the first position voicings.
To match the recording either tune up a whole step or use a capo at
the second fret. Tuning up an acoustic guitar is not recommended.

CHORDS:
         
E|--3---0---2-
B|--0---1---3-
G|--0---2---4-
D|--0---2---4-
A|--2---0---2-
E|--3---------

         ,
--0---2---7---
--1---3---8---
--0---2---9---
--2---0---9---
--3-------7---
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   *    *   
-8---3---3---5
-8---3---5---7
-9---4---5---7
-10--5---5---7
-10--5---3---5
-8---3---3---5

 ,   ,     
---7---0---0--
---7---0---0--
---8---0---2--
---9---2---2--
---9---2---0--
---7---0------

     
|    are not played by
|    the guitar but the
|    ensemble harmony
|    is ninth not sus2
|
|

Barre chord voicings:
   *   root on 6th-string
   ,  root on 5th-string

Organ plays a 
These voicings
    ~       
      
E|--0------2--
B|--1------0--
G|--0------0--
D|--2------0--
A|--0------2--
E|------------

G-note drone t
 mimic the ens
  ~         
/     
-------2-----3
-------3-----0
-------0-----2
-------0-----2
-------0-----0
--------------

hrough several chords.
emble harmony:
    ~    

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The chord progression is not consistent
hence the labelling of verses A B C D.