"Six O'Clock"
                            (John Sebastian)

Intro:

        clavinet arr. for guitar [4X; vocal and flutes (mellotron?) enter
          3rd time]:

             
         v   v

           
   v   v     v


   v   v   v
        15--15
        15--15
        16--16
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--15--15---|15
--15--15---|18
--16--16---|17
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--15--15--15--
--18--18--18--
--17--17--17--
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        There'

             
s something sp

           
ecial 'bout si


x o'clock
              
        In the

             
 morning when 

              
it's still too

 
 early to knoc

k

              
        And th

             
e dusky light 

       
shines down on

 the block
              
        And re

            
flects up and 

            
down on the ha

/
nds of the clo

ck

        Fsus2 [as above, 4X; alarm clock enters 3rd time]
        Six o'clock, six o'clock

Verse 1:

             
        A few 

         
hours ago she 

              
was standing h


ere
              
        Just w

             
atching the st

              
ars in our eye

            
s and the ligh

ts as the tigh

ts
              
             d

     
isappeared
              
        And I 

            
could feel I c

              
ould say what 

   
I want
              
        That I

            
 could nudge h

              
er and call he

     
r my   confida

nte
             
        But no

             
w I'm all alon

              
e with just my

            
 shadow in fro

nt
        
        At six

 [ 
 o'clock, six 

o'clock

Verse 2:

        I went home and found that time to sleep was rare
        Just watching my eyelids, knowing my brain bids the night not
             to care
        I got up and got scufflin' around
        But somehow it just wasn't the same happy town
        And the bells didn't ring with the same happy sound
        At six o'clock, six o'clock

Bridge:

           
           If 

              
I go back wher

      
e we parted
           
           Cou

              
ld I ever feel

  
 like that aga

in
           
           Gue

              
ss I'll just h

              
ave to wait 't

      
il tomorrow
             
          But 

           
what can I  do


 'til then

Verse 3:

        Guess I'll go back home and just wait until dawn
        Yes, I had to learn going back where we were wouldn't help at all
        And I wish my head had been working right
        We'd have gone for coffee and talked all night
        And now I'm back alone, bein' twisted up tight
        Six o'clock, six o'clock

Coda:

             
        Now I'

              
m back alone
              
        Yes, n

             
ow I'm back al

      
one
             
        I'm ba

               
ck alone

            
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers