Flying Hour

Written by: George Harrison/Mick Ralphs - 1978 outtake from the “George Harrison” sessions - From the rejected version of the album “Somewhere in England” (1981)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vweHkckl_0w (for some reason the   available recording of the outtake is sped up which makes it slightly   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):   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nrHmiQJA0M (this official recording is   in the proper key of E and has the correct tempo) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]                  Lick   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +        1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|     |-----(3)--------| (the slide guitar adds the 7) B|------------0-2-|     |----------------| G|----------1---2-|     |------2---------| A|--------------0-|     |0-4---0---------| |----------------|     |----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS D9        x-x-0-2-1-0 B/D#      x-6-4-4-4-x F#7       2-4-2-3-2-2 (the keyboard adds the 9: 2-4-2-3-2-4) C#m       x-4-6-6-5-4 C#m/B     7-x-6-x-5-4 C#m/A#    6-x-6-6-5-x or x-1-2-1-2-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]            1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | | |          | [Verse 1]   All through my life I’ve been hearing   All about those good old days            It makes no difference What was or what may be ...            (lick) [Chorus]   The past it is go-one   The future may not be at a-all       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   The present improve the flying hour               [Verse 2]   Some people look into the future   They’re hoping that they’ll see better days         It’s such a sweet thought It’s something that could be but ... [Chorus]   The past it is go-one   The future may not be at a-all   The present improve the flying hour [Middle 8] What was and what may be Is not here it is not clear to me Right now is the one thing That I can feel the one thing real to me - Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 3]   So as you sit back to remember   That which you cannot recall         It makes no difference    2/4 What was or what may be ...            (lick) [Chorus]   The past it is go-one   The future may not be at a-all       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   The present improve the flying hour               [Verse] (Moog solo) (Moog solo)          It makes no difference    2/4 What was or what may be ...            (lick) [Chorus]   The past it is go-one   The future may not be at a-all   The present improve the flying hour [Interlude]  (Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh)        (link) [Chorus] (in the 1987 remake only; missing from the 1980 outtake) (playback only no vocals or solo) (playback only no vocals or solo) [Interlude] (in the 1987 remake only; missing from the 1980 outtake)                                (link) [Chorus]   The past it is go-one   The future may not be at a-all   The present improve the flying hour [Interlude]                                (link) [Chorus] (Moog solo)         (Moog solo) [Interlude] = coda (Moog solo)                   (link)