Man of the Hour
Recording is in [C]

| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
| [Am] . . . | [G] . . . | [Am] . . . | [G] . . . |

(1)
| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
tidal waves don't beg forgiveness, crash, then on their way
| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
father, he enjoyed collisions, others walked away
| [Am] . . . | [G] . . . | . . . . |
the snowflake falls in may
| [Dm] . . . | . . . . | [Am] . . . | . . . . |
and the doors are open now as the bells are ringing out
| [F] . . . | . . . . | [G] . . . | . . . . |
cuz the man of the hour has taken his final bow
goodbye for now

| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
| [Am] . . . | [G] . . . |

(2)
| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
nature has its own religion gospel from the land
| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [Am] . . . | [G] . . . | 
father ruled by long division
young men, they pretend
| [Am] . . . | [G] . . . | . . . . |
old men comprehend
| [Dm] . . . | [G] . . . | [Am] . . . | [C] . . . |
and the sky breaks at dawn shedding light upon this town
| [D] . . . | . . . . |
we all come 'round
| [F] . . . | [G] . . . | [F] . . . | [G] . . . |
cuz the man of the hour has taken his final bow
goodbye for now

| [C] . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . |

(3)
| [E] . . . | . . . . | [F] . . . | . . . . |   
and the road, the old man paved
| [C] . . . | . . . . | [D] . . . | . . . . |   
the broken seams along the way
| [F] . . . | . . . . | [E] . . . | . . . . |   
the rusted signs, they're just for me
| [Am] . . . | [C] . . . | [D] . . . | . . . . |
he was guiding me, love, his own way

(4)
| [F] . . . | . . . . | [G] . . . | . . . . |
now the man of the hour has taken his final bow
| [F] . . . | . . . . | [G] . . . | . . . . |
as the curtain comes down i feel that this is just
goodbye for now

| [C] . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . |

(5)
| [E] . . . | . . . . | [F] . . . | . . . . |   
and the road, the old man paved
| [C] . . . | . . . . | [D] . . . | . . . . |   
the broken seams along the way
| [F] . . . | . . . . | [E] . . . | . . . . |   
the rusted signs, they're just for me
| [Am] . . . | [C] . . . | [D] . . . | . . . . |
he was guiding me, love, his own way

(6)
| [F] . . . | . . . . | [G] . . . | . . . . |
now the man of the hour has taken his final bow
| [F] . . . | . . . . | [G] . . . | . . . . |
as the curtain comes down i feel that this is just
goodbye for now

| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
| [C] . . . | [G] . . . | [C] . . . | [G] . . . | 
| [Am] . . . | [G] . . . |