Yo La Tengo - The Hour Grows Late (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Yo La Tengo - The Hour Grows Late First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Yo La Tengo. Other chords and tabs for the "The Hour Grows Late" can find at the bottom of the page.

This is a very easy song to play. The first part of the song is played on the 2nd, 3rd,
4th, and 5th strings, while the latter part is played with a simple combination of two chords.

Tuning: Standard

Beginning:

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----2-0----------------------------2-------------------------------------|
|D------------------------------0-0-2---4-----------------------4-2-0-------|
|A--------------------------------------------------------------------0-0---|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----2-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D---------0------------------------0-0-------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------2-2----------------------------------0-0----|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D-------0-0----------------------0-0---------------------------------------|
|A---0-0-----2------------------2-------0-----------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

As he fired up the drum machine

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G--------------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
|D-------0-0----------------------0-----------------------------------------|
|A-0-0-0-----2------------------2---0---------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

He stole a glance at the empty seats

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-2-2-2-2------------2---2-2---2-------------------------------------------|
|D-----------0--------------------4-4---4-----------------------------------|
|A--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

He took a minute to re-tune his guitar

|e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|G-----2-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D---------0------------------0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
|A------------------------------------0-0-----------------------------------|
|E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba, as the hour grew late

The rest of the song essentially consists of these two very simple chords:

G   D
|e---3---2---|
|B---3---3---|
|G---0---2---|
|D---0---0---|
|A---2---x---|
|E---3---x---|

^ = down-stroke
v = upstroke

Verse:

G                       D
|e---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|B---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3|
|G---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|D---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0|
|A---2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
|E---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v
I wanna send this out to Richie Vey
In his thrift-store corner of the world
His soul is my cheap laugh
Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba, as the hour grows late


"Instrumental" Part:

G                       D
|e---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|B---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3|
|G---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|D---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0|  repeat x3
|A---2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
|E---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v

And then:

G                       D
|e---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|B---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3|
|G---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2|
|D---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0|  repeat x4
|A---2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
|E---3---3---3-3-3---3---3-3-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x|
^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v ^   ^   ^ v
Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-ba, as the hour grows late

Fourth time around, end on the first D.

Also, if you listen closely, you can hear a gentle riff playing several times throughout
the song (during the G, D part). Here it is:

|e------------------|
|B------------------|
|G------------------|
|D---2-0---0--------|
|A-------------2----|
|E------------------|