The Shining Hour

the shining hour Am C Bm Dm are we still on the phone = 20 Am C Bm Dm with lady anna clarke and her trumpet Solo? Am C Bm Dm whose ghost sings for pay Am C Bm Dm in the blue billiard room of the monterey Am C Bm Dm for room and for board Am C Bm Dm and the back door key is A 19th century civil war sword Am C Bm Dm once owned by john booth Am C Bm Dm = 20 Am and he misplaced his script when he caught his leather boot G F Dm Am this could be the shining hour G F Dm Am based on all this mad belief G F Dm Am in money oil and angel powder G F Dm = 09 in the new age magazine = 20 there = 92s a hole in the wall behind the photograph of al capone he = 92s sittin = 92 down at city hall the police they peek through here and they watch you get dressed in the two - way mirror but it = 92s all in good spirits and if you close eyes you can = 92t help , help but to hear = 91em move this could be the shining hour based on all this mad belief in the money oil and angel powder in the new age magazine i propose a toast to the memory of the horse who carried king tut and his gold into the sun he collapsed last summer from a heat stroke somewhere in the east = 20 village , oh = 20 and it kills me to think that i = 92m no longer living just looking for excuses to dink so lift up your glass and your ouija board = 91cause i = 92m fading , fading , fading fast