Thanks, Bruce. Not only the lyrics, but tabs too!

For those who didn't feel a need to follow Peace's link, the lyrics and tablature are accompanied by this note:

(There are to guitars playing. The tab is based on Hurts guitar. The guitar is tuned a quarter, between F# og G)

I just bought that "Complete Studio Recordings" CD* and also noticed a second guitar in the background for a few songs. You only hear it here and there, for a half-measure or so, mostly during the "breaks" between vocal lines. I assume the second guitar is there all along, but inaudible because it's being played in strict unison with Hurt's guitar 90-99% of the time, by someone who had learned his arrangements very thoroughly. I can't imagine this uncredited "accompanyist" being anyone except Patrick Sky, listed as producer for all three Vanguard sessions.

Why?

The other note, about the unconventional tuning, is no surprise. MJH was notorious for not worrying about "concert pitch"; I suppose he played solo so much of his life, rarely working in a band or even in duos or trios, that "relative" tuning ~ being in tune with himself ~ was all he ever worried about.

Also, his repertoire included a number of songs in at least two alternative tunings as well as plenty of standard-tuning numbers in various keys, so he undoubtedly re-tuned fairly often, usually without reference to another instrument or tuner.

*I owned vinyl LPs of two of the three albums years ago, but haven't had 'em for years.