5 Days in May — Blue Rodeo
Chords and lyrics for 5 Days in May by Blue Rodeo (key of C).
Notes
Use an alternating bass/strum pattern, except for last four lines of
chorus (from "I know my past...") where the chords are finger-plucked
on strings 2 through 5 only. Those chords are:
Am x0221x
G/B x2000x
C x3201x
Cmaj9 x3243x
Intro
[Em] [D] [Am] [C]
Verse 1
[Em] They met in a hurricane
[D]Standing in the shelter out of the rain
[Am] She tucked a note into his [C]hand
[Em] Later on they took his car
[D]Drove on down where the beaches are
[Am] He wrote her name in the [C]sand
[G]Never even [F]let go of her [C]hand[D]
Interlude
[Em] [D] [Am] [C]
Verse 2
[Em] Somehow they stayed that way
[D] For those 5 days in May
[Am] Made all the stars around them [C]shine
[Em]Funny how you can look in vain
[D]Living on nerves and such sweet pain
[Am] The loneliness that cuts so [C]fine
To [G]find the face you've [F]seen a [C]thousand times[D]
Chorus
[C] Sometimes the world begins
To [C]set you up on your feet again
And [Bm]oh, it wipes the tears from your [D]eyes
[C] How will you ever know
The [C]way that circumstances go
[Bm]Always gonna hit you by [D]surprise
But I [Am]know my past
[G/B]You were there
In [C]everything I've [Cmaj9]done
You are the one
Instrumental
[Em] [D] [Am] [C]
Verse 3
[Em] Looking back it's hard to tell
[D]Why they stood while others fell
[Am] Spend your life working it [C]out
[Em]All I know is one cloudy day
[D] They both just ran away
[Am] Rain on the windshield headed [C]south
[G]Oh, she loved the [F]lines around his[C] mouth[D]
Chorus
[C] Sometimes the world begins
To [C]set you up on your feet again
And [Bm]oh, it wipes the tears from your [D]eyes
[C] How will you ever know
The [C]way that circumstances go
[Bm]Always gonna hit you by [D]surprise
But I [Am]know my past
[G/B]You were there
In [C]everything I've [Cmaj9]done
You are the [Em]one
Instrumental
[Em] [D] [Am] [C]
[Em]
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