Five Days In May

From the CD: Five Days in July
Words and Music by: Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor
Transcribed by: drake@sgl.ists.ca (Drake Hirasawa)

Intro

Em  D  Am  C

Verse 1

Em
They met in a hurricane
D
Standing in the shelter out of the rain
Am                         C
She tucked a note into his hand
Em
Later on they took his car
D
Drove on down where the beaches are
Am                       C
He wrote her name in the sand
G          F             C    D
Never even let go of her hand

Instrumental

Em  D  Am  C

Verse 2

Em
Somehow they stayed that way
D
For those 5 days in May
Am                               C
Made all the stars around them shine
Em
Funny how you can look in vain
D
Living on nerves and such sweet pain
Am                            C
The loneliness that cuts so fine
G                        F            C     D
To find the face you've seen a thousand times

Chorus

C
Sometimes the world begins
C
To set you up on your feet again
Bm                           D
It wipes the tears from your eyes
C
How will you ever know
C
The way that circumstances go
Bm                         D
Always gonna hit you by surprise
  Am
I know my past
G/B
You were there
   C               Em7/C
In everything I've done
            Em
You are the one
[Instrumental] (w/ Harmonica)
Em  D  Am  C  x4

Verse 3

Em
Looking back it's hard to tell
D
Why they stood while others fell
Am                          C
Spend your life working it out
Em
All I know is one cloudy day
D
They both just ran away
Am                              C
Rain on the windshield heading south
 G            F                 C   D
Oh she loved the lines around his mouth

Chorus

C
Sometimes the world begins
C
To set you up on your feet again
  Bm                                D
I know it wipes the tears from your eyes
C
How will you ever know
C
The way that circumstances go
Bm                         D
Always gonna hit you by surprise
  Am
I know my past
G/B
You were there
   C               Em7/C
In everything I've done
            Em
You are the one
[Instrumental] (Piano and Guitar)
Em  D  Am  C  x14
Em
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
         Em7/C   x3243x