January Man

(início)

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        Am                     G
    The January man, he goes around
                                Am
    in woolen coat and boots of leather.
         C                             Am
    The February man still shakes the snow
                   F                   Am
    from off his clothes and blows his hand.
        Am
    The man of March he sees the Spring,
         C                          G             G                Am
    and wonders what the year will bring,     and hopes for better weather.
            Am
    Through April rain the man goes down
         G                                   Am
     to watch the birds come in to share the summer.
         C
    The man of May stands very still
        Am                 F             Am
    to watch the children dance away the day.
       Am
    In June the man inside the man
        C                         G             G                Am
    is young and wants to lend a hand,    and smiles at each new comer.
    Am                          G
    In July the man in cotton shorts,
                                Am
    he sits and thinks and being idle.
         C
    The August men in thousands take
         Am               F                Am
    the road to find the sun and watch the sea.
       Am
    September man is standing near
        C                 G              G             Am
    to saddle up another year,       and Autumn is his bridle.
        Am                            G
    The man of new October takes the rain,
                                Am
    and early frost is on his shoulder.
         C                              Am
    The poor November man sees fire and mist
                  F              Am
    and wind and rain and winter ere.
      Am
    December man looks through the snow
         C                    G                 G           Am
     to let eleven brothers know,       they're all a little older.
        Am                      G
    The January man, he comes around again
                          Am
    in coat and boots of leather.
        C
    To take another turn and walk
    Am              F              Am
    along the icy road he knows so well.
        Am
    The January man is here,
         C                       G          G               D
    the start of each and every year,      along the road forever.