5 Days In May

Chords

Standard

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

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

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 going to hit you by surprise
  Am
I know my past
  G
You were there
  C
In everything I've done
             Em
You are the one

Em D Am C

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
She loved the lines around his mouth

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 going to hit you by surprise

Am
I know my past
G
You were there
C
In everything I've done
            Em
You are the one