Belle and Sebastian – Mayfly (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Intro]
e|----------|
B|-1-0------|
G|----2-0---|
D|-------0--|
A|----------|
E|----------| x3

e|------------|
B|-1-0--------|
G|----2-0-0h2-|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
G C x3 G G C x3 G [Verse 1]
G             C         G
Lovesick on a sunny afternoon

        C                G
You are tired of staying in

        C             G
You are waiting for a sign

G             C                 G
Mayfly, woken up when skies are clear

        C               G
I don't mind you coming near

        C            D
Keep me company till she comes again
[Chorus 1]
            C                Bm
You are the one who's making do

         Am              G
I am the one who's privy to

            Am             Bm
Because you saw him in the park

            C              G                Am            D
Because you saw him at the bridges with the people in the dark
[Verse 2]
G            C                  G
Cana was the start of something big

         C               G
You were there in the beginning

          C               G
You were there to see him play

G             C                 G
Mayfly, woken up when skies are blue

         C                G
I don't mind the sight of you

        C             D
Keep me company till she comes again
[Chorus 2]
            C                Bm
You are the one who's making do

         Am              G
I am the one who's privy to

            Am             Bm           C               G
Because you saw him at the celebrations standing at the side

           Am                D                         C
He had the moves to save the day but you would love him anyway
[Interlude] G C x3 G G C x3 G [Verse 3]
G                 C             G
Lovesick, it came back upon yourself

            C               G
You are the one left on the shelf

          C           G
You are incapable of playing the fool

G                  C         G
Longing, so what's different today?

             C            G
You sent the boy and girl away

         C                     D
You are concerned with matters lofty
[Chorus 3]
            C               Bm
But puzzled so it makes you sick

             Am               G
Your diary's looking like the bible

          Am             Bm
With it's verses lost in time

            C               G             Am
And lost in meaning for the people who surround you

       D                                C
It's a crying shame.... You know it's a crying shame

                G  C    G C
You know it's a crying shame
G C x2 [Verse 4]
G             C                 G
Mayfly, woken up when skies are blue

        C                 G
I don't mind the sight of you

        C            G
Keep me company till she comes again

G             C                 G
Mayfly, woken up when skies are clear

        C               G
I don't mind you coming near

        C            G
Keep me company till she comes again

C      G
lalala she comes again

C      G
lalala she comes again

C   G
lalala