Blue Rodeo – 5 Days In May (Bass Tab)

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From "Five Days in May" album 1993 4-string bass, standard tuning

Verse 1 (Repeat 4x):

[Instrumental Intro for 2 verses]
"They met in a hurricane..."
"Later on..."
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
D:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
A:7-----|7-----|5-----|5--3-2-|0-----|0--—-2|3-----|3-----|
E:---7--|---7--|---5--|-------|---0--|---0--|---3--|---3--|

Verse 2:
"Never even let go..."
         G       F       C       D
G:------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D:---3--|5------|3-2-0--|-------|-------|
A:5-----|---5---|-------|3------|5------|
E:------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

Verse 1 (Repeat 3x): [Instrumental for 1 verse] "Somehow they stayed..." "Funny how..." Verse 2 "To find the place..."

Chorus Part 1 (Repeat 2x)
"Sometimes the world..."
"How will you ever know..."
  C                       B           D
G:-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D:-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A:3----|3----|3----|3----|2----|2----|5----|5----|
E:---3-|---3-|---3-|---3-|---2-|---2-|---5-|---5-|

Chorus Part 2:
  A     B     C      G
G:-----|-----|-----|-----|
D:-----|-----|-----|-----|
A:0----|2----|3----|/10--|
E:-----|-----|-----|-----|

Verse 1 (Repeat 6x) [Instrumental for 4 verses] "Looking back..." "All I know..."

Occasionally play this transition before repeating Verse 1:
End of verse    Start of verse
  C             E
G:------|------|------|.--------------------------..
D:------|------|------|.--------------------------..
A:3---3-|3---5-|7-----|...continue with Verse 1.--..
E:--3---|------|---7--|.--------------------------..

Verse 2 "She loved the lines..." Chorus Part 1 Chorus Part 2 Verse 1 (Repeat 12x and fade)

Play this variation of Verse 1 during guitar solo:
  E             D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
D:------|------|------|------5|7-----|7-----|------|------|
A:7-----|7-----|5-----|5---7--|---7--|---7—-|3-----|3-----|
E:---7--|---7--|---5--|-------|------|------|---3--|---3--|

END Notes: Special thanks to Sparkster for giving me the notes and structure to this song. See http://www.bluerodeo.com/forums/thread/317522.aspx I'm not 100% sure about the bass notes in Chorus Part 2, so I used the song chords as a guide. Tabbed 8/25/2007 by Scott Herzog at [email protected]. Email with corrections or comments.