Christy Moore – January Man (Guitar)

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[Intro] G Am G D
     Am
The January man, he goes

  G
around
in woolen coat and boots of
  Am
leather.

             C
    The February man still shakes

     Am
the snow

          C        Am         F
    from off his clothes and blows

    Am
his hand.
The man of March he sees the Spring,
             C
    and wonders what the year will

  G
bring,     and hopes for better

  Am
weather.
Through April rain the man goes down
           G
     to watch the birds come in to

            Am
share the summer.

        C
    The man of May stands very still

          Am     C        Am
    to watch the children dance away

F   Am
the day.

        Am
    In June the man inside the man

          C
    is young and wants to lend a

  G
hand,    and smiles at each new

  Am
comer.

    Am
    In July the man in cotton

              G
shorts,
he sits and thinks and being
                Am
idle.

              C
    The August men in thousands take

           Am
    the road to find the sun and

F                           Am
watch the sea.

          Am
    September man is standing near

         C
    to saddle up another year,

 G
and Autumn is his

  G                   Am
bridle.

            Am
    The man of new October takes the

                     G
rain,
and early frost is on his
               Am
shoulder.

              C
    The poor November man sees fire

                              Am
and mist

                            F
    and wind and rain and winter

                 Am
ere.

     Am
December man looks through the snow

          C
     to let eleven brothers know,

     G
   they're all a little

   G           Am
older.

           Am
    The January man, he comes around

              G
again
in coat and boots of
            Am
leather.

          C
    To take another turn and walk

     Am                  F
    along the icy road he knows so

               Am
well.

            Am
    The January man is here,

            C
    the start of each and every

                G
year,      along the road

  G                      D
forever.