Frank Turner – The Opening Act Of Spring (Guitar)

INTRO RIFF on mandolin        
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INTRO RIFF on guitar (try playing on 12th fret)                         
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D|---------------4-|-4---------4-4-2-|-------------------------|-------4--
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A                        D                       A
Oh the birds are ringing in the opening act of spring

             F#m               Bm                 D            A
And I have fallen down and I'm so much worse than I have ever been

        A                  D                                     A
Oh the season's acting strange and I know that something has to change

             F#m             Bm                   D             A
But there is no path I can choose that will not bring somebody pain

E  E7 F#m D           Bm              A                   E
Oh oh oh oh Please forgive me for the things that I must do

E  E7 F#m D         Bm           A              E                          A 
Oh oh oh oh I have hurt so many people it was never my intention to hurt you

A                            D                               A
Oh the clouds have gathered thick and in my stomach I feel sick

           F#m               Bm            D                 A
And I have all this drive and no idea what I should do with  it

         A               D                            A
But they say there is a calm after the passing of the storm

          F#m            Bm                    D                  A
So I can dream of going back outside when the rain and thunder's done

E  E7 F#m D           Bm              A                   E
Oh oh oh oh Please forgive me for the things that I must do

E  E7 F#m D         Bm           A              E                          A 
Oh oh oh oh I have hurt so many people it was never my intention to hurt you

                  E                       Bm            
And you know the old folks say, they can tell which way the rivers flowing

Bm                               D                  A
Tell which way the wind is blow—ing, but watching careful for the...

Bm                                                                A 
Signs among the little things: The barking dogs, the birds on wing 

          E                 Bm
And I am deaf and blind and I can't say if I can change

Bm                                   D             A
the patterns that have caused you pain, for I was raised in suburbs 

Bm                                                               
Sheltered from the sun and rain far away from subtle season's change

A                D                             A
Oh baby I will read about the buzzing of the bees

           F#m                  Bm                    D                    A
About the grass and snakes and spawning lakes and the different types of trees

        A                             D                A
And I will find a way that leads from cruel April into May

     F#m            Bm               D                  A
And someday soon it will be June and you'll decide to  stay

E  E7 F#m D           Bm              A                   E
Oh oh oh oh please forgive me for the things that I have done

E  E7 F#m D         Bm           A              E
Oh oh oh oh I will carry your umbrella in the summer

                             A 
And I'll shade you from the sun