James Taylor – First Of May (Guitar)

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Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1988 album, "Never Die Young." [Chords] B+ 02x443 D/E xx2232 A7+5 x03223 C/D xx0010 G 3x0003 Am7 x02010 G/B x2x033 Am7/D xx0010 Em 022000 Bm7+5 x20203

Ebmaj7 xx1333
Dm7(addG) xx0011

Cmaj7 x32000
Am7(addD) x00210

Dsus4 xx0233 Bb x13331 Bbmaj9 x13211 Gm7 353333 C x32010 Bbm7 x13121 Eb xx1343

Eb/F xx3343
Bbm7(addEb)131311 (6fr.)

Eb7 xx1323 Dm xx0231 F/A x03211 C#dim x4x010

Em7 022030
D9 x21222 (4fr.)

B+(addD) x20443 C/E xx2013 A9+5 x03222 [Intro]

        B+    D/E  A7+5 C/D  B+
And the light between   us

          D/E             A7+5 C/D
Which we couldn't quite extinguish

         B+  D/E  A7+5 C/D
Which we see at dawn

          B+  D/E  A9+5  C/D  G  Am7 G/B
Burns on (burns on)

[Verse 1]

      Am7 G    Am7  Am7/D  G
First day  of May

Em  Bm7+5 Cmaj7             Ebmaj7  Dm7(addG)
               Things are beginning

G  Am7 G/B          Am7   Am/D  G
        Our side is winning

Em  Bm7+5 Cmaj7              Dsus4  Am7(addD)  Bb
               Hip hip hooray

[Verse 2]

G  Am7 G/B   Am7  G           Am7  Am7/D  G
         Made     in the shade

Em  Bm7+5 Cmaj7               Ebmaj7  Bbmaj9
               Deep in the shadow

G  Am7 G/B     Am7  G       Am7  Am7/D  G   Em
           Down    by the meadow

Bm7+5  Cmaj7   Evmaj7  Dm7  G
    Lie in my arms

[Bridge]

        Gm7          C  C/D
And the moon will rise

  Gm7            C  C/D
Before our very eyes

Gm7         C    C/D
We will rise too

Gm7           C  C/D
I'll be with you

       Bbm7      Eb  Eb/F
It's a rite of spring

  Bbm7          Eb  Eb/F
A horizontal thing

      Bbm7               Eb  Eb/F
The sweetest sort of dance

Bbm(addEb) Eb7 Am7(addD) D7 Hidden in among the plants [Verse 3]

G   Am Bm Am  G  Am  Am/D  G
  Ha ha   ha ha

Em  Bm7+5 Cmaj7           Ebmaj7  Dm7
            People are laughing

G  Am7 G/B    Am7  G       Am7  Am7/D  G
          Children are singing

Em  Bm7+5  Cm7                 Ebmaj7 Dm7  G
             Come join the dance

{Interlude] Dm C Bb F/A Bb Dm C Bb F/A Bb C#dim Dm C Bb F/A Bb Dm C Bb F/A Bb C#dim Dm C Bb F/A Bb Dm C Bb F N.C. Am G Am G C G Am G Am G Am G C G G/B Em7 Am/E Em7 Am/E G/A C/D G Am/D G A7+5 C/D B+(addD) Em7 A7+5 D9 B+(addD) G/B Em7 C/E Am7 C/D [Verse 4]

G/D   Am/D  B+  D/E A7+5  C/D
  And the walls around    us

B+             D/E        A7+5   C/D
  Which we kept at such a cost

         B+    D/E  A7+5
When we turned around

C/D            B+  D/E   A9+5  C/D
Came tumbling down

[Verse 5]

G  Am7 G/B   Am7 G   Am7  Am7/D  G
          Ha ha ha ha

Em  Bm7+5 Cmaj7                 Ebmaj7   Bbmaj7
               She can't stop laughing

G  Am7 G/B  Am7   G           Am7  Am7/D  G
            He can't stop singing

Em  Bm7+5  Cmaj7             Ebmaj7  Dm7  G
                First day of May

[Outro] G Am7 G/B Am7 G Am7 Am7D G