Jonathan Coulton – First Of May (Ukulele)

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FROM THE ALBUM SMOKING MONKEY TRANSCRIBED BY DOGMAN (HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DOGBISCUIT) intro: G C (with nifty hammer-on fingerpicking on the D string)
G
I woke up this morning

        C                       G
I had a scone and a large house blend

    C             Cmaj7  Am             C                     D
And then a little conver-sation with my squirrel and chipmunk friends

           G
I said I'm sick and tired of winter

      C                G
And I wish that it was spring

C                 Cmaj7        Am              
And then a little fellow named Robin Redbreast

C           D     EbDim (xx1212)
 Began to sing
And he sang
Em                                        Am
 Ooh ooh child, what'd you think the cold winter's gonna last forever

Em                                         C             D
 Ooh ooh child, now's the time for all the people to get together

   C9 (x32333)
Outside
[chorus]
                        G
Cause it's the first of May, first of May

        C              G
Outdoor fucking starts today

    D
So bring your favorite lady

      C          C/B  C/A G       G7 (x23033)
Or at least your favorite lay

    C                     G
The water's not cold baby dip in your big toe

    D                    G
Maybe I'll see you in flagrante delicto

C                C
Grass below you, sky above

Am        C6(x02010)    C                    Cadd2
Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..
G C G C fucking outside
  G
I thanked him for the information

          C                    G
I cried a little when he flew away

  C             Cmaj7       Am                   
I watched an episode of The People's Court

      C                D
And I tried to plan my day

  G
I called up my old lady

           C                   G
She wasn't home so I called my girl

  C                  Cmaj7     Am          
I asked her if she'd like to join me as I

C              D      EbDim (xx1212)
 Entertain the world
And I said
Em                                        Am
Ooh ooh child, I'll bring a blanket and I promise I will brush the
ants off
Em                                             C
Ooh ooh child, you're gonna like it when we're taking each other's
D pants off
   C9 (x32333)
Outside
[repeat chorus]
      G
So we went to the park together

        C                     G
We were walking in the midday sun

    C      Cmaj7    Am             C      
We met all kinds of people and we

               D
We fucked everyone

   G
We fucked a lady who sells ice cream

            C                   G
We fucked a man with a tan Shar Pei

C            Cmaj7  Am                C
Everyone who needed fucking well they

                  D     EbDim (xx1212)
They got fucked today
So come on
Em                                      Am
 Ooh ooh child, open your mind and your heart, feel-the-spirit moving
through you
Em                                            C                    D
 Ooh ooh child, you'll feel the warmth of the love when I stick it to
you
   C9 (x32333)
Outside
[repeat chorus]
Am        C6(x02010)    C                    Cadd2             
Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..  

           G   C/G        G      C/G            C      Cm      G
fucking outside, fucking outside, fucking outsi-i-i-i-i-ide