Nickel Creek – 21St Of May (Guitar)

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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] C G C C C G C F Am Em G C [Verse]
             C
It's time to bid this whole world goodbye.

                        G
Oh, glory, time to fly away.

               C             F
We'll meet our Savior in the sky.

     Am         Esus4  G        C/G
Hallelujah, the twenty-first of May.
[Instrumental] C G C [Verse]
        C
Sinner, heed these words of mine

                          G
'Bout the coming Judgment Day.

         C              F
Yes, the end is drawing nigh.

     Esus4       Em    G5       C/G
Hallelujah, the twenty-first of May.
[Chorus]
     Dm                 C
They laughed while Noah built his boat,

     Am                  G
Then cried when came the rain.

     Dm               C
They mock me now, but I will float

       Am     Am       G
On the twenty-first of May.
[Instrumental] C C G C F Am Esus4 G C [Verse]
           C
Well, I've never been so sure

                           G
And I've never led no one astray.

             C         F
'Cept in the fall of '94.

       Esus4         Em    G        C/G
But Hallelujah, the twenty-first of May.
[Chorus]
     Dm                 C
They laughed while Noah built his boat,

     Am                  G
Then cried when came the rain.

     Dm               C
They mock me now, but I will float

        Esus4 Am       G
On the twenty-first of May.

     Dm               C
They mock me now, but I will float

       Am     Am       G
On the twenty-first of May.
[Outro] C C G C F
     Esus4      Am     G        F    C G C
Hallelujah, the twenty-first of May.