Accidental August chords by Anne Hills

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

♫ Intro:

Dm  Dm7  Gm  Edim  Dm  C#b Edim
Gm  Gsus4 A7  C#b7 Dm

♫ Verse:
Dm             F#b Gm            Gm7
Tell me a tale, make my heart believe
Edim              A7      D         Dm
paint your April green, May will set the scene
      Gm              C#b7
where heroes win and villains learn
    F#b     F#bM7 A#b A#bM7 Edim
and no one ever dies
  A7              Dm
a land of no goodbyes

♫ Interlude:
Gm  Am7  A7

♫ Verse:
Dm           F#b   Gm              C#b
May wanders off, June is almost gone
Edim     A7       Aaug      Dm
July is pushing through, falling into blue
Gm               C#b7
days of sun and nights too warm
F#b               A#b Edim
time raps on the door
  A7          D          Dm
a cold wind ‘cross the floor

♫ Interlude:
Dm  Gm7  A7

♫ Chorus:
Dm                    Gm
Accidental August nods and moves another pawn
C#b7                   Gdim  Dm
just as day is breaking, night descends at dawn
A#bM7                C#b7            F#b              A#b7
weeks and months of moments lived, lost in fogs of gray
Gm7               C#b7
freezing rain on summer streets
A7
takes your breath away

♫ Verse:
Dm                  A#b   Gm               A#b
Didn’t I once know you, back before the mask
Edim             A7            Dm
covered up your countenance, sad I have to ask
   Gm                   C#b7
my brother’s smile, my mother’ voice
  F#bM7  F#b    A#b
a story long ago
Edim      A7      A            Dm
before December brought the snow

♫ Instrumental:
F#b Gm
Edim  E7  Edim  Aaug  A#bm Dm
G7  C#b C#b7 F#bM7 A#bM7 A#b Edim  A7  Dm  D
Dm  Am7  Gm  A7  Aaug

♫ Chorus:
Dm                 G7        Gm
Accidental August nods and moves another pawn
C#b             C#b7       Dm
just as day is breaking, night descends at dawn
A#b        A#bM7      C#b7            F#b              A#b A#b7
weeks and months of moments lived, lost in fogs of gray
Dm
freezing rain on summer streets
A7
takes your breath away

♫ Verse:
Dm                      Gm
tell me a tale make my heart believe
Edim              A7     Dm
Paint your April green May will set the scene
      Gm              C#b7
Where heroes win and villains learn
    F#bM7   F#b   A#b
and no one ever dies
D#7           A7   Aaug      Dm
       a land of no   goodbyes

Dm  Gm  A         Dm
        no goodbyes