First Of May chords by Jonathan Coulton

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

JONATHAN COULTON
FIRST OF MAY
FROM THE ALBUM SMOKING MONKEY


intro: G+G C majorC (with nifty hammer-on fingerpicking on the D MajorD string)

G+G
I woke up this morning
    C majorC            G+G
I had a scone and a large house blend
  C majorC       Cmaj7Cmaj7 A minorAm       C majorC           D MajorD
And then a little conver-sation with my squirrel and chipmunk friends
      G+G
I said I'm sick and tired of winter
   C majorC        G+G
And I wish that it was spring
C majorC         Cmaj7Cmaj7    A minorAm
And then a little fellow named Robin Redbreast
C majorC      D MajorD   EbDim (xx1212)
 Began to sing

And he sang
E minorEm                    A minorAm
 Ooh ooh child, what'd you think the cold winter's gonna last forever
E minorEm                     C majorC       D MajorD
 Ooh ooh child, now's the time for all the people to get together
  C9C9 (x32333)
Outside

[chorus]
            G+G
Cause it's the first of May, first of May
    C majorC       G+G
Outdoor fucking starts today
  D MajorD
So bring your favorite lady
   C majorC     C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G    G7G7 (x23033)
Or at least your favorite lay
  C majorC           G+G
The water's not cold baby dip in your big toe
  D MajorD          G+G
Maybe I'll see you in flagrante delicto
C majorC        C majorC
Grass below you, sky above
A minorAm    C6(x02010)  C majorC          Cadd2Cadd2
Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..

                       G+G  C majorC G+G C majorC

                fucking outside

 G+G
I thanked him for the information
     C majorC          G+G
I cried a little when he flew away
 C majorC       Cmaj7Cmaj7    A minorAm
I watched an episode of The People's Court
   C majorC        D MajorD
And I tried to plan my day
 G+G
I called up my old lady
      C majorC          G+G
She wasn't home so I called my girl
 C majorC         Cmaj7Cmaj7   A minorAm
I asked her if she'd like to join me as I
C majorC       D MajorD   EbDim (xx1212)
 Entertain the world

And I said
E minorEm                    A minorAm
Ooh ooh child, I'll bring a blanket and I promise I will brush the

                         ants off
E minorEm                       C majorC
Ooh ooh child, you're gonna like it when we're taking each other's

                         D MajorD

                         pants off
  C9C9 (x32333)
Outside

[repeat chorus]

   G+G
So we went to the park together
    C majorC           G+G
We were walking in the midday sun
  C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7  A minorAm       C majorC
We met all kinds of people and we
        D MajorD
We fucked everyone
  G+G
We fucked a lady who sells ice cream
      C majorC          G+G
We fucked a man with a tan Shar Pei
C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7 A minorAm        C majorC
Everyone who needed fucking well they
         D MajorD   EbDim (xx1212)
They got fucked today

So come on
E minorEm                   A minorAm
 Ooh ooh child, open your mind and your heart, feel-the-spirit moving

                    through you
E minorEm                      C majorC          D MajorD
 Ooh ooh child, you'll feel the warmth of the love when I stick it to

                    you
  C9C9 (x32333)
Outside

[repeat chorus]

A minorAm    C6(x02010)  C majorC          Cadd2Cadd2
Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..
      G+G  C/GC/G    G+G   C/GC/G      C majorC   C minorCm   G+G
fucking outside, fucking outside, fucking outsi-i-i-i-i-ide