First Of August chords by Joan Shelley

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

song is in 3/4 (or 12/8)
strum like this: | v  v ^ v ^ |
         | 1 & 2 & 3 & |

Intro:
Emaj Bmaj
Emaj Bmaj F#maj Emaj


Verse 1:
Emaj       Bmaj
Oh, the first of August
Emaj     Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Lying on the cold leaf ground
Emaj      Bmaj
Pulling out of focus
Emaj     Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Colors slowly breaking  down
     G#min
Down the road
      Emaj Bmaj
You've been drawing
Emaj Bmaj F#maj
 Pictures of

Verse 2:
Emaj         Bmaj
Pray you go with the sweet wind
Emaj          Bmaj F#maj Emaj
They'll be trees there that you know
Emaj       Bmaj
So careful not to harden
Emaj      Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Sure to make a letter   home
     G#min
Down the road
     Emaj Bmaj
Where you shinning
Emaj    Bmaj    F#maj
 Were last seen at the fork


Verse 3:
Emaj         Bmaj
Mama knows you gotta go, son
Emaj          Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Sister's gonna miss you when you  go
     G#min
Down the road
      Emaj Bmaj
You've been drawing
Emaj Bmaj F#maj
 Line by line
    G#min
And the poet
     Emaj  Bmaj
Has been writing you
Emaj   Bmaj F#maj
 Writing you down

Bridge:
Emaj Bmaj
Emaj Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Emaj Bmaj
Emaj Bmaj F#maj Emaj


Verse 3:
Emaj    Bmaj
If it wears harder
Emaj       Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Still steps in a winding  dark
     G#min       Emaj Bmaj Emaj Bmaj
There is music that you're raising
     G#min   Emaj Bmaj
And your own little baby
Emaj Bmaj
 Is waiting
F#maj
And don't you think that you were right

And don't you think that you were right


Outro:
Emaj         Bmaj
Mama knows you gotta go, son
Emaj          Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Sister's gonna miss you when you  go
Emaj        Bmaj
See the sun on the other side
Emaj      Bmaj
On the first of August