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JONATHAN COULTON
FIRST OF MAY
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
