May Day!
Elvis PerkinsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Intro arpeggios
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Lala la la la la la la lala La la la la la
Lala la la la la la la lala laaaa
Well I dont care your cameras caught me crying as I left your gates
Or that your maintenance men they caught our last embrace
Well you were on the verge of tears when I first knew I would know you
And now your ancient black tears they stain your robe
Calypso will come with me on that morning April day
To the city of my childhood in a cage
On the broad back of the earth we will drive twelve hours straight
And well take turns feeling crazy and okay
On May Day, May Day listen for the sound
Of the ambulances singing rounds down the avenue
Well the Captain of America he sings through his toothpaste
And the bubbles of his words will float away
As he gargles out a hymn in the funny fish voice way
And all the sorrow seems to go away
On May Day, May Day listen for the sound
Of the Geiger counters counting down
To one and blast off baby to the inter-space of stars
Out to the star encrusted boulevard...
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On May Day, May Day can you hear the sound
Of the megaphones calling out instructions
And I need your quiet empire where forgetful Persians roam
And with two hands full of silver Ill go home
Return me to my kingdom where my children wait for me
To build them flying saucers on black sea
On May Day, May Day they are going down
Send the fleet of black-and-whites wailing downtown
Lala la la la la la la lala La la la la la
Lala la la la la la la lala laaaa
May Day, May Day, May Day, May Daaay
May Day, May Day, May Day, May Daaay
May Day, May Day, May Day, May Daaay
May Day, May Day, May Day, May Daaaaaaay
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Readable chord sheet for May Day! by Elvis Perkins
Intro arpeggios
[E] [C#m] [B] [B]
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Lala [E]la la [C#m]la la [B]la la lala [E]La la [C#m]la la [B]la
Lala [E]la la [C#m]la la [B]la la lala [E]laaaa [B]
Well I dont [E]care your [C#m]cameras [B]caught me crying [E]as I [C#m]left your [B]gates
Or that your [E]maintenance [C#m]men they [B]caught our last embrac[E]e [B]
Well you were [E]on the [C#m]verge of [B]tears when I first [E]knew I [C#m]would know [B]you
And now your [E]ancient [Ab]black [C#m]tears they [Am]stain your [B]robe
Cal[E]ypso [C#m]will come [B]with me on that [E]morning [C#m]April [B]day
To the [E]city [C#m]of my [B]childhood in a [E]cage [B]
On the [E]broad back [C#m]of the [B]earth we will [E]drive twelve [C#m]hours [B]straight
And well [E]take turns [Ab]feeling [C#m]crazy [Am]and ok[B]ay
On [Am]May Day, [E]May Day [F#]listen for the [E]sound
[Am]Of the [E]ambulances [B]singing rounds down the avenue
Well the [E]Captain [C#m]of Am[B]erica he [E]sings through [C#m]his tooth[B]paste
And the [E]bubbles [C#m]of his [B]words will float a[E]way [B]
As he [E]gargles [C#m]out a [B]hymn in the [E]funny [C#m]fish voice [B]way
And [E]all the [Ab]sorrow [C#m]seems to [Am]go aw[B]ay
On [Am]May Day, [E]May Day [F#]listen for the [E]sound
[Am]Of the [E]Geiger [B]counters counting down
To [E]one and [C#m]blast off [Ab]baby to the [E]inter-[C#m]space of [Ab]stars
Out [E]to the [C#m]star en[Ab]crusted boule[B]vard...
[E] [C#m] [B] [E] [C#m] [B] [E] [C#m] [Ab] [Am] [B]
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On [Am]May Day, [E]May Day [F#]can you hear the [E]sound
[Am]Of the [E]mega[B]phones calling out instructions
And I [E]need your [C#m]quiet [B]empire where for[E]getful [C#m]Persians [B]roam
And with [E]two hands [C#m]full of [B]silver Ill go [E]home [B]
Re[E]turn me [C#m]to my [B]kingdom where my [E]children [C#m]wait for [B]me
To [E]build them [Ab]flying [C#m]saucers [Am]on black [B]sea
On [Am]May Day, [E]May Day [F#]they are going [E]down
[Am]Send the [E]fleet of [B]black-and-whites wailing downtown
Lala [E]la la [C#m]la la [B]la la lala [E]La la [C#m]la la [B]la
Lala [E]la la [C#m]la la [B]la la lala [E]laaaa [B]
[Am]May Day, [E]May Day, [Am]May Day, [F]May Daa[G]ay
[Am]May Day, [E]May Day, [Am]May Day, [F]May Daa[G]ay
[Am]May Day, [E]May Day, [Am]May Day, [F]May Daa[G]ay
[Am]May Day, [E]May Day, [Am]May Day, [F]May Daaaaaa[C]ay