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)

GI (320003@1)woke up this morning
        C (x32010@1)                     GI (320003@1)had a scone and a large house blend
    C (x32010@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)                   DAnd (xx0232@1)then a little conver-sation with my squirrel and chipmunk friends
           GI (320003@1)said I'm sick and tired of winter
      C (x32010@1)              GAnd (320003@1)I wish that it was spring
C (x32010@1)               Cmaj7 (x32000@1)      Am (x02210@1)            
And then a little fellow named Robin Redbreast
C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)   EbDim (xx1212)
 Began to sing

And he sang
Em (022000@1)                                      Am (x02210@1)Ooh ooh child, what'd you think the cold winter's gonna last forever
Em (022000@1)                                       C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)Ooh ooh child, now's the time for all the people to get together
   C9 (x32333)
Outside

[chorus]
                        GCause (320003@1)it's the first of May, first of May
        C (x32010@1)            GOutdoor (320003@1)fucking starts today
    DSo (xx0232@1)bring your favorite lady
      C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1)C/A G (320003@1)     G7(x23033) (320001@1)Or at least your favorite lay
    C (x32010@1)                   GThe (320003@1)water's not cold baby dip in your big toe
    D (xx0232@1)                  GMaybe (320003@1)I'll see you in flagrante delicto
C (x32010@1)              CGrass (x32010@1)below you, sky above
Am (x02210@1)      C6(x02010)    C (x32010@1)                  Cadd2
Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..

                                             G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)
                                fucking outside


  GI (320003@1)thanked him for the information
          C (x32010@1)                  GI (320003@1)cried a little when he flew away
  C (x32010@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)     Am (x02210@1)                 
I watched an episode of The People's Court
      C (x32010@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)I tried to plan my day
  GI (320003@1)called up my old lady
           C (x32010@1)                 GShe (320003@1)wasn't home so I called my girl
  C (x32010@1)                Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Am (x02210@1)        
I asked her if she'd like to join me as I
C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)    EbDim (xx1212)
 Entertain the world

And I said
Em (022000@1)                                      AmOoh (x02210@1)ooh child, I'll bring a blanket and I promise I will brush the

                                                  ants off
Em (022000@1)                                           COoh (x32010@1)ooh child, you're gonna like it when we're taking each other's

                                                  D (xx0232@1)                                                  pants off
   C9 (x32333)
Outside

[repeat chorus]

      GSo (320003@1)we went to the park together
        C (x32010@1)                   GWe (320003@1)were walking in the midday sun
    C (x32010@1)    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)  Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)    
We met all kinds of people and we
               DWe (xx0232@1)fucked everyone
   GWe (320003@1)fucked a lady who sells ice cream
            C (x32010@1)                 GWe (320003@1)fucked a man with a tan Shar Pei
C (x32010@1)          Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Am (x02210@1)              CEveryone (x32010@1)who needed fucking well they
                  D (xx0232@1)   EbDim (xx1212)
They got fucked today

So come on
Em (022000@1)                                    Am (x02210@1)Ooh ooh child, open your mind and your heart, feel-the-spirit moving

                                       through you
Em (022000@1)                                          C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Ooh ooh child, you'll feel the warmth of the love when I stick it to

                                       you
   C9 (x32333)
Outside

[repeat chorus]

Am (x02210@1)      C6(x02010)    C (x32010@1)                  Cadd2             
Celebrate spring with a crazy little thing called..  
           G (320003@1) C/G (3x555x@1)      G (320003@1)    C/G (3x555x@1)          C (x32010@1)    Cm (x3101x@1)    Gfucking (320003@1)outside, fucking outside, fucking outsi-i-i-i-i-ide