Night Of The Fourth Of May chords

[INTRO]
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(Riff some other time...Most chords best played as Bar chords)

[Dm]Ah the days they flew b[G]y and the l[F]eaves fell f[C]rom the trees[Dm]
[F]And many times you ca[C]me around and many tim[Bb]es [F]you slept with[Gm] me
[F]And every time that [C]we made love you wrote it [Bb]down in your [F]di[Gm]ary
[D]Lady of ladies

[Gm]But I would [F]always [Gm]say to yo[F]u don't a[Eb]sk about tom[D]orrow
[Gm]Give what you [F]have take [Gm]what you [F]need, your [Eb]time is only [D]now
[Eb]Don't try to tie me down to [D]promises
[Cm]Live for today, today is [D]all there is
[Gm]And freedom [Eb]seems to be e[D]verything to[Gm] me

[Dm]I took you down [G]to a party on[F] the night of[C] the fourt[Dm]h of May
[F]And a strange and growing [C]restlessness had [Bb]hung in the [F]air all [Gm]day
[F]The need to try and [C]tear down and [Bb]destroy a[F]ll that we [Gm]made
[D]Lady of ladies

[Gm]You whispered in my e[F]ar and[Gm] asked me i[F]f I fan[Eb]cied [D]her
[Gm]you told me t[F]hat he'd[Gm] phoned you [F]when I was [Eb]in Ameri[D]ca
[Eb]daring each other just to [D]say okay
[Cm]swap for tonight didn't I a[D]lways say
[Gm]that freedom [Cm]seems to be [D]everything to[Gm] me
[Cm]And she came and she [D]sat down beside [Gm]me
[Cm]and you found an [D]excuse to go downsta[Gm]irs
[Cm]and she smiled and [D]made the [Eb]kind of conversation that you [D]do
[Cm]and later [D]on she said my last [Gm]train has gone
[Cm]oh I wonder if [D]you would take me [Gm]home
[Cm]and I found you in the [D]hallway
[Gm]and told you that was all that I would [D]do
[Eb]just run her home and it’s t[D]hrough
[Cm]oh I thought that you [D]knew
[Gm]but I must conf[Bb]ess, [F]I laid my head on her [Eb]breast
[Gm]and it seemed so [F]hard to pull it [Eb]away
[Gm]her hand touched my [Bb]hand and her [F]eyes were offering the [Eb]rest
[Gm]if it wasn't for [F]you oh I would have [Eb]stayed
[Gm]but I came back [F]home through the [Gm]morning to find you [F]lying [Gm]awake
[Gm]and I knew all at [F]once what you'd [Gm]done and I heard myself [D]say

[Gm](1 Down stroke per beat)
why did you have to sleep with him anyone else wouldn't have mattered half as much as him

[Dm]I don’t want to [G]touch you s[F]omehow you f[C]eel unc[Dm]lean
[F]I just wish that [C]you were five hundred [Bb]miles [F]away from [Gm]me
[F]Don't talk at all, don't [C]start to cry just [Bb]pick up [F]your [Gm]things
Lady of [D]ladies
[Gm]And though I'd [F]always [Gm]told myse[F]lf that w[Eb]hen our time [D]ended
[Gm]I'd walk [F]away with [Gm]no regr[F]ets and [Eb]no attempts to [D]stay
[Eb]Somehow it doesn't seem to [D]be that way
[Cm]I find I'm needing every [D]word you say
[Gm]This freedom [Cm]seems to be [D]everything to[Gm] me
[Cm]And you [D]went up to C[Gm]ambridge and you [Cm]stayed in your[D] brother's r[Gm]oom
[Cm]And you wrote me a [D]letter and [Eb]sent it the same aftern[D]oon
[Cm]You said I [D]just want to [Gm]hurt myself. Oh I n[Cm]eed you [D]so badly n[Gm]ow
[Cm]And you told me [D]without you t[Gm]here seems to be no horizon at[D] all
[Cm]Just no crack in the [D]wall, n[Cm]o place lower to [D]fall
[Gm]"Hey don't [F]leave me, don't [Gm]leave me, [Gm]the shapele[F]ssness of the da[Gm]wn
[Gm]Floods a[F]bove and [Gm]beneath me, I just can'[D]t go on
[Cm]And I had to walk right into the [D]trap, and I [Eb]had to say please come [D]back
[Gm]Though I felt all the [F]while my [Gm]resistance slipping [D]away

[Gm](1 Down stroke per beat)
Why did I have to fall for you anyone else wouldn't have hurt me half as much as you