Five Days in May (5 Days in May)

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Suggested strumeverywhere 4/4

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d

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2

d

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u

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u

4

d

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–

Prefer something simpler: half-bar d – d u

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Intro: Em D Am C (x2)

Verse 1:
Em
  They met in a hurricane
D
Standing in the shelter out of the rain
Am                           C
  She tucked a note into his hand
Em
  Later on they took his car
D
Drove on down where the beaches are
Am                         C
  He wrote her name in the sand
G          F             C    D
Never even let go of her hand

Interlude: Em D Am C

Verse 2:
Em
  Somehow they stayed that way
D
  For those 5 days in May
Am                                C
  Made all the stars around them shine
Em
Funny how you can look in vain
D
Living on nerves and such sweet pain
Am                            C
  The loneliness that cuts so fine
   G                    F             C       D
To find the face you've seen a thousand times

Chorus:
C
  Sometimes the world begins
   C
To set you up on your feet again
    Bm                               D
And oh, it wipes the tears from your eyes
C
  How will you ever know
    C
The way that circumstances go
Bm                         D
Always gonna hit you by surprise
      Am
But I know my past
G
You were there
   C               C
In everything I've done

You are the one

Instrumental: Em D Am C (x4)

Verse 3:
Em
  Looking back it's hard to tell
D
Why they stood while others fell
Am                           C
  Spend your life working it out
Em
All I know is one cloudy day
D
  They both just ran away
Am                              C
  Rain on the windshield headed south
G                 F               C      D
Oh, she loved the lines around his mouth

Chorus:
C
  Sometimes the world begins
   C
To set you up on your feet again
    Bm                               D
And oh, it wipes the tears from your eyes
C
  How will you ever know
    C
The way that circumstances go
Bm                         D
Always gonna hit you by surprise
      Am
But I know my past
G
You were there
   C               C
In everything I've done
            Em
You are the one

Instrumental:
   Em  D  Am  C  (x14)
   Em
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How to play Five Days in May (5 Days in May) on ukulele

The strumming pattern that fits is the everywhere 4/4: d – d u – u d –. The groove sits around 76 bpm, a relaxed pace. This arrangement is in G major. Nothing scary in the shapes, it sits on the easy ukulele songs list at the novice level. Let the chords ring long and add one up-strum before each change.

7 ukulele chords used in "Five Days in May (5 Days in May)" by Blue Rodeo: Am, Bm, C, D, Em, F and G

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Biography

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto. Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, who have been friends since high school, having both attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute. The pair worked on forming a band after both attended Queen's University at Kingston. They had a few failed attempts and a few adventures before finally coming together with Cleave Anderson, Bazil Donovan, and Bob Wiseman to form Blue Rodeo. Their debut album Outskirts was produced by Terry Brown

Genres country rock folk rock

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Intro: Em D Am C (x2)

Verse 1:
Em
  They met in a hurricane
D
Standing in the shelter out of the rain
Am                           C
  She tucked a note into his hand
Em
  Later on they took his car
D
Drove on down where the beaches are
Am                         C
  He wrote her name in the sand
G          F             C    D
Never even let go of her hand

Interlude: Em D Am C

Verse 2:
Em
  Somehow they stayed that way
D
  For those 5 days in May
Am                                C
  Made all the stars around them shine
Em
Funny how you can look in vain
D
Living on nerves and such sweet pain
Am                            C
  The loneliness that cuts so fine
   G                    F             C       D
To find the face you've seen a thousand times

Chorus:
C
  Sometimes the world begins
   C
To set you up on your feet again
    Bm                               D
And oh, it wipes the tears from your eyes
C
  How will you ever know
    C
The way that circumstances go
Bm                         D
Always gonna hit you by surprise
      Am
But I know my past
G
You were there
   C               C
In everything I've done

You are the one

Instrumental: Em D Am C (x4)

Verse 3:
Em
  Looking back it's hard to tell
D
Why they stood while others fell
Am                           C
  Spend your life working it out
Em
All I know is one cloudy day
D
  They both just ran away
Am                              C
  Rain on the windshield headed south
G                 F               C      D
Oh, she loved the lines around his mouth

Chorus:
C
  Sometimes the world begins
   C
To set you up on your feet again
    Bm                               D
And oh, it wipes the tears from your eyes
C
  How will you ever know
    C
The way that circumstances go
Bm                         D
Always gonna hit you by surprise
      Am
But I know my past
G
You were there
   C               C
In everything I've done
            Em
You are the one

Instrumental:
   Em  D  Am  C  (x14)
   Em