5 Days In May Bass Tab

Intro
  Em            D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
D:2-----|------|0-----|0------|------|------|------|-----0|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|---3-2-|0-----|0--0-2|3-----|3--3--|
E:------|0-----|------|-------|---0--|------|---3--|------|

  Em            D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
D:2-----|2----2|0-----|0------|------|------|------|-----0|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|---3-2-|0-----|0--0-2|3-----|3--3--|
E:------|------|------|-------|---0--|------|---3--|--3---|


Verse 1:
Em                      D                         
They met in a hurricane standing in a shelter out of the rain
A                          C
She tucked a note into his hand
  Em            D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
D:2-----|2-----|0-----|0------|------|------|------|-----0|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|---3-2-|0-----|0--0-2|3-----|3--3--|
E:------|------|------|-------|---0--|------|---3--|------|

Verse 2:
Em                         D 
Later on they took his car Drove on down where the beaches are
A                        C
He wrote her name in the sand
  Em            D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
D:2-----|2-----|0-----|0------|------|------|------|---2-3|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|---3-2-|0-----|0--0-2|3-----|3-----|
E:------|------|------|-------|---0--|------|---3--|------|

Verse 3:
G          F             C     D
Never even let go of her hand
   G      F      C      D      D
G:|0-----|------|------|---2--|------|
D:|---0--|3----0|------|0-----|0-----|
A:|------|------|3-----|------|---0--|
E:|------|------|------|------|------|

Instrumental
  Em            D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|------|
D:------|-----2|0-----|0------|------|------|------|-----0|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|---3-2-|0-----|0--0-2|3-----|3--3--|
E:0-----|0-----|------|-------|---0--|------|---3--|------|


Verse 1
Em                               D
Somehow they stayed that way for those 5 days in may
A                              C
Made all the stars around them shine

Verse 2
Em                             D
Funny how you can look in vain Living on nerves and such sweet pain
A                           C
The loneliness that cuts so fine

Verse 3
G                       F               C      D
To find the face you've seen a thousand times


Chorus Part 1
C                              
Sometimes the world begins to set you up on your feet again
B                            D
It wipes the tears from your eyes
  C                           B             D
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D:------|------|------|------|------|------|0-----|0--0--|
A:3-----|3-----|3-----|3-----|2-----|2--2--|---0--|-----2|
E:---3--|---3--|---3--|---3--|---2--|------|------|------|

C
How will you ever know The way that circumstances go
B                          D
Always going to hit you by surprise
  C                           B             D
G:------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
D:------|------|------|------|------|------|0-----|0-----|
A:3-----|3-----|3-----|3-----|2-----|2--2--|---0--|---0--|
E:---3--|---3--|---3--|---3--|---2--|------|------|------|

Chorus Part 3:
A               B                  C               G
I know my past, you were there, in everything I've done
            Em
You are the one
  A      B      C      G
G:------|------|------|------|
D:------|------|------|------|
A:0-----|2-----|3-----|3-----|
E:------|------|------|------|

[First Instrumental part once, then next instrumental part below 3x]

(last measure played occasionally throughout during verses)
  Em            D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|-------|
D:2-----|2-----|0-----|0------|------|------|------|------0|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|---3-2-|0-----|0--0-2|3-----|3-3-3--|
E:------|------|------|-------|---0--|------|---3--|-3-----|

Verse 1
Looking back it's hard to tell Why they stood while others fell
Spend your life working it out

Verse 2
All I know is one cloudy day, They both just ran away
Rain on the windshield  heading south

Verse 3
Oh, she loved the lines around his mouth

Chorus Part 1
Chorus Part 2

Instrumental End 1 (Repeat 12x and fade, vary as you like)
  Em            D              A             C
G:------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|-------|
D:2-----|2-----|0-----|0------|------|------|------|------0|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|---3-2-|0-----|0--0-2|3-----|3-3-3--|
E:------|------|------|-------|---0--|------|---3--|-3-----|

Play this variation of Verse 1 during guitar solo:
  Em            D             A             C
G:------|------|------|-----0|2-----|2-----|------|------|
D:2-----|2-----|0-----|0-02--|---2--|---2--|------|-----0|
A:---2--|---2--|---0--|------|------|----—-|3-----|3--3--|
E:------|------|------|------|------|------|---3--|------|