James Durbin – May chords

May by James Durbin
Album: Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster
Track 7
2011


Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret


Chords:

Bm:   x24432
A:    x02220
G:    320033 or 320003
D:    xx0232
Em:   x22000


     Bm              A                  G             D Now May and I were two children just swimming in a pool
       Bm                A                 G                  D We'd ride on rockets, swing-sets and we tried to touch the moon
    Bm             A                G                    D And I will never forget the first time she touched my hand
         Bm                A                  G            D     I knew this could be the one who would make me an honest man

G         A                Bm  She was like the way she was
G         A                D She was like the way she was

     Bm            A             G                D Now we got older faster than we ever could have seen
  Bm                   A              G            D Lights went down on graduation then on a wedding ring
 Bm                   A               G           D We bought our first house and had a baby on the way
             Bm             A But during birth I got my daughter
         G           D Jesus took away my May

     A                     Bm         G And I didn't know how to say what I felt
     A                     Bm          G No, I didn't know how to say what it felt like


  D                     A She was just like she was
           Bm                                G When you looked into her eyes you'd come undone
  D                     A She was just like she was
                             Bm She could love you on your worst day
                            G And didn't care about the mistakes
          A        D She was like she was

 
      Bm             A Now baby girl love daddy most
       G                   D But they need a mother's care
     Bm               A I tried my best to raise her right
          G                 D I just couldn't braid her hair
 Bm               A             G                D One day she got old enough to have her wedding day
     Bm                A But as I walked her down the aisle
         G               D All I could see was my May

     A                     Bm         G And I didn't know how to say what I felt
    A                     Bm          G No I didn't know how to say what it felt like
 

  D                     A She was just like she was
           Bm                                G When you looked into her eyes you'd come undone
  D                     A She was just like she was
                             Bm She could love you on your worst day
                            G And didn't care about the mistakes
          A        D She was like she was


      Em     A                   Bm     G But May I hope you can see what I see
                                 Em              A Cause when they talk about our baby girl they think of you
           Bm       (G) And they say to me

 
  D                   A She's just like she was
         Bm                               G When I looked into her eyes I'd see the sun
  D                     A She was just like she was
                             Bm She could love you on your worst day
                             G And doesn't care about the mistakes
          A        D She was like she was

D                     A She was just like she was
         Bm                              G When I looked into her eyes I'd come undone
  D                     A She was just like she was
                       Bm And I cannot feel my heart beat
                               G Without the thought of her inside me
          A        D She was like she was