Al Stewart - Night of the fourth of may

^DmAh the days they flew b^Gy and the l^Feaves fell f^Crom the trees^{Dm F}And many times you ca^Cme around and many tim^Bbes ^Fyou slept with^Gm me ^FAnd every time that ^Cwe made love you wrote it ^Bbdown in your ^Fdi^Gmary ^DLady of ladies

^GmBut I would ^Falways ^Gmsay to yo^Fu don't a^Ebsk about tom^Dorrow ^GmGive what you ^Fhave take ^Gmwhat you ^Fneed, your ^Ebtime is only ^Dnow ^EbDon't try to tie me down to ^Dpromises ^CmLive for today, today is ^Dall there is ^GmAnd freedom ^Ebseems to be e^Dverything to^Gm me

^DmI took you down ^Gto a party on^F the night of^C the fourt^Dmh of May ^FAnd a strange and growing ^Crestlessness had ^Bbhung in the ^Fair all ^Gmday ^FThe need to try and ^Ctear down and ^Bbdestroy a^Fll that we ^Gmmade ^DLady of ladies

^GmYou whispered in my e^Far and^Gm asked me i^Ff I fan^Ebcied ^Dher ^Gmyou told me t^Fhat he'd^Gm phoned you ^Fwhen I was ^Ebin Ameri^Dca ^Ebdaring each other just to ^Dsay okay ^Cmswap for tonight didn't I a^Dlways say ^Gmthat freedom ^Cmseems to be ^Deverything to^Gm me ^CmAnd she came and she ^Dsat down beside ^Gmme ^Cmand you found an ^Dexcuse to go downsta^Gmirs ^Cmand she smiled and ^Dmade the ^Ebkind of conversation that you ^Ddo ^Cmand later ^Don she said my last ^Gmtrain has gone ^Cmoh I wonder if ^Dyou would take me ^Gmhome ^Cmand I found you in the ^Dhallway ^Gmand told you that was all that I would ^Ddo ^Ebjust run her home and it’s t^Dhrough ^Cmoh I thought that you ^Dknew ^Gmbut I must conf^Bbess, ^FI laid my head on her ^Ebbreast ^Gmand it seemed so ^Fhard to pull it ^Ebaway ^Gmher hand touched my ^Bbhand and her ^Feyes were offering the ^Ebrest ^Gmif it wasn't for ^Fyou oh I would have ^Ebstayed ^Gmbut I came back ^Fhome through the ^Gmmorning to find you ^Flying ^Gmawake ^Gmand I knew all at ^Fonce what you'd ^Gmdone and I heard myself ^Dsay

^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

^DmI don’t want to ^Gtouch you s^Fomehow you f^Ceel unc^Dmlean ^FI just wish that ^Cyou were five hundred ^Bbmiles ^Faway from ^Gmme ^FDon't talk at all, don't ^Cstart to cry just ^Bbpick up ^Fyour ^Gmthings Lady of ^Dladies ^GmAnd though I'd ^Falways ^Gmtold myse^Flf that w^Ebhen our time ^Dended ^GmI'd walk ^Faway with ^Gmno regr^Fets and ^Ebno attempts to ^Dstay ^EbSomehow it doesn't seem to ^Dbe that way ^CmI find I'm needing every ^Dword you say ^GmThis freedom ^Cmseems to be ^Deverything to^Gm me ^CmAnd you ^Dwent up to C^Gmambridge and you ^Cmstayed in your^D brother's r^Gmoom ^CmAnd you wrote me a ^Dletter and ^Ebsent it the same aftern^Doon ^CmYou said I ^Djust want to ^Gmhurt myself. Oh I n^Cmeed you ^Dso badly n^Gmow ^CmAnd you told me ^Dwithout you t^Gmhere seems to be no horizon at^D all ^CmJust no crack in the ^Dwall, n^Cmo place lower to ^Dfall ^Gm"Hey don't ^Fleave me, don't ^Gmleave me, ^Gmthe shapele^Fssness of the da^Gmwn ^GmFloods a^Fbove and ^Gmbeneath me, I just can'^Dt go on ^CmAnd I had to walk right into the ^Dtrap, and I ^Ebhad to say please come ^Dback ^GmThough I felt all the ^Fwhile my ^Gmresistance slipping ^Daway

^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