Fifth Of May

	  		Intro A2  E  B  C#m 
        A2  E  B  C#m 
 
Verse 1:
C#m                    A 
Mama's grippin' on her hip on the fifth 
  E 
Of May 
                  B              C#m 
In a photo daddy took on a humid day 
                  A 
In a town that's anyone's guess 
     E                 B 
Way out in western Kentucky 
C#m                           A 
She's broken-hearted as he's ridin' away 
      E                B 
On a motorbike out to east L.A 
C#m 
To find a white line 
A 
It's such a fine line 
E                   B 
Between broken and lucky 
 

A               E 
Gettin' high's easy 
                  B 
Gettin' drunk is fine 
               C#m          B 
It's the gettin' by that'll get us all 
 A 
Down 
           E 
So if you need me 
               B 
Know that I'm bleeding 
          C#m           B       A     E 
Somewhere alone in some coastal town 


( B  C#m ) 

      A       E   B  C#m 
Some coastal town 
 
Verse 2:
C#m                       A 
And I can feel when your body ain't in 
    E 
This bed 
                      B 
I can still hear you laughing last 
            C#m 
Spring in my head 
                     A 
Now it's April and I hate you and I'm 
        E    B 
Heading home 
C#m                        A 
The little notes that you left for me 
    E                 B 
In coat pockets and cabinetries 
C#m               A 
Are in a shoebox where we once talked 
E                 B 
Back when I felt free 


A               E 
Gettin' high's easy 
                  B 
Gettin' drunk is fine 
               C#m          B 
It's the gettin' by that'll get us all 
 A 
Down 
           E 
So if you need me 
               B 
Know that I'm bleeding 
          C#m           B       A    E 
Somewhere alone in some coastal town 
 B  C#m 
       A       E   B  C#m 
Some coastal town 

 
Verse 1:
C#m                    A 
Mama's grippin' on her hip on the fifth 
  E 
Of May 
                  B              C#m 
In a photo daddy took on a humid day 
                  A 
In a town that's anyone's guess 
     E                 B 
Way out in western Kentucky 
 

A               E 
Gettin' high's easy 
                  B 
Gettin' drunk is fine 
               C#m          B 
It's the gettin' by that'll get us all 
 A 
Down 
           E 
So if you need me 
               B 
Know that I'm bleeding 
          C#m           B       A   E B 
Somewhere alone in some coastal town 
 C#m 
       A       E    B C#m 
Some coastal town 


Solo A  E  B  C#m  A  E  B  C#m 
       A  E  B  C#m  A  E  B  C#m 
 

A               E 
Gettin' high's easy 
                  B 
Gettin' drunk is fine 
               C#m          B 
It's the gettin' by that'll get us all 
 A 
Down 
           E 
So if you need me 
               B 
Know that I'm bleeding 
          C#m           B       A    E 
Somewhere alone in some coastal town 


Final B  C#m  A