5 Days In May

Words and Music by

G. KEELOR & J. CUDDY
Medium Fast Train
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lightly throughout
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They met in a hur - ri - cane, stand-ing in the shel-ter

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out of the rain, she tucked a note in - to his hand.

Em D
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La - ter on they took his car, drove on down where the beach-es are,

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2 Am7 C G
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he wrote her name in the sand. Nev-er e - ven let

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go of her hand.
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Some-how they stayed that way, for those 5 days in May,

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made all the stars a-round - them shine Fun-ny how you can

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look in vain, liv-in’ on nerves and such sweet pain, a lone - li - ness

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that cuts so fine. To find the face you’ve seen a thou - sand

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times. Some - times the world be - gins to

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set you up on your feet a - gain, and oh, it wipes the tears from your eyes.

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How will you ev-er know the way that cir-cum - stan-

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- ces go, it’s gon-na hit you by sur-prise. But, I

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know my past, you were there in ev’-ry - thing I’ve done, you are the one.

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Solo (ad lib)

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Look-ing back it’s

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hard to tell, why they stood while oth -ers fell, spend your

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life work-ing it out. All I know is one cloud - y day,

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they just both ran a - way, rain on the wind-shield head-ed south.

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Oh, she loved the lines a - round his mouth.

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Solo (ad lib)

1. 2.
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rit.

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