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First Of August by Joan Shelley


        First Of August 


Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

song is in 3/4 (or 12/8)
strum like this: | v   v ^ v ^ |
                 | 1 & 2 & 3 & |
 
[Intro]
Emaj Bmaj
Emaj Bmaj F#maj Emaj
 
 
[Verse 1]
Emaj             Bmaj
Oh, the first of August
Emaj         Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Lying on the cold leaf  ground
Emaj           Bmaj
Pulling out of focus
Emaj          Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Colors slowly breaking   down
         G#min
Down the road
            Emaj Bmaj
You've been drawing
Emaj  Bmaj F#maj
 Pictures of
 
 
[Verse 2]
Emaj                 Bmaj
Pray you go with the sweet wind
Emaj                   Bmaj F#maj Emaj
They'll be trees there that you know
Emaj              Bmaj
So careful not to harden
Emaj           Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Sure to make a letter     home
          G#min
Down the road
          Emaj Bmaj
Where you shinning
Emaj        Bmaj        F#maj
  Were last seen at the fork
 
 
[Verse 3]
Emaj                 Bmaj
Mama knows you gotta go, son
Emaj                    Bmaj F#maj  Emaj
Sister's gonna miss you when you    go
         G#min
Down the road
            Emaj Bmaj
You've been drawing
Emaj  Bmaj F#maj
 Line by  line
        G#min
And the poet
         Emaj   Bmaj
Has been writing you
Emaj     Bmaj F#maj
 Writing you  down
 
 
[Bridge]
Emaj Bmaj
Emaj Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Emaj Bmaj
Emaj Bmaj F#maj Emaj
 
 
[Verse 3]
Emaj        Bmaj
If it wears harder
Emaj             Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Still steps in a winding    dark
         G#min             Emaj Bmaj  Emaj Bmaj
There is music that you're raising
         G#min      Emaj Bmaj
And your own little baby
Emaj Bmaj
  Is waiting
F#maj
And don't you think that you were right
 
And don't you think that you were right
 
 
[Outro]
Emaj                 Bmaj
Mama knows you gotta go, son
Emaj                    Bmaj F#maj Emaj
Sister's gonna miss you when you   go
Emaj               Bmaj
See the sun on the other side
Emaj            Bmaj
On the first of August




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