{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":996862,"song":"Churlish May","artist":"Johnny Flynn","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625149-churlish-may-chords-by-johnny-flynn/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/996862?type=chord","rating":4.64749,"votes":20,"content":"Standard Tuning\r\nCapo 5 (or wherever your voice fits... I prefer 3)\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI met Jane in September's throw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJanuary's grass, we let each other go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI met Helen on March's back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe took my coat and she stole my hat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI met you when the weather got fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou said 'I've got yours if you've got mine'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the worst and best of all we knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStayed out to rust in the morning dew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nDidn't take long to sing our love\r\nWas a harvest feast, was a hand to glove\r\nWhen winter came you couldn't stand to sit\r\nYou just the same never burnt but lit\r\nWith a world at war and my thoughts on you\r\nI didn't care to fall, there wasn't much to do\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the worst and best of all we knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStayed out to rust in the morning dew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nChurlish May when the year was fair\r\nGone full circle when things went square\r\nAte my meal an un-noble beast\r\nLeft me to pay not a movable feast\r\nLook I got nothing, dunno where I am\r\nGot a fistful of questions, not an answer to hand\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the worst and best of all we knew[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStayed out to rust in the morning dew[/tab]\r\n(walk-up from Am to C. Play open A string, 2nd fret A, 3rd fret A)\r\nMorning dew\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith a blow me down the road, dead in the wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nFurther from you now, then the roots from the leaves\r\nDrunk on the wood, never seen any trees\r\nMy ore's out the water and the lake that I'm sailing\r\nIs your dear father's daughter and it's cold and I'm ailing\r\nAre you drowning me slowly, was the school meant to teach\r\nAre you leaving so slowly, where's the shore, where's the beach?\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the worst and best of all we knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStayed out to rust in the morning dew[/tab]","plain_text":"Standard Tuning\nCapo 5 (or wherever your voice fits... I prefer 3)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nDidn't take long to sing our love\nWas a harvest feast, was a hand to glove\nWhen winter came you couldn't stand to sit\nYou just the same never burnt but lit\nWith a world at war and my thoughts on you\nI didn't care to fall, there wasn't much to do\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\nChurlish May when the year was fair\nGone full circle when things went square\nAte my meal an un-noble beast\nLeft me to pay not a movable feast\nLook I got nothing, dunno where I am\nGot a fistful of questions, not an answer to hand\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n(walk-up from Am to C. Play open A string, 2nd fret A, 3rd fret A)\nMorning dew\n\n\n[Chorus]\nFurther from you now, then the roots from the leaves\nDrunk on the wood, never seen any trees\nMy ore's out the water and the lake that I'm sailing\nIs your dear father's daughter and it's cold and I'm ailing\nAre you drowning me slowly, was the school meant to teach\nAre you leaving so slowly, where's the shore, where's the beach?\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","Am","G","Dm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}