Night Of The 4th Of May
Night Of The 4th Of May

Night Of The 4th Of May easy guitar chords by Al Stewart

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

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  • B

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  • Em

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    And 
    the days 
    they flew 
    by 

    And 
    the 
    leaves 
    fell 
    from 

    the 
    trees 

    And many 
    times 
    you came 
    around 

    And 
    many 
    times 
    you slept 
    with 
    me 

    And every 
    time 
    that we 
    made 
    love 

    You 
    wrote 
    it 
    down 
    in 
    your 
    di
    ary 

    Lady 
    of 
    ladies 

    Verse 2

    But 
    would 
    al
    ways 
    say 
    to 
    you 

    Don't 
    ask 
    about 
    tomor
    row 

    Give 
    what 
    you 
    have, 

    take 
    what 
    you need 

    Your 
    time 
    is 
    only 
    now 

    Don't 
    try 
    to tie 
    me 
    down 
    to promises 

    live 
    for today, 
    today 
    is 
    all 
    there 
    is 

    And 
    freedom 
    seems 
    to be 
    everything 

    to 
    me 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 3
    I took 
    you down 
    to 
    a party 

    On 
    the 
    night 
    of the 

    4th of 
    May 

    And a 
    strange 
    and 
    growing 
    restlessness 

    Had 
    hung 
    in the 
    air 
    all 
    day 

    The need 
    to 
    try 
    and 
    tear 
    down 

    And 
    destroy 
    all 

    that we'd 
    made 

    Lady 
    of 
    ladies 


    Verse 4
    You whispered 
    in 
    my 
    ear 
    and 
    asked 
    me 

    If 
    fancied 
    her 

    You told 
    me 
    that 
    he'd 
    phoned 
    you 

    When 
    was 
    in 
    America 

    Daring 
    each 
    other 
    just 
    to 
    say 
    okay 

    Swap 
    for 
    tonight, 
    didn't 
    al
    ways 
    say 

    That 
    freedom 
    seems 
    to be 

    everything 
    to 
    me 

    Verse 5
    And 
    she 
    came 
    and 
    she sat 

    down 
    beside 
    me 

    And 
    you 
    found 
    an excuse 

    to go 
    down
    stairs 

    And 
    she smiled 
    and 
    made 

    The kind 
    of 
    conversation 
    that 
    you do 

    And later 
    on 
    she 
    said 

    'My last 
    train 
    has 
    gone 

    Oh I 
    wonder 
    if 
    you 
    could 
    run 
    me 
    home' 

    Verse 6
    And I 
    found 
    you in 
    the hall

    way 
    and told 
    you 

    That 
    was 
    all 
    that 
    I would 
    do 

    Just 
    run 
    her home 
    and 
    it's 
    through 

    Oh 
    thought 
    you knew 

    But 
    I must 
    con
    fess 

    I laid 
    my 
    head 
    on 
    her breast 

    And 
    it seemed 
    so 
    hard 

    To pull 
    it 
    away 

    Verse 7

    Her hand 
    touched 
    my 
    hand 

    And her 
    eyes 
    were 
    offering 
    the rest 

    If 
    it 
    wasn't 
    for you, 

    oh 
    would 
    have stayed 

    But I came 
    back 
    home 

    through 
    the 
    morn
    ing 

    To find 
    you 
    ly
    ing 
    awake 

    And I 
    knew 
    all 
    at 
    once 
    what 
    you'd 
    done 

    And 
    I heard 
    myself 
    say 

    "Why 
    did you 
    have 
    to sleep 
    with him 

    Anyone 
    else 

    Wouldn't 
    have 
    mattered 

    Half 

    Interlude 2
    As 
    much 
    as 
    him" 



    Verse 8
    I don't 
    want 
    to touch 
    you 

    Somehow 
    you 
    feel 
    un
    clean 

    I just 
    wish 
    that 
    you 

    Were 
    five 
    hundred 
    miles 
    away 
    from 
    me 

    Don't 
    talk 
    at all, 
    don't 
    start 
    to 
    cry 

    Just 
    pack 
    up your 
    things 

    Lady 
    of 
    ladies 

    Verse 9

    And 
    though 
    I'd 
    always 
    told 
    my
    self 

    That 
    when 
    our 
    time 
    ended 

    I'd 
    walk 
    away 
    with 
    no 
    re
    grets 

    And 
    no 
    attempts 
    to 
    stay 

    Somehow 
    it doesn't 
    seem 
    to 
    be 
    that 
    way 

    find 
    I'm 
    needing 
    every 
    word 
    you say 

    This 
    freedom 
    seems 
    to be 

    everything 
    to 
    me 

    Verse 10

    And you 
    went 
    up 
    to 
    Cam
    bridge 

    And 
    you stayed 
    in 
    your 

    brother's 
    room 

    And you 
    wro
    te 
    me 
    a let
    ter 

    and sent 
    it 
    the 
    same 
    afternoon 

    You said 
    "I 
    just 
    want 
    to hurt 
    myself 

    Oh I 
    need 
    you so 
    badly 
    now" 

    Verse 11
    And you told 
    me 

    "Without 
    you 
    there seem

    s to 
    be no 
    horizon 
    at 
    all 

    Just 
    no 
    crack 
    in the wall 

    No 
    place 
    lower 
    to fall 


    Verse 12
    "Hey 
    don't 
    leave 
    me, 

    don't 
    leave 
    me 

    The shapeless
    ness 
    of the 
    dawn 

    Floods 
    above 
    and 
    be
    neath 
    me, 

    can't 
    go 
    on 

    Verse 13
    And 
    I had 
    to 
    walk 
    right 

    into 
    the 
    trap 

    And I had 
    to say 
    please 
    come 
    back 

    Though 
    felt 
    all 
    the 
    while 

    My 
    resist
    ance 
    slipping 
    away 


    Verse 14
    Why 
    did I 
    have 
    to 
    fall 
    for 
    you 

    Anyone 
    else 

    Wouldn't 
    have hurt 
    me 

    Half 

    As 
    much 
    as 
    you 


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