May Day Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays556

May Day by Barclay James Harvest is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, G, A, C, Bb, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: D  Bm G A (x2) 
 
verse 1  

    D               C               Bm             Bb 
The rock on which I stand is slowly sinking in the sand 
          G            A                D 
The sheer realities of life are rushing by 
     D              C                Em          G        Bb      
I am looking out at life and I don't know what's wrong or right 
            G            A                  D 
And I can't even see the bright side of the moon 

D                      A 
I stopped a man in the street today 
      C                     Em 
And I asked him "Sir, is it night or day 
        F              Em    Bm 
He just stared in disbelief 
D                    A 
I asked again but he walked away 
         C                      
He said "Don't you know 
        Em                      F             Em 
I said "Can't you say? Is there something inbetween 
      F                  Em 
Is it something I've not seen 
       F                 C             D 
Did it change so fast or was it just a dream 

C G Bb Bm A D 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante