David May
(by Bart Mendoza and Erin Lazare)
© Original Tangent BMI

 

G           A           F           D (x2)

G                          C
Tell me has the dust cleared
Em                            A
I’m afraid to look around
G                                 C
I may not know the terrain
Em                                  A
Now that I’m on solid ground

 

G                     F
When one is used to earthquakes
             Em
Finds common
                 A
Fire and flood
G                         C
It becomes a must to abstain
          Em                  A
From luxuries like love

 

A7                A/G     A/F#            A/F
You’ve got all the time in the world for
A7               A/G           A/F#      A/F
Things that might’ve been
A7                     A/G           A/F#      A/F
Dreams we’re always chasing
D7                             B7
excuses that keep growing thin

 

G                       C
I can’t be the only one
        Em                  A
That houses two inside
G                                 C
One who  feeds on what she wants
         Em                       A
The other drips with pride

 

G                     F
When one is used to earthquakes
             Em
Finds common
                 A
Fire and flood
G                         C
It becomes a must to abstain
          Em                  A
From luxuries like love

 

A7                     A/G           A/F#      A/F     X3
D7                             B7

 

Em                        D
Used to be gets said a lot
C                                 B7
Like other things before
Em                           D
Trying to be everything you ever wanted
C                          B7
And sometimes more

 

G                          C
Tell me has the dust cleared
Em                            A
I’m afraid to look around
G                                 C
I may not know the terrain
Em                                  A
Now that I’m on solid ground

 

G                     F
When one is used to earthquakes
             Em
Finds common
                 A
Fire and flood
G                         C
It becomes a must to abstain
          Em                  A
From luxuries like love

 

A7    A/G     A/F#      A/F     repeat

 (Like love
  Like love
  You’ve got all the time in the world for…)