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A Rock In May by the High Llamas

From the High Llamas’ 2011 Talahomi Way album. Written by Sean O’Hagan. No capo.

High Llamas - Talahomi Way

[C6] [E6] [F6] [Fm] [Am7] [Gm6] [Fmaj7] [E7]

[Dm] [G7] [C] [Bb] [Ab] [C#] [C]

[C6] [E6] [F6] [Ab6] [Em] [E7] [Gm7] [C7]

[F6] [G7] [C] [Bb] [Ab] [C#] [Cmaj7]

[G7] [A/G] [Dm7]

[Gm7] [C] [Am]

[Abmaj7] [G6]

[Fmaj7]

[E] Almost [G7] forty [F#m7] acres [C6]
Above the [E] grassy [Amaj7] floor [Ab7]
The [A] arch that [B] drew the [Emaj7] cable [F#m]
Will [C] pull and [F/G] tug some [Abm] more

[E] From my southern garden [Gdim]
It [Abm7] sparkles [Caug] a sur [E7/G#] prise [?]

[Amaj7] Ding dang, [D/A] ding dang, [Am7] ding dang, [G/A] ding dang [Am7] dong [F] [Emaj7]

[Bm7] Maybe [C#m7] it’s a [F#m] nuisance [B7]
[Dmaj7] If you [E7] live close [Amaj7] by
[Am7] Working [C/G] hard all [B6] day up [Abm7] here

We’re [Amaj7] hungry and we’re tired (x3)
We’re [Amaj7] hungry and we’re [C/G]

[C6] [E6] [F6] [Fm] [Am7] [Gm6] [Fmaj7] [E7]

[Dm] [G7] [C] [Bb] [Ab] [C#] [C]

[C6] [E6] [F6] [Ab6] [Em] [E7] [Gm7] [C7]

[F6] [G7] [C] [Bb] [Ab] [C#] [Cmaj7]

[G7] Maybe [A/G] it’s a [Dm7] nuisance
[Gm7] If you [C] live close [Am] by
[Abmaj7] Working hard all [G6] day up here

FADE

We’re [Fmaj7] hungry and we’re tired