The First Time
Never Be Taken Alive
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bb x13331
Eb x68886
Cm x35543
F 133211
Bb/D x587xx
G466544G355333
Intro: F
Chorus 1:
BbEb
It feels like the first
Cm
time that I am
Bb
standing on my own
Eb
I'm not wasted
CmF
tonight not wasted tonight
Post Chorus: Bb Eb Cm F x2
Verse 1:
So whats wrong with
BbEb
me I can't sleep
Cm
pull these bedsheets
FBb
over me and let me be
Eb
with broken hearts
Cm
and black and blues
F
I' m shivering because
BbEb
I wondered what
you'd think
CmF
if I didn't break
BbEbFCm/D
made a change for you
(Repeat Chorus 1)
(Repeat Post Chorus)
Verse 2:
Bb
It takes a part of me
Eb
can't you see
Cm
I'm pushing through
F
your tidal waves
Bb
so I can breathe
Eb
with no regrets
Cm
so bittersweet
F
I'm holding on because
BbEb
I waited for your call
CmF
if you care at all
BbEbFCm/D
I will wait for you
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
G#
Tonight I throw myself
EbCm
into this blanket of relief
Eb
where i can get release
F#
but you can't understand
Eb
whats happening to me
Cm
and these songbirds in between
FCm/D
sing anthems out to you
Chorus 2:
Bb
It feels like the first
time that I am
Bb
standing on my own
Eb
I'm not wasted
CmF
tonight not wasted tonight
BbEb
I'm now wasted tonight
CmF
I'm now wasted tonight
BbGm
I'm now wasted
CmF
The very first time
BbEb
The very first time
CmF
The very first time
Bb Cm F Bb(hold)
The very first time
Bb(hold)
yeah!!!