Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
G#m
E
If you ever find yourself a wondering,
then please my love show up
A
E
A
G#m
E
A
From this year to the next
I dare you to surprise me in some
Canadian tavern or Parisian hole
B
A
E
Or wherever you now find yourself
I shall not single you out until afterwards
When we can drink and reminisce
F#m
E
B
A
Don't be dismayed by the lines on
my face and my aged appearance
The same soft hearted crickle- crackle
Verse 2
B
You were the first child,
A
E
B
you were it all child
A
You were the first child, you were it all child
Interlude 1
G#m
E
F#m
E
A
E
F#m
E
A
E
G#m
B
Bsus4
B
E
Verse 3
of your father
Drugged up at breakfast and embarassed
F#m
A
B
A
hotel staff
And we escape to the corner of the bar
Safely under the cover of dark
Hearing the old men singing
their songs
Dressed in blue felt
E
Verse 4
Fearful they'll ask us for a tune,
but they didn't even see us
Stuck as they were in their circle
A
B
A
of songs
They beg the owner for his fiddle tune
and he begs them all to be quiet
Before taking the floor
E
F#m
A
Verse 5
B
and hand claps and whores of joy
And you and I and shuffled feet and hand
claps and you and I
E
Verse 6
B
You were the first child,
A
E
B
you were it all child
A
G#m
E
F#m
A
B
You were the first child, you were it all
E
F#m
A
G#m
B
A
Bsus4
B
E
B
E
F#m
A
B
E
F#m
A
G#m
B
Bsus4
B
Bsus4
B
E
B
Outro 1
child
A
E
B
A
G#m
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE G#m A B F#m...
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