First Born chords by
Martha Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright

N/A

Key: Eb major

Verse 1
D D 
 
A A 
 
There's silver spoons in the mouth
D D 
 
Baby clothes are baby blue
G G 
 
Nothing's ever handed down
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Everything's brand new
A A 
 
G G 
 
Newspaper notices
A A 
 
D D 
 
Herald in that great event
G G 
 
Daddy's bunnies and the flowers,
mother's friends of baby
A A 
 
showers
F# F# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Welcoming that heaven -sent
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
That firstborn son is always the one
A A 
 
D D 
 
The first to be called and
A A 
 
D D 
 
the last to come
F# F# 
 
He's his mother's favorite,
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
his grandmother's too
D D 
 
He'll break their hearts
G G 
 
A A 
 
and He'll break yours too
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
For He's the first to grieve
A A 
 
and the first to crawl
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
The first to walk and the first to fall
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Every bruise is kissed,
F# F# 
 
D D 
 
every cry is heard
G G 
 
Every doubt is cast out
A A 
 
with a soothing word
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Cause he's that firstborn son,
A A 
 
the special one
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
No matter what comes next,
A A 
 
D D 
 
no matter what comes wrong
F# F# 
 
He's another boy,
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
or a sweet baby girl
D D 
 
G G 
 
A  family in the oyster,
A A 
 
D D 
 
and he is the pearl

Interlude 1
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
of them  don't, some

Verse 2

of them care

Verse 3

Others won't grow up

Verse 4

In the Bible of old,

according to Exodus

Verse 5

Every firstborn son of a Jew goddess

Verse 6

But the one who survived

with the help of God's hand

Verse 7

Led his people to the promised land

He's a

Verse 8

firstborn son,

he's the son of a gun

Verse 9

He don't like to run,

he just likes to run

Verse 10

He loves to run just as fast as he can

Verse 11
D D 
 
G G 
 
With life held tight
A A 
 
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
D D 
 
in the palm of His hand
G G 
 
With life held tight
A A 
 
D D 
 
F# F# 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
in the palm of His hand
D D 
 
G G 
 
With life held tight
A A 
 
D D 
 
in the palm of His hand
Thank you.

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