First Born Son chords by
Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright

N/A
Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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There's silver spoons in the mouth
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Baby clothes are baby blue
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Nothing's ever handed down
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Everything's brand new
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Newspaper notices
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Herald in that great event
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Daddy's bunnies and the flowers,
mother's friends of baby
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showers
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Welcoming that heaven -sent
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That firstborn son is always the one
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The first to be called and
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the last to come
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He's his mother's favorite,
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his grandmother's too
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He'll break their hearts
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and He'll break yours too
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For He's the first to grieve
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and the first to crawl
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The first to walk and the first to fall
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Every bruise is kissed,
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every cry is heard
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Every doubt is cast out
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with a soothing word
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Cause he's that firstborn son,
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the special one
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No matter what comes next,
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no matter what comes wrong
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He's another boy,
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or a sweet baby girl
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A family in the oyster,
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and he is the pearl
Interlude 1
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Bm
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of them don't, some
Verse 2
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of them care
Verse 3
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Others won't grow up
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Verse 4
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In the Bible of old,
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according to Exodus
Verse 5
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Every firstborn son of a Jew goddess
Verse 6
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But the one who survived
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with the help of God's hand
Verse 7
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Led his people to the promised land
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He's a
Verse 8
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firstborn son,
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he's the son of a gun
Verse 9
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He don't like to run,
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he just likes to run
Verse 10
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He loves to run just as fast as he can
Verse 11
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With life felt tight
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in the palm of his hand
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Verse 12
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With life felt tight
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in the palm of his hand
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Verse 13
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With life felt tight
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in the palm of his hand
Thank you. Thank you. Thank Thank

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