First Time chords by Matt Nathanson

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D
A
G
E
B
C#m
Bsus4
F#sus4
Bm
F#m
Em

Intro 1

Verse 1
A 
I'm ready to embrace  (A major) this
B 
A 
 (B major) I'm ready for  (A major) repair
E 
I've got so  (E major) many layers
A 
Left by  (A major) amateur painters
C#m 
A 
Bsus4 
who  (C sharp minor) covered over  (A major)  (Bsus4) 
B 
what was  (B major) there
A 
 (A major) 

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Verse 2

I stuffed myself sick on your memory

And the beautiful mess we'd made

But I'm so tired of be ing inspired

Only when things slip away

Verse 3
Bm 
G 
 (B minor) They told me time  (G major) would
Bm 
A 
D 
 (B minor) strip it all  (A major) free  (D major) 
Bm 
G 
D 
A 
And leave  (B minor) me bone  (G major)  (D major) dry  (A major) 
Bm 
G 
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) They told me time  (G major) would strip  (B minor) it all  (A major) free
D 
Bm 
 (D major) But I'm no  (B minor) better than
G 
D 
A 
When I left  (G major) here  (D major) the first  (A major) time
D 
A 
G 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 4
E 
 (E major) 
A 
C#m 
A 
I'm ready to erase  (A major) this  (C sharp minor)  (A major) 
B 
 (B major) I'm ready to begin
A 
E 
 (A major) Spent myself  (E major) trying to change
A 
All of the beau (A major) ty we'd made
F#m 
Bsus4 
just to want  (F sharp minor) it    all  (Bsus4) 
B 
back  (B major) again
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 5
E 
 (E major) 
C#m 
And with the cloud (C sharp minor) s moving in
A 
C#m 
F#m 
B 
F#sus4 
 (A major)  (C sharp minor)  (F sharp minor)  (B major) this  (F sharpsus4) hardly
B 
A 
 (B major) looks like  (A major) the same moon
E 
And with the leaves  (E major) all gone
A 
The trees that  (A major) once stood strong
C#m 
F#sus4 
Bsus4 
 (C sharp minor) now  (F sharpsus4) look  (Bsus4) 
F#sus4 
B 
A 
 (F sharpsus4) pinched    (B major) and cruel  (A major) 

Verse 6
Bm 
G 
 (B minor) They told me time  (G major) would
Bm 
A 
D 
 (B minor) strip it all  (A major) free  (D major) 
Bm 
G 
D 
A 
And leave  (B minor) me bone  (G major)  (D major) dry  (A major) 
Bm 
G 
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) They told me time  (G major) would  (B minor) strip it all  (A major) free
D 
Bm 
 (D major) But I'm no  (B minor) bet ter than
G 
D 
A 
When I left  (G major) here  (D major) the first  (A major) time
D 
 (D major) Well I'm no

Verse 7

bet ter than

when I left here the first

First time

Verse 8

First

tiiiimeeee

They told me time would strip it all

Verse 9
A 
 (A major) 
D 
free  (D major) 
Bm 
G 
D 
A 
And leave  (B minor) me bone  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) dry
Bm 
G 
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) They told me time  (G major) would  (B minor) strip it all  (A major) free
D 
Bm 
 (D major) But I'm no bet (B minor) ter than
G 
D 
A 
When I left  (G major) here  (D major) the first  (A major) time
D 
 (D major) Well I'm no

Verse 10
Bm 
 (B minor) better than when
G 
D 
A 
i left  (G major) here  (D major) the first  (A major) time
D 
Bm 
 (D major) Well I'm no  (B minor) better than when
G 
D 
A 
I left  (G major) here  (D major) the first  (A major) 
D 
A 
G 
Time  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
D 
A 
G 
 (D major) Time  (A major)  (G major) 
Time
D 
A 
G 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 