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Matt Nathanson
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Key: F# major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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A

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I'm ready to embrace this
B
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I'm ready for repair
E
E

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I've got so many layers
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Left by amateur painters
C#m
C#m
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Bsus4
Bsus4
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who covered over
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B
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what was there
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A

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Verse 2
E
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I stuffed myself sick on your memory
B
B
2

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Bsus4
Bsus4
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A
A

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And the beautiful mess we'd made
E
E

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C#m
C#m
4

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But I'm so tired of be ing inspired
Bsus4
Bsus4
2

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F#sus4
F#sus4
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B
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Only when things slip away
Verse 3
Bm
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They told me time would
Bm
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strip it all free
Bm
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And leave me bone dry
Bm
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Bm
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A
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They told me time would strip it all free
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Bm
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2

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But I'm no better than
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D
D

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A
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When I left here the first time
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D

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Verse 4
E
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A
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C#m
C#m
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I'm ready to erase this
B
B
2

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I'm ready to begin
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A

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E
E

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Spent myself trying to change
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All of the beauty we'd made
F#m
F#m
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Bsus4
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just to want it all
B
B
2

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back again
A
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Verse 5
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C#m
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And with the clouds moving in
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C#m
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F#m
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B
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F#sus4
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this hardly
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2

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A
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looks like the same moon
E
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And with the leaves all gone
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A

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The trees that once stood strong
C#m
C#m
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F#sus4
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Bsus4
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now look
F#sus4
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B
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A
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pinched and cruel
Verse 6
Bm
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G
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They told me time would
Bm
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strip it all free
Bm
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And leave me bone dry
Bm
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Bm
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They told me time would strip it all free
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Bm
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But I'm no bet ter than
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When I left here the first time
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Well I'm no
Verse 7
Bm
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bet ter than
G
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when I left here the first
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First time
Bm
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E
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Verse 8
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Bm
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Em
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First
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Bm
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tiiiimeeee
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They told me time would strip it all
Verse 9
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free
Bm
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And leave me bone dry
Bm
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They told me time would strip it all free
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Bm
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But I'm no better than
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When I left here the first time
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Well I'm no
Verse 10
Bm
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better than when
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i left here the first time
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Bm
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Well I'm no better than when
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I left here the first
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Time
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Time

Time
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • E

  • B

    2

  • C#m

    4

  • Bsus4

    2

  • F#sus4

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • Em

Capo: 4

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of First Time by Matt Nathanson is F# major.

The primary chords used in First Time are F#, C#, B, G#, D#, E#m.

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