Key: F major
Intro 1
F#
C#
F#
Verse 1
F#
I don't believe in first impressions
For just this once I hope that
C#
looks don't deceive
F#
I ain't got time for true
G#m
confessions
C#sus4
I've got to make
C#
the move right now
C#sus4
C#
B
Got to meet that girl somehow
A#m
A
I've gotta get it right the first time
G#m
That's the main thing,
C#sus4
oohh oohh
F#
I can't afford to let it pass
A#m
A
G#m
You get it right the next time that's not the same thing,
C#sus4
ooh ooh
F#
D#m
Gonna have to make the first time last
A#
B
C#sus4
F#
D#m
La, la, la, la,
A#
B
C#sus4
F#
la
(Repeat)
Verse 2
F#
G#m
I'm not much good at conversation
F#
I was never to smooth at
C#
F#
comin' on real strong
If all it takes is inspiration
C#sus4
C#
Then I might have just what it takes
B
If I don't make no bad mistakes
A#m
A
and I get it right the first time
G#m
C#sus4
That's the main thing
F#
Can't afford to let it pass
A#m
A
You get it right the next time
B
G#m
that's not the same thing
C#sus4
F#
D#m
Have to make the first time last
A#
B
C#
C#sus4
F#
D#m
La, la, la, la,
A#
la, la, la,
B
C#sus4
F#
C#
D#m
la (Repeat)
Verse 3
F#
I might find the courage, yeah I
might get up the nerve
G#m
But if my timing ain't just right
B
C#
What purpose would it serve?
D#m
I don't know, I don't know
F#
I don't know how to say
those first few words
G#m
A#m
A#
If I want to put myself in touch
Bm
The first few moments mean
C#sus4
F#
so much
Verse 4
F#
So I suppose it's now or never
Before that woman walks
C#
right out of my life
F#
Just let me pull myself together
C#sus4
C#
I've got to give it one good try
C#sus4
C#
Gotta take my chance tonight
B
A#m
A
I've gotta get it right the first time
G#m
C#sus4
That's the main thing
F#
I can't afford to let it pass
A#m
A
You get it right the next time
B
G#m
C#sus4
it's not the same thing
F#
Gonna have to make the first time last
D#m
A#
B
C#sus4
La, la, la, la, la, la,
F#
D#m
A#
B
C#sus4
la, la (Repeat)
Outro 1
F#
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