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The First Nighters chords by
Hank Snow
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
Gm
Gm
3

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C
C

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F
F

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We sat at a table in Lindy's
and I ordered up dinners for two.
Bb
Bb

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My guest was a grimy intruder
G
G

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who had asked me to buy him a stew.
Gm
Gm
3

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G
G

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But somehow I pitied the beggar,
C
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so shabbily dressed and so old,
and I asked him the cause of his trouble,
F
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and this is the story he told.
Db
Db
4

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I know what it means to be happy.
I once had a wife and some dough.
Ebm
Ebm
6

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We did a trapeze act together
Ab
Ab
4

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and we circled the globe
with a show.
Db
Db
4

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But long years of dangerous acting
had tired us of roaming around
and this was to be our last season
Ebm
Ebm
6

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we'd pack in and stay on the ground.
Ab
Ab
4

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We'd pick out a home in the country
and one or two kids would be swell.
F
F

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She lived for no one but her Larry
and I lived for no one but Nell.
C
C

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We counted the days till the blow -off,
and the final act now
was at hand.
We sat in our dressing room waiting,
F
F

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and we listened.
They struck up the band.
Db
Db
4

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We looked at each other in silence,
the last time for us to go on.
We trotted out under the big top,
and she carried herself like a swan.
Ebm
Ebm
6

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Db
Db
4

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I thought as she swung into
Ab
Ab
4

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action
so graceful and spry as an elf,
If God made a soul any sweeter,
Db
Db
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he kept her up there for himself.
F
F

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Now thousands of people applauded.
The regular routine was through.
G
G

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The singles an d doubles were
Gm
Gm
3

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per fect.
C
C

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Now we just had the climax to do.
I still can't account for the crack -up,
F
F

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but God, I can picture it yet.
Db
Db
4

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She made a bum leave on the triple,
and I missed her,
and she missed the net.
C
C

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With Nell gone and nothing to live for,
Gm
Gm
3

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I let myself go to the bad.
Bb
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C
C

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I've anchored in bar rooms and hay joints,
and they took me for all that I had.
F
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At night I lay drunk in some hallway
and dream about high bars and Nell.
Db
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I see her white form coming at me.
I miss her and let out a yell.
With that, the poor devil quit talking.
He shuddered and lowered his head.
Ebm
Ebm
6

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I shook him,
but he didn't answer.
I summoned for help.
He was dead.
I looked at my watch.
I must hurry.
F
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I'd almost forgotten my date.
Db
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F#
F#
2

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Right now, I was due at the playhouse,
Db
Db
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an opening night there at eight.
So I paid for his meal
and departed.
Ebm
Ebm
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Ab
Ab
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Db
Db
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I smiled, for I knew very well.
Ebm
Ebm
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Db
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While I was first nighting on Broadway,
Ab
Ab
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he, was first nighting with Nell.
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