First One To Go
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Southern Pacific
(From the 1985 Album SOUTHERN PACIFIC)
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
It won't be but a week or two
A
You'll be out loving somebody new
E
Must have happened well a hundred times before
A
I can see you've been spreading yourself thin too
A
It's a lonely state we've been driving through
E A
Don't get up, I can find my own way out the door
[Chorus]
D
I can see you are an angel
A
Whose wings just won't unfold
D A E
Tune up your harp, polish your old halo
D E
'Cause the only kind of man that you ever wanted
A F#m E
Is one that you know you'd never hold very long
D E F#m
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one to go
D E A
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one to go
[Verse 2]
A
You may have thirty lovers behind you
A
I can see you, but I sure can't find you
E
Seems like you would have found your own self by now
A
Yeah, but late at night, your own lovers come back
D A
Faces in your dreams, fingers in your back
E A
Voices of your memories crying out loud
[Chorus]
D
I can see you are an angel
A
Whose wings just won't unfold
D A E
Tune up your harp, polish your old halo
D E
'Cause the only kind of man that you ever wanted
A F#m E
Is one that you know you'd never hold very long
D E F#m
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one to go
D E A
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one to go
A E
Yeah, I'm not the first one
[Guitar Solo]
D A D A E
[Bridge]
D E
Well, the only kind of man that you ever wanted
A E F#m E
Is one that you know you'd never hold very long
D E F#m
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one to go
D E
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one
D E
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one
D E A
Sitting there crying like I'm the first one to go
[Outro]
A
Well, babe, I gotta go
A
Babe, I gotta go
A
Well, babe, I gotta go
A
Well, babe, I gotta go
A
Oh, babe, I gotta go
A
Babe, I gotta go
How to play First One To Go
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.