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The First One

Astrid S

PopEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
G
C×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Em 
 
verse 1 
  Em 
I know I shouldn't say what I'm 'bout to say 
       G                                      C 
'Cause it's never okay to go and bring your exes up 
               D 
No matter what 
 
verse 2 
   Em 
My second and my third, I hate they got the worst of me 
G                                             C 
  They don't deserve the way that I was treating 'em 
                 D 
I'd lead them on 
 
Pre-Chorus 1 
       Em 
When I knew what I was doing 
                                 G 
I was stupid, I was ruined, I was healing 
        C 
But the healing never happened 
 
And I'm sorry that I did you wrong 
 
   D              Em 
To all the ones I ever loved 
              G 
Never let you in enough 
                  C 
Not your fault, I gave too much 
 
To the first one, to the first one 
   D              Em 
To all the ones I ever hurt 
               G 
Always knew it wouldn't work 
                  C 
Not your fault, I gave too much 
 
To the first one, to the first one 
            D                      N.C. 
There ain't nothing I can do about it, yeah 
 
verse 3 
Em 
I just can't forget some of the words he said 
    G 
The memories in my bed keep coming back again 
     C 
Like daggers in my mind, yeah 
                             D 
They draw blood all night, yeah 
 
Pre-Chorus 2 
        Em 
Yeah, I know what I've been doing 
                                           G 
Running through 'em just to try and catch a feeling 
        C 
But the feeling never happened 
 
And I'm sorry that I did you wrong 
 
N.C.              Em 
To all the ones I ever loved 
              G 
Never let you in enough 
                 C 
Not your fault I gave too much 
 
To the first one, to the first one 
   D              Em 
To all the ones I ever hurt 
               G 
Always knew it wouldn't work 
                 C 
Not your fault I gave too much 
 
To the first one, to the first one 
            D             N.C.     Em             G 
There ain't nothing I can do about it, yeah, yeah 
                                       C                D 
No, there ain't nothing I can do about it, yeah, yeah 
 
Bridge 
Em 
Promise that it kills every time you send 
  G                                     C 
A picture from a place you and I used to go 
       N.C. 
I hope you know 
 
                  Em 
To all the ones I ever loved 
              G 
Never let you in enough 
                 C 
Not your fault I gave too much 
 
To the first one, to the first one 
   D              Em 
To all the ones I ever hurt 
               G 
Always knew it wouldn't work 
                 C 
Not your fault I gave too much 
 
To the first one, to the first one 
            D                      Em             G 
There ain't nothing I can do about it, yeah, yeah 
                                       C 
No, there ain't nothing I can do about it, yeah, yeah 
                D                      Em             G 
No, there ain't nothing I can do about it, yeah, yeah 
                                        C                D 
(No, there ain't nothing I can do about it) yeah, yeah 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · G · C · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.