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For The First Time

Boyce Avenue

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

G
D××
Em
C×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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G                                          D 
Oh these times are hard, end up making us crazy, don?t give up on me baby 
Em                                        C 
Oh these times are hard, end up making us crazy, don?t give up on me baby 
 
G 
She's all layed up in bed with a broken heart 
D 
While i'm drinking Jack all alone in my local bar, and we don't know how 
Em 
How we got into this mad situation, only doing things out of frustration 
C 
Trying to make it work, but man these times are hard 
 
G 
She needs me now but I can?t seem to find the time 
D 
I got a new job now on the unemployment line, and we don't know how 
Em 
How we got into this mess is it god's test?, Someone help us ?cos we?re doing our best 
C 
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard 
 
                         Em 
But we?re gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine 
C 
Sit talking up all night, 
G 
Saying things we haven?t for a while 
D 
A while yeah 
 
        Em 
You?re smiling but we?re close to tears, 
C 
Even after all these years 
G 
We just now got the feeling that we?re meeting 
D 
For the first time 
 
G 
Ooooooooooh 
D 
Ooooooooooh 
Em 
Ooooooooooh 
C 
Ooooooooooh 
 
G 
She?s in line at the door with her head held high 
D 
Well I just lost my job, I didn?t lose my pride, and we both know how 
Em 
How we?re gonna make it work when it hurts, when you pick up yourself up you get  
kicked to the dirt 
C 
Trying to make it work, but man these times are hard 
 
                        Em 
But we?re gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine 
C 
Sit talking up all night, 
G, 
Doin? things we haven?t for a while 
D 
A while yeah 
 
     Em 
You?re smiling but we?re close to tears, 
C 
Even after all these years 
G 
We just now got the feeling that we?re meeting 
D 
For the first time 
 
G 
Ooooooooooh 
D 
Ooooooooooh 
Em 
Ooooooooooh 
C 
Ooooooooooh 
 
Em 
Yeah,  drinking old cheap bottles of wine 
C 
Sit talking up all night, 
G 
Saying things we haven?t for a while 
D 
 
Em 
We?re smiling but we?re close to tears, 
C 
Even after all these years 
G 
We just now got the feeling that we?re meeting 
D 
For the first time 
 
G 
For the first time 
D 
For the first time 
Em 
For the first time 
C 
For the first time 
 
G                                          D 
Oh these times are hard, end up making us crazy, don?t give up on me baby 
Em                                        C 
Oh these times are hard, end up making us crazy, don?t give up on me baby 
 
G                                          D 
Oh these times are hard, end up making us crazy, don?t give up on me baby 
Em                                        C 
Oh these times are hard, end up making us crazy, don?t give up on me baby 
 
G 
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · Em · C

Practice tip

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