Band of Horses – The First Song (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

Song: The First Song Album: Everything All the Time [Intro]
e|---------|------7-----------7---------7-----------------------|
B|---------|----7---9--7----7---9---7h9---9-7h9-------10po9-----|
G|---------|--------------8----------------------8h9--------9---|
D|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
Amaj7 E (repeat) [Verse]
    Amaj7
The shaking awful, I'm shaking, asshole

   E
In weather remote

    Amaj7
The snowfall, oh
The snowing, the color
      E
We recover from, oh

    Amaj7
The Christmas-time coming
Hangover approaching
           E
We've been drinking for months

     Amaj7
This Christmas-time though, I'm coming over
[Chorus]
E          B    E
Coming from the north

    B       Amaj7
I'm already done

E           B E
Wrapping up

    B          Amaj7   E
the presents I bought
[Verse]
Amaj7
Overcoat, now take me anywhere, oh

      E
We've suffered enough

Amaj7
Scary to leave

             E
When they're leaving from work

        Amaj7
They're cutting us off

            E
Knowing not why

        Amaj7
They're calling on the telephone
[Chorus]
E    B
Roy,

E    B        Amaj7
 do I know anyone?

E  B
No,

E            B   Amaj7  E
 I don't know anyone
N.C. Note: I've seen live versions where one guitarist has a capo on 2nd fret and the other doesn't (possibly tuned down 1/2 step), and another video where Tyler Ramsey has a capo on 5th fret. On the studio version it sounds like there are a couple guitars plus a lap pedal steel. I tabbed this to be an easy way to play along with the album without having to tune down. It's a really cool song and there might be some sort of subtle pitch bending effect on the guitars which makes it sound unique. Chord formations: Amaj7 x02120
E     022100
E     x7999x (chorus)

B     x2444x
Amaj9 x06600 (alternate way to play the Amaj7 chord)
Esus2 x79977 (alternate way to play E) Chords transposed to actual key if you don't want to use a capo: Amaj7 --> Bmaj7 E --> F# B --> C# ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************