Jawbreaker – First Step (Guitar)

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Dear You Deluxe Edition 2004 Jade Tree Records Submitted by: [email protected] Key: E, C Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 C#m - x46654 A - x02220 F#m - 244222 G#m - 466444 D - xx0232 Am - x02210 Em - 022000 F - 133211 G - 320003 Dm - xx0231 Intro: B C#m A x2 E F#m C#m D B C#m A Verse 1:
E              G#m
  Did you ever have

             A    F#m
one of these days?

C#m         B
  This is a day

G#m         A
   like any other day

E         G#m
  You are free to

            A    F#m
wake up and shave

C#m      B
   Soapy hands

G#m            A
   fumbling on porcelain

E          G#m
  Hot good coffee and

            A   F#m
a good good book

C#m      B       G#m A
Bicycle! Bicycle!
Interlude: E-F#m-A-- x2 Chorus 1:
B           C#m    A
  Breathing easier now

B          C#m
  Tear the roof off

     A  E   F#m
your day No one's

C#m    D  
coming over

B          C#m
  It ain't written

         A
so don't try
to read it Verse 2:
E           G#m
  Smell the hot rain

        A    F#m
on the street

C#m         B
   Could be love

G#m         A
   Could be alcohol

E        G#m
  Cup my hands

            A   F#m
around your face

C#m         B
   A little frame

G#m         A
   A lot of pain

E
  I can tell the

F#m  G#m         A   G#m A F#m
tears   from the rain

C#m           B
   One tastes sweet

G#m          A
   the other plain
Interlude: E-F#m-A-- x2 (Repeat Chorus 1) Bridge:
Am           Em
  And who am I to think

F
I could hang such a

G
precious life

Am     Em     F    Dm
  on a clever line?

Am          Em
  You're in all

            F   G
the books I read

Am          Em
  A hundred pages

       F    Dm
out of reach

Am         Em
  And so I pull myself

F
Crawl to my feet

G
hit the street

Am      Em        F   Dm
  It'll take some time

Am             Em
  to learn the lesson

       F   G Am
of the fall    and

  Em          F    Dm
begin another climb
Interlude: B-C#m-A-- x2 Chorus 2:
B           C#m    A
  Breathing easier now

B          C#m
  Tear the roof off

     A  E   F#m
your day No one's

C#m    D  
coming over

B          C#m
  It ain't written

         A
so don't try
E(hold) to read it