Kate & Anna McGarrigle – First Born (Guitar)

C          G              F      G
The silver spoon's in the mouth

                 F    C
Baby clothes are baby-blue

          G           F
Nothing's ever handed down

     G             Am   A   G
Everything's brand new

C         G   F   G
Newspaper notices 

               F      C
Heralding that great event

                         F
Daddy's buddies send the flowers

                          G
Mummy's friends have baby showers

      C        Ab     Am      F
Welcoming that heaven sent

     G7        C      G7         C
That firstborn son is always the one

    G7          C              G7      C
The first to be called and the last to come

         E7       Am             E7            Am
He's his mother's favourite, his grandmother's too

      C           F                G7          C
He'll break their hearts and he'll break yours too

             G7       C             G7       C
For he's the first to creep and the first to crawl

    G7       C            G7       C
The first to walk and the first to fall

      E7        Am            E7     Am
Every bruise is kissed, every cry is heard

      C            F          G7       C
Every doubt's cast out with a soothing word

               G7        C              G7      C
Yes, he's that firstborn son, he's that special one

          G7         C               G7          C
No matter what comes next, no matter what comes along

       E7     Am       E7         Am
Be it another boy or a sweet baby girl

    C            F          G7        C
The family's the oyster and he is the pearl

Em                    B7           Em
Some of them make it, some of them don't

G                   D      E7         Am    C  F  G  C   F   C
Some of them can't, others won't grow up_______________

       G7       C      G7         C
In the bible of old, according to Exodus

      G7        C        G7      C
Every firstborn son of a Jew got axed

        E7         Am             E7            Am
But the one who survived with the help of god's hand

C       F             G7       C
Led his people to the promised land

               G7        C              G7       C
Yes, he's that firstborn son, he's that son-of-a-gun

   G7            C        G7            C
He don't like to walk, he just likes to run

E7          Am          E7         Am
He loves to run just as fast as he can

     C         F            G7          C
With life held tight in the palm of his hand