Tegan and Sara – The First (Guitar)

Capo 7 Video Lesson
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[Verse 1]
Am        G
Stand up, sit down baby

Am                G
Gonna be a formal dress down, hey day

Am             G              Am
We decide, why not go downtown

N.C.                            Am    G
How about you and me, we go get wasted?

                 Am    G
Why don't we get wasted?

               Am    G  Am
Hey, let's get wasted
[Verse 2]
   Am                     G
By definition from grade school to English 30

   Am              G
We quietly become strong so early

Am         G
Take it or leave it

F            G
They can't believe it

            Am               G
They go from kindergarten to killing sprees

            Am            G
They go from heartache to inner peace

Am                 G
100 foot ceilings, 100 percent deceit

F              G                          Am
He said, let's leave this between you and me

              G                  Am
My cats watch my stuff, leave my house

                G
Between you and me the cat burglars are

Am                G
What did you see? What did you steal?

F             G
Tell me baby, how does it feel?

Am  G          Am  G
    Yeah, yeah feel

       Am              G
It's a top ten list of things that move me the most

  Am              G
A top ten list of things that bother me most

  Am              G
A top ten list of things that scare me the most

F               G
I'd have to say that the future

Am                  G
Wasting time in the fast food line

Am          G
I decide to walk the fine line

    Am              G
And celebrate life, celebrate death

F           G             Am
I choose to celebrate the first

G                Am   G
 I celebrate the first
[Chorus]
Am
We decide to go out walking

C
The whole time that we're talking

G
Convinced that we're living

G
Whole time that we're dying

Am
We decide to go out walking

C
Whole time that you're talking

G
Convinced that you're living

G
Whole time that I'm dying

Am             C                   G
Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?

    Am            C                   G
You keep me on my toes, where did the time go?
[Verse 3]
       Am                     G
On the edge of town where the gravel's thin

              Am
They're gonna wear you down

  G                  Am     G      Am    G
Until you're thin and tired, tired, tired

   Am                  G
Of wasting time in the fast food line

Am          G
I decide to walk the fine line

    Am              G
And celebrate life, celebrate death

F           G
I choose to celebrate

    Am                          G
The first to come, the first to go

             Am                    G
The first to say yes, the first to say no

Am  G     F          G
I'm gonna seize this moment

    Am                          G
The first to come, the first to go

             Am                    G     Am  G  F  G
The first to say yes, the first to say no
[Chorus]
Am
We decide to go out walking

C
The whole time that we're talking

G
Convinced that we're living

G
Whole time that we're dying

 Am             C                   G
Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?

    Am            C                   G
You keep me on my toes, where did the time go?

    Am            C                   G
You keep me on my toes, where did the time go?
[Outro]
Am   G          Am  G
 You keep me on my toes

Am           G    Am  G  Am
 You keep me on my toes