The Hold Steady – First Night (Guitar)

G           Am            C        G
Charlemagne shakes in the streets

G            Am           C        D
Gideon makes love to the suites

     Em7           Am
and Holly's not invincible

    F                 D
in fact she's in the hospital

    Em             C           D
not far from that bar where we met

        Em         C  G  D
on that first night

G                  Am            C     G
Charlemagne pulls street corner scams

     G             Am                C            D
and Gideon's got a pipe made from a Pringles can

 Em        Am           F             D
Holly's insatiable, she still looks incredible

        Em                   C           D
But she don't look like that same girl we met

        Em           C
on that first night

              G           D               Em  C  G  D
when she was golden with floorlight and beer

        Em           C
on that first night

     G                D          Em     C D
she slept like she'd never been scared

         Em         C
And then last night

           G           D             Em     C  G  D
She said "Words alone never could save us."

         Em         C
And then last night

     G             D             Em  C  D
She cried and she told us about Jesus

Em           Am
Holly's inconsolable

F                 D
Unhinged and uncontrollable

           Em           C         D
'Cause we can't get as high as we got

D  Em       C  
      (Boys and girls in America)

D  Em       C  
      (Boys and girls in America)

D  Em       C  
      (Boys and girls in America)

D  Em       C  
      (Boys and girls in America)

D                           Em          C            D
Don't bother talking to the guys with their hot soft eyes

                 Em      C
you know they're already taken

D                             Em            C          D
Don't even speak to all those sequencer and beats boys

          Em             C            D
When they kiss they spit white noise (White noise)

          Em             C            D
When they kiss they spit white noise (White noise)

          Em         C         D
When they kiss they spit white noise (White noise)

          Em             C            D
When they kiss they spit white noise (White noise)

          Em         C         D
When they kiss they spit white noise (White noise)

          Em             C            D
When they kiss they spit white noise (White noise)

          Em             C            D
When they kiss they spit white noise (White noise)

          Em             C         
When they kiss they spit white noise