The Hold Steady – First Night (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em C G D x3 Em C D [Verse]
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
[Instrumental] Em C G D x2 Em C D [Verse]
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
[Solo] G Am C G G Am C D Em Am F D Em C D [Verse]
         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
On that first night [Instrumental] D Em C x3
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)
[Verse]
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
[Outro]
          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