The Hold Steady – First Night (Ukulele)

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Charlemagne shakes in the streets

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Gideon makes love to the suites

     Em           Am
and Holly's not invincible

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in fact she's in the hospital

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not far from that bar where we met

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on that first night

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Charlemagne pulls street corner scams

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and Gideon's got a pipe made from a Pringles can

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Holly's insatiable, she still looks incredible

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

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on that first night

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when she was golden with floorlight and beer

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on that first night

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she slept like she'd never been scared

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And then last night

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She said "Words alone never could save us."

         Em         Am
And then last night

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She cried and she told us about Jesus

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Holly's inconsolable

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Unhinged and uncontrollable

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'Cause we can't get as high as we got    

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Boys and girls in America x5

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Don't bother talking to the guys

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with their hot soft eyes

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you know they're already taken

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

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when they kiss they spit white noise (White Noise) x7