The First Song chords by Band Of Horses

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Band of Horses
Song: The First Song
Album: Everything All the Time


Intro:

e|---------|------7-----------7---------7-----------------------|
BB|---------|----7---9--7----7---9---7h9---9-7h9-------10po9-----|
G+G|---------|--------------8----------------------8h9--------9---|
D MajorD|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
  Amaj7Amaj7    E MajorE                        (repeat)

Verse:

  Amaj7Amaj7
The shaking awful, I'm shaking, asshole
  E MajorE
In weather remote
  Amaj7Amaj7
The snowfall, oh

The snowing, the color
   E MajorE
We recover from, oh
  Amaj7Amaj7
The Christmas-time coming

Hangover approaching
      E MajorE
We've been drinking for months
   Amaj7Amaj7
This Christmas-time though, I'm coming over

Chorus:

E MajorE     BB  E MajorE
Coming from the north
  BB    Amaj7Amaj7
I'm already done
E MajorE      BB E MajorE
Wrapping up
  BB     Amaj7Amaj7  E MajorE
the presents I bought

Verse:

Amaj7Amaj7
Overcoat, now take me anywhere, oh
   E MajorE
We've suffered enough
Amaj7Amaj7
Scary to leave
       E MajorE
When they're leaving from work
    Amaj7Amaj7
They're cutting us off
      E MajorE
Knowing not why
    Amaj7Amaj7
They're calling on the telephone

Chorus:

E MajorE  BB
Roy,
E MajorE  BB    Amaj7Amaj7
 do I know anyone?
E MajorE BB
No,
E MajorE      BB  Amaj7Amaj7 E MajorE
 I don't know anyone

N.C.
Note: I've seen live versions where one guitarist has a capo on 2nd fret and the other doesn't (possibly tuned
down 1/2 step), and another video where Tyler Ramsey has a capo on 5th fret. On the studio version it sounds
like there are a couple guitars plus a lap pedal steel. I tabbed this to be an easy way to play along with
the album without having to tune down. It's a really cool song and there might be some sort of subtle
pitch bending effect on the guitars which makes it sound unique.

Chord formations:

Amaj7Amaj7 x02120
E MajorE   022100
E MajorE   x7999x (chorus)
BB   x2444x
AMaj9Amaj9 x06600 (alternate way to play the Amaj7Amaj7 chord)
Esus2Esus2 x79977 (alternate way to play E MajorE)

Chords transposed to actual key if you don't want to use a capo:

Amaj7Amaj7 --> BMaj7Bmaj7
E MajorE   --> F#F#
BB   --> C#C#


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