The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face chords by Roberta Flack

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice


The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face chords
Roberta Flack 1972 (Ewan MacColl)

Capo III

e|----------------|
BB|-2-----2-3-3-2-0|
G+G|---2------------|
D MajorD|-----2----------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|2x

Or

A augmentedA B minorBm E MajorE 2x

B minorBm     E MajorE    A augmentedA
The first time, ever I saw your face
 F# minorF#m       C# minorC#m     A augmentedA D MajorD
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
    E MajorE      A augmentedA
And the moon and the stars
          E MajorE
Were the gifts you gave
    G+G           A augmentedA
To the dark, and the endless sky

My love
    G+G           A augmentedA
To the dark, and the endless skys

B minorBm     E MajorE    A augmentedA
And the first time, ever I kissed your mouth
 F# minorF#m      C# minorC#m    A augmentedA D MajorD
I felt the earth move in my hands
     E MajorE     A augmentedA
Like the trembling heart
       E MajorE
Of a captive bird
     G+G     A augmentedA
That was there, at my command

My love
     G+G     A augmentedA
That was there, at my command

My love

B minorBm     E MajorE    A augmentedA
And the first time, ever I lay with you
 F# minorF#m       C# minorC#m     A augmentedA D MajorD
I felt your heart so close to mine
   E MajorE    A augmentedA
And I knew our joy
        E MajorE
Would fill the earth
  G+G           A augmentedA
And last, till the end of time

My love

G+G           A augmentedA
And it would last, till the end of time

My love

B minorBm         A augmentedA E MajorE   A augmentedA
The first time, ever I saw your face

E MajorE
Your face
   A augmentedA D MajorD
Your face
E MajorE  D MajorD
Your face