First Time Around chords by Sophia James

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

D#b A#b CbCb
D#b A#b CbCb

🎸 Verse 1:
A#b                     CbCb
Thomas was famous for failing at making a lightbulb
   D#b                        A#b
With ten thousand blueprints obstructing his path to success
                          CbCb
And I'll never know if his efforts were caring or spiteful
   D#b            Cb7Cb7           A#b
But something inside him kept pleading, "keep trying again"

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
  CbCb
I guess that it's better
  D#b
I'm not an inventor
    C#m7C#m7           Cb7Cb7          A#b
'Cause I would've said it's no good after fail number ten

🎸 Chorus:
  D#bm               A#b
And I can't get my feet up off the ground
D#bm       D#bm7      A#b7
Climbing up that mountain wears me-e-e-e-ee-e down
       Fbm7
Time's moving faster and patience is fading
        Cbm7          FbmFbm
And I'll never last if you want me to make it
        A#b
The first time around

🎸 Verse 2:
  A#b                       CbCb
The river that carved the Grand Canyon was not any different
D#b                         A#b
Watеr won't cut through a rock on the first day it tries
                        CbCb
Give it somе time and some space, and a little persistence
  D#b              Cb7Cb7           A#b
And watch as the tourists come flooding to take in the sights

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
CbCb
What I would give to be
D#b
Part of that river
    C#m7C#m7              Cb7Cb7      A#b
'Cause maybe it'd finally teach me to stick to the fight

🎸 Chorus:
  D#bm               A#b
But I can't get my feet up off the ground
D#bm          D#bm7     A#b
Swimming through that ocean wears me-e-e-e-ee-e down
       Fbm7
Time's moving faster and patience is fading
        Cbm7          FbmFbm
And I'll never last if you want me to make it
        A#b
The first time around

🎸 Verse 3:
  A#b                       CbCb
I'm sorry I couldn't keep fighting to keep us together
D#b                         A#b
I'm sorry I quit on our love long before it was through
                            CbCb
But you deserve someone who might follow through on forever
    D#b                             A#b
'Cause what good are lightbulbs when you're the one lighting the room

🎸 Chorus:
  D#bm               A#b
And I can't get my feet up off the ground
  D#bm     D#bm7       A#b
And I don't ever want to bring you down
       Fbm7
Ah, time's moving faster and patience is fading
        Cbm7          FbmFbm
And I'll never last if you want me to make it
        A#b
The first time around
(The first time around)

🎸 Outro:
       Fbm7
And maybe someday we can try it again
          Cbm7              FbmFbm
But for now, until then, we're just not going to make it
        A#b
The first time around