First Time Around chords by Sophia James

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

D#b A#b Cb
D#b A#b Cb

🎸 Verse 1:
A#b                                         Cb
Thomas was famous for failing at making a lightbulb
     D#b                                               A#b
With ten thousand blueprints obstructing his path to success
                                                   Cb
And I'll never know if his efforts were caring or spiteful
     D#b                        Cb7                     A#b
But something inside him kept pleading, "keep trying again"

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
   Cb
I guess that it's better
    D#b
I'm not an inventor
       C#m7                     Cb7                    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                   Fbm
And I'll never last if you want me to make it
                A#b
The first time around

🎸 Verse 2:
    A#b                                              Cb
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
                                               Cb
Give it somе time and some space, and a little persistence
    D#b                           Cb7                     A#b
And watch as the tourists come flooding to take in the sights

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Cb
What I would give to be
D#b
Part of that river
       C#m7                            Cb7           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                   Fbm
And I'll never last if you want me to make it
                A#b
The first time around

🎸 Verse 3:
    A#b                                              Cb
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
                                                       Cb
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                   Fbm
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                           Fbm
But for now, until then, we're just not going to make it
                A#b
The first time around