The First chords by Tegan And Sara

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
A minorAm    G+G
Stand up, sit down baby
A minorAm        G+G
Gonna be a formal dress down, hey day
A minorAm       G+G       A minorAm
We decide, why not go downtown
N.C.              A minorAm  G+G
How about you and me, we go get wasted?
         A minorAm  G+G
Why don't we get wasted?
        A minorAm  G+G A minorAm
Hey, let's get wasted


Verse 2:
  A minorAm           G+G
By definition from grade school to English 30
  A minorAm       G+G
We quietly become strong so early
A minorAm     G+G
Take it or leave it
FF      G+G
They can't believe it
      A minorAm        G+G
They go from kindergarten to killing sprees
      A minorAm      G+G
They go from heartache to inner peace
A minorAm         G+G
100 foot ceilings, 100 percent deceit
FF       G+G             A minorAm
He said, let's leave this between you and me
       G+G         A minorAm
My cats watch my stuff, leave my house
        G+G
Between you and me the cat burglars are
A minorAm        G+G
What did you see? What did you steal?
FF       G+G
Tell me baby, how does it feel?
A minorAm G+G     A minorAm G+G
  Yeah, yeah feel
    A minorAm       G+G
It's a top ten list of things that move me the most
 A minorAm       G+G
A augmentedA top ten list of things that bother me most
 A minorAm       G+G
A augmentedA top ten list of things that scare me the most
FF        G+G
I'd have to say that the future
A minorAm         G+G
Wasting time in the fast food line
A minorAm     G+G
I decide to walk the fine line
  A minorAm       G+G
And celebrate life, celebrate death
FF      G+G       A minorAm
I choose to celebrate the first
G+G        A minorAm  G+G
 I celebrate the first

Chorus:
A minorAm
We decide to go out walking
C majorC
The whole time that we're talking
G+G
Convinced that we're living
G+G
Whole time that we're dying
A minorAm
We decide to go out walking
C majorC
Whole time that you're talking
G+G
Convinced that you're living
G+G
Whole time that I'm dying
A minorAm       C majorC          G+G
Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?
  A minorAm      C majorC          G+G
You keep me on my toes, where did the time go?


Verse 3:
    A minorAm           G+G
On the edge of town where the gravel's thin
       A minorAm
They're gonna wear you down
 G+G         A minorAm   G+G   A minorAm  G+G
Until you're thin and tired, tired, tired
  A minorAm         G+G
Of wasting time in the fast food line
A minorAm     G+G
I decide to walk the fine line
  A minorAm       G+G
And celebrate life, celebrate death
FF      G+G
I choose to celebrate
  A minorAm             G+G
The first to come, the first to go
       A minorAm          G+G
The first to say yes, the first to say no
A minorAm G+G   FF     G+G
I'm gonna seize this moment
  A minorAm             G+G
The first to come, the first to go
       A minorAm          G+G   A minorAm G+G FF G+G
The first to say yes, the first to say no


Chorus:
A minorAm
We decide to go out walking
C majorC
The whole time that we're talking
G+G
Convinced that we're living
G+G
Whole time that we're dying
 A minorAm       C majorC          G+G
Keeps me on my toes, where did the time go?
  A minorAm      C majorC          G+G
You keep me on my toes, where did the time go?
  A minorAm      C majorC          G+G
You keep me on my toes, where did the time go?


Outro:
A minorAm  G+G     A minorAm G+G
 You keep me on my toes
A minorAm      G+G  A minorAm G+G A minorAm
 You keep me on my toes