The First chords by Tegan And Sara

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


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

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


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


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


Outro:
Am  G     Am G
 You keep me on my toes
Am      G  Am G Am
 You keep me on my toes