The First Hit Tabs & Lyrics by Kevin Devine

The First Hit

guitar tabs lyrics

Kevin Devine

Tuning - standard

intro/verse picking
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b|----3-------2-------2-------3-------2-------0-------2-----|
g|--2---2---2---2---2---2---4---4---2---2---0---0---2---2---|
d|4-------2-------4-------4-------4-------0-------2-------2-|
a|----------------------------------------------------------|
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Christ on the cross, no more room, just slide off

Meet on the wire, no more lines, can't climb higher

G A
So from your new plateau you writhe and wait,
G
For something real to shake your bones,
A
To turn you back into a person

Verse 2
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b|3---2---2---3---2---0---2h3p2h3p2-|
g|2---2---2---4---2---0---2-2-2-2-2-|
d|4---2---4---4---4---0---2h4p2h4p2-|
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You sublet the space, cut your costs, flipped off fate
And watched while she packed, cried and cried, but no come back

G A
You figured you could sit around and wait,
G
For love this real to just pop up,
A
To fall from trees, to ride on rainstorms

Chorus
G D G Bm A
Convinced it was worth it, you swore it was worth it
G D A
You said it was worth it through the first hit

Em D Bm A
But back amongst the dirt and spent grass
Em D Bm A
The empty coffee cups, the green glass
Em D Bm A
The basement brokering and side bets
Em D Bm A
The puzzle pieces in the tool shed

G D
I think you can build it,
G Bm A
I think you can build it
G D A
I know you can build it cause I built it

G D G Bm A
Convinced it was worth it, you swore it was worth it
G D A
You said it was worth it through the first hit

G D
Back before you moved so fast
G Bm A
And traced your veins with splintered glass
G D A
Your lazy eyes aligned to find a purpose, a purpose

solo
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d|10-12-10-8-7---0-4-7-4--0-4-7-4\2--|
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ending
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g|--2---2---2---2---2---2---4---4---2---2---0---0---2---2---|
d|4-------2-------4-------4-------4-------0-------2---------|
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