Artist: The Hold Steady
Song: First Night
Standard Tuning

Tabbed by: Johan Persson


Intro:
Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)Dx3 (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)         Am (x02210@1)          CCharlemagne (x32010@1)shakes in the streets
G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)         CGideon (x32010@1)makes love to the suites
     Em (022000@1)         Amand (x02210@1)Holly's not invincible
    F (133211@1)               Cin (x32010@1)fact she's in the hospital
    Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)         Dnot (xx0232@1)far from that bar where we met
        Em (022000@1)       Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)   Don (xx0232@1)that first night

Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)Dx3 (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)          CCharlemagne (x32010@1)pulls street corner scams
     G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)              Cand (x32010@1)Gideon's got a pipe made from a Pringles can
 Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)
Holly's insatiable, she still looks incredible
        Em (022000@1)                 Am (x02210@1)         DBut (xx0232@1)she don't look like that same girl we met

        Em (022000@1)         Amon (x02210@1)that first night
              G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)Dwhen (xx0232@1)she was golden with floorlight and beer
        Em (022000@1)         Amon (x02210@1)that first night
     G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)   Am (x02210@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
she slept like she'd never been scared


Piano Solo


         Em (022000@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)then last night
           G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)     Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)DShe (xx0232@1)said "Words alone never could save us."
         Em (022000@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)then last night
     G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)DShe (xx0232@1)cried and she told us about Jesus

Em (022000@1)         AmHolly's (x02210@1)inconsolable
F (133211@1)               CUnhinged (x32010@1)and uncontrollable
           Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)       D (xx0232@1)'Cause we can't get as high as we got    

PAUSE
     
on that first night


D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Cx3 (x32010@1)
D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)Boys and girls in America x5

D (xx0232@1)
...                           EmDon't (022000@1)bother talking to the guys
           C (x32010@1)      Dwith (xx0232@1)their hot soft eyes
                  Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)   Dyou (xx0232@1)know they're already taken
                               Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)        DDon't (xx0232@1)even speak to all those sequencer and beats boys

           Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)           Dwhen (xx0232@1)they kiss they spit white noise (White Noise) x7



Gorgeous song, enjoy.
Johan