Count The Stars
The First Time
Never Be Taken Alive
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: Bb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bb     x13331
Eb     x68886
Cm     x35543
F      133211
Bb/D   x587xx
Ab     466544
Gm     355333


Intro: F  


Chorus 1:
Bb             Eb
  It feels like  the first 
    Cm
time  that I am 
               Bb
standing on my own
        Eb
I'm not wasted 
  Cm        F
tonight not wasted tonight


Post Chorus: Bb Eb Cm F  x2


Verse 1:
So whats wrong with 
Bb          Eb
me I can't sleep
           Cm
pull these bedsheets
     F             Bb
over me and let me be
            Eb
with broken hearts
              Cm
and black and blues
          F
I' m shivering because 
 Bb         Eb
I  wondered what
you'd think
Cm     F
  if I didn't break 
Bb       Eb         F  Eb Bb/D Cm
  made a change for you


(Repeat Chorus 1)
(Repeat Post Chorus)


Verse 2:
                   Bb
It takes a part of me
          Eb
can't you see
            Cm
I'm pushing through 
           F
your tidal waves 
         Bb
so I can breathe
          Eb
with no regrets
         Cm
so bittersweet
            F
I'm holding on because 
 Bb       Eb
I  waited for your call
Cm       F
  if you care at all
Bb       Eb       F  Eb Bb/D Cm
  I will wait for you


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
  Ab
Tonight I throw myself 
  Eb                   Cm
into this blanket of relief
                  Eb
where i can get release
                    F#
but you can't understand
                   Eb
whats happening to me
                         Cm
and these songbirds in between
                    F  Eb Bb/D Cm
sing anthems out to you


Chorus 2:
Bb
  It feels like the first 
time  that I am 
               Bb
standing on my own
        Eb
I'm not wasted 
  Cm        F
tonight not wasted tonight
Bb        Eb
  I'm now wasted tonight
Cm       F
  I'm now wasted tonight
Bb        Gm
  I'm now wasted
Cm        F
  The very first time
Bb        Eb
  The very  first time
Cm        F
  The very first time
Bb               Cm  F Bb(hold)
  The very first time
Bb(hold)
yeah!!!