• Song:

    First Timer

  • Artist:

    Elliott Smith

  • Album:

    New Moon

I've transcribed this song in its original key for those that don't have access to a 
If you have one, it sounds best with a capo on the second fret, making the necessary 
to preserve the original key (A is played as G, Bm is played as Am, etc.)

      A     Bm    F#m                     D
I'm a first timer   wishing I was someone else
       A          D    E    A
When I see you by  yourself
     A   Bm  F#m                          D
In a coridor  where you find yourself not blocked
       A         D   E   A
By the doors you  locked

Bm                            D
 You won't do what the doctor ordered
Bm             D       E
 You won't see someone else
        Bm      D
Come on back to me
Bm  D       F#m
 My pride tomorrow

            A    Bm    F#m                           D
You say you feel hollow  and you know it's cause you are
       A        D E  A
Well at least so far

Solo
A Bm F#m D (you can throw some 7th in to liven it up)
A D E A

Bm                   D
 I think of you with hesitation
Bm          D       E
 I think of you too hard
        Bm      D
Come on back to me
Bm         D        F#m
 But don't make me sorry

      A     Bm   F#m                        D
I'm a first timer  wishing I'd been someone else
      A      D    E   A F#m
Seeing you by yourself
      A      D    E   A
Seeing you by yourself
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