• Song:

    The First Of The Gang To Die

  • Artist:

    Morrissey

  • Album:

    You Are The Quarry

Tuning:E 
  
Intro: B5   Eb5  Db5  F#5 
  
      B5                        Ab5 
       You have never been in love 
                              Eb5 
       until you've seen the stars 
                        F#5 
       reflect in the reservoirs 
      B5                            Ab5 
       and you have never been in love 
                              Eb5 
       until you've seen the dawn rise 
               F#5 
       behind the Home For The Blind 

Bridge: 
                   Db5          Ab5    Eb5 - D5 - Db5 
       we are the Pretty Petty Thieves 
    Db5                            Ab5 
       and you're standing on our streets 
  
Chorus: (x2) 
               F#5              B5 
       where Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand 
                Eb5                                        Db5      F#5 
       and the first to do time, the first of the gang to die - oh my  
                                  
Chorus (x2) 
     B5                        Ab5 
       You have never been in love 
                              Eb5 
       until you've seen sunlight thrown 
                        F#5 
       over smashed human bone 
  
BRIDGE: 
                   Db5          Ab5    Eb5 - D5 - Db5 
       we are the Pretty Petty Thieves 
    Db5                            Ab5 
       and you're standing on our streets 
  
Chorus 
                              B5 
       where Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand 
                 Eb5                                       Db5        F#5 
        and the first to do time the first of the gang to die such a silly boy 
                        B5 
       Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand 
               Eb5                                    Db5               F#5 
       and a bullet in his gullet and the first Lost Lad to go under the sod 
  
BREAK:  
A5  Db5 D5   E5   D5 
  

Chorus: 
                               B5 
       And he stole from the rich and the poor and the not-very-rich 
                Eb5                              Db5 
       and the very poor and he stole all hearts away 
                           F#5                    B5 
        Stole all hearts away, stole all hearts away ahay ahay ahay 
         Eb5                        Db5      F#5 
        Away-ahay stole all hearts away ... away
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