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When We First Kissed

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Intro/main riff structure:
(A - 1/2 measure, F#m - 1/2 measure, Bm - 1/2 measure, C#m - 2 down strums, Bm - 2 down strums)
* = single strum
[Intro]
   A     F#m     Bm   C#m   Bmx4
[Verse] (Only the bass plays and it's the same notes but you can single strum if you'd like)
AI wandered in
BmHearing your
Aconversation
BmYou sounded bored
ABut what woulF#md say then
BmI shouldn't hC#mave Bmcame in
AWords sat on F#mthe pavement
BmOh what are yC#mou wBmaiting for?
   A     F#m     Bm   C#m   Bmx2
[Verse 2]
AI ought to be
BmSo prepared
Abut it got to me
BmI was so scared
AWhat was I thiF#mnking?
BmIt started to C#msink Bmin
AIt wasn't what F#mwe did
BmI started to sC#mee iBmt more
A*           D*
'Til I
[Bridge 1]
A*
walked you to your car
F#m*
that night
Bm*           C#m*
down the street of valentine
A*            F#m  
Your heart was right
Bm*           C#m*
we were cold and waiting in
[Chorus 1]
AThe front seat F#mof your rav
BmI knew someday C#mI'd Bmhave to ask if you would
[Instrumental]
A   F#m   Bm   C#m Bm
F#m
[Bridge 2]
AI never knew how
F#m
ATo say how it went down (and who got left out)
F#m
ABut somehow it turned out (the way it is now)
C#m*             Bm*  C#m*  Bm*
And you somehow knew it would
A*
That night
F#m*      Bm*       C#m*
down the street of valentine
A*            F#m*
Your heart was right
Bm*           C#m*
we were cold and waiting in
[Chorus 2]
AThe front seat of youF#mr rav
BmI knew someday I'd hC#mave tBmo ask if you would
AThat night
F#mdown the street Bmof valentine
AYour heart was rF#might
Bmwe were cold and C#mwaitinBmg in
[Outro]
AThe front seat oF#mf your rav
BmI knew someday IC#m'd have Bmto ask if you would
AIf you would, F#mif you wBmoulC#mdBm  
AIf you would, F#mif you wBmoulC#mdBm  
AIf you would, F#mif you wBmoulC#mdBm  
AIf you would, F#mif you wBmoulC#mdBm  
AIf you wouldF#m  Bm  C#m  Bm  
   A     F#m     Bm   C#m   Bmx2

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When We First Kissed

by hellogoodbye

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

C#m

Intro/main riff structure:

(A - 1/2 measure, F#m - 1/2 measure, Bm - 1/2 measure, C#m - 2 down strums, Bm - 2 down strums)

* = single strum

[Intro]

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

[Verse] (Only the bass plays and it's the same notes but you can single strum if you'd like)

I wandered in

Hearing your

conversation

You sounded bored

A F#m

But what would say then

Bm C#m Bm

I shouldn't have came in

A F#m

Words sat on the pavement

Bm C#m Bm

Oh what are you waiting for?

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

[Verse 2]

I ought to be

So prepared

but it got to me

I was so scared

A F#m

What was I thinking?

Bm C#m Bm

It started to sink in

A F#m

It wasn't what we did

Bm C#m Bm

I started to see it more

A D

* *

'Til I

[Bridge 1]

walked you to your car

F#m

that night

Bm C#m

* *

down the street of valentine

A F#m

Your heart was right

Bm C#m

* *

we were cold and waiting in

[Chorus 1]

A F#m

The front seat of your rav

Bm C#m Bm

I knew someday I'd have to ask if you would

[Instrumental]

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

F#m

[Bridge 2]

I never knew how

F#m

To say how it went down (and who got left out)

F#m

But somehow it turned out (the way it is now)

C#m Bm C#m Bm

* * * *

And you somehow knew it would

That night

F#m Bm C#m

* * *

down the street of valentine

A F#m

* *

Your heart was right

Bm C#m

* *

we were cold and waiting in

[Chorus 2]

A F#m

The front seat of your rav

Bm C#m Bm

I knew someday I'd have to ask if you would

That night

F#m Bm

down the street of valentine

A F#m

Your heart was right

Bm C#m Bm

we were cold and waiting in

[Outro]

A F#m

The front seat of your rav

Bm C#m Bm

I knew someday I'd have to ask if you would

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

If you would, if you would

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

If you would, if you would

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

If you would, if you would

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

If you would, if you would

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

If you would

A F#m Bm C#m Bm

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