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First Of The Century

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Key: C#  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
 C#-   x46664
 C#M7- x46564
F#M7 - 2x4321 or 243322
 G#-   466544
 C7-   x32310 or x35353
 Fm-   133111
 F#-   244322
 Bbm-  x13321
 Ebm-  x68876
Intro: C#--C#M7- x2
Verse 1:
C#You knowC#M7  
You C#can beC#M7  
The C#first ofC#M7  
This C#centuryC#M7  
To C#bleed throughC#M7  
To C#find truthC#M7  
To C#know whatC#M7  
You C#should doC#M7  
Chorus 1:
F#M7You know
It G#could be
AC#nythingC#M7  C#  C#M7  
Verse 2:
C#Sometimes 
(C#M7sometimes)
You C#might find 
(you C#M7might find)
A C#crack or 
   C#M7
( Acrack or)
A C#fault line 
   C#M7
( Afault line)
But C#dressed down
(but C#M7dressed down)
Or C#made up 
(or C#M7made up)
C#You'll find 
(C#M7you'll find)
A C#real love 
   C#M7
( Areal love)
Chorus 2:
A F#M7place to
Come G#home to
At C#nightCm  
Chorus 3:
So F#what did we pay for
And why did we care
G#What were we after
And why was it there
Cause Bbmi have gave way 
to a false sense of hope
And we G#fell for the lie 
that its what we all chose
And i Fmyell to my friends
It will all be ok
But they G#didnt believe me
They still dont today
They F#never do anything 
the haven't before
In the G#same
Solid room with no lock
on the door and Bbmover 
and over and over again
The G#same false solutions
to all the same problems
Scream Fmwhy why 
i cant understand
Why the G#things that 
i do never go as i plan
        (hold)
And the vultures begin
Verse 3:
  C#Then some circle Bbmin
The dogs lay their Ebmteeth
Bright white and G#gleaming
  C#But just hold your Bbmself
Barely beEbmgun
surprised until G#now so
  C#Let's see what you've Bbmgot
This wide open Ebmshot
Take it or G#leave it
Cause C#we're getting Bbmout
We're getting Ebmout
G#Of here And 
C#you'll never
BbmFind us aEbmgain
You'll never 
       G#  C#(hold)
find us again
Outro: C#--C#M7 x8, C#(hold)

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First Of The Century

by Straylight Run

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#M7

Bbm

Ebm

F#M7

Key:

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

- x46664

C#M7

- x46564

F#M7 - 2x4321 or 243322

- 466544

- x32310 or x35353

- 133111

- 244322

Bbm

- x13321

Ebm

- x68876

Intro: --C#M7- x2

Verse 1:

C# C#M7

You know

C# C#M7

You can be

C# C#M7

The first of

C# C#M7

This century

C# C#M7

To bleed through

C# C#M7

To find truth

C# C#M7

To know what

C# C#M7

You should do

Chorus 1:

F#M7

You know

It could be

C# C#M7 C# C#M7

Anything

Verse 2:

Sometimes

C#M7

(sometimes)

You might find

C#M7

(you might find)

A crack or

C#M7

( crack or)

A fault line

C#M7

( fault line)

But dressed down

C#M7

(but dressed down)

Or made up

C#M7

(or made up)

You'll find

C#M7

(you'll find)

A real love

C#M7

( real love)

Chorus 2:

F#M7

A place to

Come home to

C# Cm

At night

Chorus 3:

So what did we pay for

And why did we care

What were we after

And why was it there

Bbm

Cause i have gave way

to a false sense of hope

And we fell for the lie

that its what we all chose

And i yell to my friends

It will all be ok

But they didnt believe me

They still dont today

They never do anything

the haven't before

In the same

Solid room with no lock

Bbm

on the door and over

and over and over again

The same false solutions

to all the same problems

Scream why why

i cant understand

Why the things that

i do never go as i plan

(hold)

And the vultures begin

Verse 3:

C# Bbm

Then some circle in

Ebm

The dogs lay their teeth

Bright white and gleaming

C# Bbm

But just hold your self

Ebm

Barely begun

surprised until now so

C# Bbm

Let's see what you've got

Ebm

This wide open shot

Take it or leave it

C# Bbm

Cause we're getting out

Ebm

We're getting out

Of here And

you'll never

Bbm Ebm

Find us again

You'll never

G# C#

(hold)

find us again

Outro: C#--C#M7 x8, C#(hold)

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