The First Song Chords

Band of Horses
Song: The First Song
Album: Everything All the Time
 
 
 
[Intro]
 
e|---------|------7-----------7---------7-----------------------|
B|---------|----7---9--7----7---9---7h9---9-7h9-------10po9-----|
G|---------|--------------8----------------------8h9--------9---|
D|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------|----------------------------------------------------|
   Amaj7       E                                                (repeat)
 
[Verse]
 
    Amaj7
The shaking awful, I'm shaking, asshole
   E
In weather remote
    Amaj7
The snowfall, oh
 
The snowing, the color
      E
We recover from, oh
    Amaj7
The Christmas-time coming
 
Hangover approaching
           E
We've been drinking for months
     Amaj7
This Christmas-time though, I'm coming over
 
[Chorus]
 
E          B    E
Coming from the north
    B       Amaj7
I'm already done
E           B E
Wrapping up
    B          Amaj7   E
the presents I bought
 
[Verse]
 
Amaj7
Overcoat, now take me anywhere, oh
      E
We've suffered enough
Amaj7
Scary to leave
             E
When they're leaving from work
        Amaj7
They're cutting us off
            E
Knowing not why
        Amaj7
They're calling on the telephone
 
[Chorus]
 
E    B
Roy,
E    B        Amaj7
 do I know anyone?
E  B
No,
E            B   Amaj7  E
 I don't know anyone
 
 
N.C.
Note: I've seen live versions where one guitarist has a capo on 2nd fret and the other doesn't (possibly tuned
down 1/2 step), and another video where Tyler Ramsey has a capo on 5th fret. On the studio version it sounds
like there are a couple guitars plus a lap pedal steel. I tabbed this to be an easy way to play along with
the album without having to tune down. It's a really cool song and there might be some sort of subtle
pitch bending effect on the guitars which makes it sound unique.
 
Chord formations:
 
Amaj7 x02120
E     022100
E     x7999x (chorus)
B     x2444x
Amaj9 x06600 (alternate way to play the Amaj7 chord)
Esus2 x79977 (alternate way to play E)
 
Chords transposed to actual key if you don't want to use a capo:
 
Amaj7 --> Bmaj7
E     --> F#
B     --> C#
 
 
 
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