First Chance
David Gray
This is my version of David Gray’s First Chance My first tab so please rock my arss with comments and corrections... Listen to the song David plays a lot of variations of (kind of) the same lick in different parts of the song. This is 2 ways of playing it (Octave). [Verse] E|-----0----------------2------------| B|-----0----------------3------------| G|-----0----------------2-(0)--------| D|-----2----------------0--5--4--0---| A|-----2--3--2--0-------x------------| E|--0--0-------------2--2------------| / E|-----0----------------2--3--2------| B|-----0--1--0----------3--------3---| G|-----0--------2-------2------------| D|-----2----------------0------------| A|-----2----------------x------------| E|-----0----------------2------------| [Chorus] / / E|------3----|------2----|------0-----|------0----| B|------0----|------3----|------1-----|------1----| G|------0----|------2----|------0-----|------2----| D|------0----|------0----|------2-----|------2----| A|------2----|------0----|------3-----|------0----| E|------3----|------2----|------3-----|------x----| [Verse] Like a bird upon release Through the atmosphere Like a honking flock of geese Winter drawing near As the fabric comes unstitched Hearts and minds and eyes bewitched Standing watching for the smoke to clear [Chorus] First chance I get I’m gone [Verse] Moses had his tablets yeah Noah had his ark All I got’s a haystack needle Stabbing in the dark Anguished cries and old footfalls Permeate these paper walls Need some action all you get is talk [Chorus] First chance I get I’m gone I’m outta here First chance I get I’m gone I’m outta here [Verse] Here’s one for the boys back home yeah Here’s one for your spokes A little taste of victory To send back to your folks Here’s one for the fireside The grinning groom the blushing bride Come and feast your eyes upon the hoax [Chorus] First chance I get I’m gone I’m outta here First chance I get I’m gone I’m outta here [Verse] Over Lake Superior And the Arctic Sea Through the dark interior The stolen territory Want it with the cream on top One more lifetime swallowed up He’ll be back yeah just you wait and see