Halle

For The First Time(Chords)

Halle

Key: C

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	        Intro D/C  F/Eb  A/G 

C 
Look at the sun and the sky and the sand and 
    Eb9 
The sea behind me 
C 
Look at me, suddenly I am on land 
        Eb9 
And I'm free, don't mind me as I 
Ab9 
Climb for the first time 
Cm7(9) 
Jump for the first time 
G                                             C 
Trying to stand but this gravity's pulling me down 

( D/C  C/Bb  A/G  F/G ) 

C 
Look, it's a fire, it's warm and it glows 
       Eb9 
And it lights this chamber 
C                                           Eb9 
Let me admire itâ??, ow, get too close and it bites 
           Ab9 
I came too close for the first time 
Cm 
Burned for the first time 
G                        E 
Everything's clearer and brighter and hotter 
    Am                       Ab 
But now that I'm here like a fish out of water 
    G                                              C 
I'm trying to stand but this gravity's pulling me down 

( D/C  F/Eb  Bbm  G7M ) 

D/C         Bb 
Are we only food for slaughter 
Am        D       G 
  Is this life on land? 
      C               Eb 
Well, you were lonely underwater 
Gb                      Gm 
Come on, Ariel, time to stand 

( Cm  Ab ) 

 C 
Squeeze in the shoes and the corset, it's tight 
        Eb9 
And the seams are bursting 
C 
Some women choose this, I guess it's alright 
       Eb9 
Are my dreams adjusting? 

( C  Eb9 ) 

     Ab9 
As I wait for the first time 
Cm7 
Here for the first time 
Ab9 
Now for the first time 
Cm7                       Ab9  Bb/Ab 
He's coming through those doors 
       Bb/C  Cm Bb/C Cm 
Up the stairs 
         Ab9    Bb/Ab 
From the shore 
          Bb/C   
From that moment 

( Cm Bb/C Cm ) 

    Ab 
And he'll smile 
        Fm/C 
Like he knows 
       B 
When I sayâ?? 

( Cm  Gm  Ab ) 
( Fm7  G4  G ) 

C 
Realize the price that you paid with your voice 
      Eb9 
As he turns from you 
C 
Those sacrifices you made were a choice 
         Eb9 
That you can't undo 
Ab9 
Lost for the first time 
Cm7 
Scared for the first time 
G4                                        D/C C 
Gravity feels like an undertow pulling me down
	        

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