First Step(Chords)

	        


Intro:  
B C#m A   x2 
E F#m C#m D B C#m A   


verse 1: 
E              G#m 
  Did you ever have 
             A    F#m 
one of these days? 
C#m         B 
  This is a day 
G#m         A 
   like any other day 
E         G#m 
  You are free to 
            A    F#m 
wake up and shave 
C#m      B 
   Soapy hands 
G#m            A 
   fumbling on porcelain 
E          G#m 
  Hot good coffee and 
            A   F#m 
a good good book 
C#m      B       G#m A 
Bicycle! Bicycle! 


Interlude: E F#m A-- x2 


Chorus 1: 
B           C#m    A 
  Breathing easier now 
B          C#m 
  Tear the roof off 
     A  E   F#m 
your day No one's 
C#m    D   
coming over 
B          C#m 
  It ain't written 
         A 
so don't try 
to read it 


verse 2: 
E           G#m 
  Smell the hot rain 
        A    F#m 
on the street 
C#m         B 
   Could be love 
G#m         A 
   Could be alcohol 
E        G#m 
  Cup my hands 
            A   F#m 
around your face 
C#m         B 
   A little frame 
G#m         A 
   A lot of pain 
E 
  I can tell the 
F#m  G#m         A   G#m A F#m 
tears   from the rain 
C#m           B 
   One tastes sweet 
G#m          A 
   the other plain 


Interlude: E F#m A x2 


(Repeat Chorus 1) 


Bridge: 
Am           Em 
  And who am I to think 
F 
I could hang such a 
G 
precious life 
Am     Em     F    Dm 
  on a clever line? 
Am          Em 
  You're in all 
            F   G 
the books I read 
Am          Em 
  A hundred pages 
       F    Dm 
out of reach 
Am         Em 
  And so I pull myself 
F 
Crawl to my feet 
G 
hit the street 
Am      Em        F   Dm 
  It'll take some time 
Am             Em 
  to learn the lesson 
       F   G Am 
of the fall    and 
  Em          F    Dm 
begin another climb 


Interlude: B C#m A x2 


Chorus 2: 
B           C#m    A 
  Breathing easier now 
B          C#m 
  Tear the roof off 
     A  E   F#m 
your day No one's 
C#m    D   
coming over 
B          C#m 
  It ain't written 
         A 
so don't try 
          E(hold)
to read it