Here is my cover

Here is my tutorial

Here’s my version of the chords

Capo on the 4th fret

C – X32010
E – 022100
Am – X02210
Am/G – 302010
F – XX3321
G – 320033
D7 – XX0212
C/B – X20010
Dm – xx0231
Fm – x03111

Intro

C E Am
F G C

C                 E                        Am             Am/G
This is the first day of my life
F                    G                             C
Swear I was born right in the doorway
C                             E                                            Am
I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed
D7                        G
They’re spreading blankets on the beach

C                  E                          Am            Am/G
Yours is the first face that I saw
F                    G                       C
Think I was blind before I met you
C                                   E                                              Am
Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
D7                         G
But I know where I want to go

C                   G         Am
So I thought I’d let you know
F                                       G
That these things take forever
C C/B           Am
I especially am slow
Dm                                                                                                     C    G    Am   Dm   Fm
But I realized how I need you and I wondered if I could come home

C                           E                               Am
I remember the time you drove all night
F            G                         C
Just to meet me in the morning
C                           E                                                 Am
I thought it was strange, you said everything changed
D7                            G
You felt as if you’d just woke up

C                  E                        Am
And you said, “This is the first day of my life.
F                             G                          C
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you.
C                    E                               Am
Now I don’t care, I could go anywhere with you,
D7                      G
And I’d probably be happy.”

C            G           Am
So if you want to be with me
F                                                 G
With these things there’s no telling
C          C/B          Am
We’ll just have to wait and see
Dm                                                                                C
But I’d rather be working for a paycheck than waiting to win the lottery

E Am

Dm                                                                                                     C
Besides, maybe this time its different, I mean I really think you like me

E       Am      Dm         Fm

Here is the original song

Like the song? Think i could have done better? Have a suggestion for what song to do next?

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Kieran GWAG

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Damien Rice is one of my favorite composers, the Irish Singer/songwriter wrote this song back in 2006 but the simplicity and strange beauty really make it a song that stands out and strums at the heart strings of oh so many acoustic fans out there.

First of all here is my own little acoustic cover

And here is how to play it.

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Kieran

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