For The First Time (w/lyrics)

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  6    6    6    6    5    6    6   5   6  5     -4
She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart,
   4     6     6   5     6     6    5  6   5   5   6  5 -4 4
While I'm drinking jack all alone in my local bar,
 4     4     5     5     4
And we don't know how,
  4    -2    4  -2 4   -2    4    4 -2 4 3
How we got into this mad situation,
4 -2   4 -2     4     4     -2   4   4   4
Only doing things out of frustration

   5     6     6     6     6     5     6     5     -4     4       4
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard,

 4     5     6     6     5    5    6     5     5     6    5     -4
She needs me now but I can't seem to find the time,
 4     4  4   5     6     6    5   5     6  5   6    5     -4 4
I've got a new job now on the unemployment line,
  4    4     5      5      4
And we don't know how,
  4    -2    4  -2 4   -2    4
How we got into this mess
4  -2     4      4
Is it a God's test?
   4    -2     4   -2     4      -2     4   4    4     4
Someone help us 'cause we're doing our best,

    5     6     6    6    6     5      6      6      -6     5   5 -4
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

 4      4      4   4    -4   4
But we're gonna start by
 -6  -6    -6     6      6   6    -5  -5 5 -4 4
Drinking old cheap bottles of wine,
-5    -5  5   6   4   -4 5
Sit talking up all night,
    5      5      5      6   5   6 5  4   -4
Saying things we haven't for a while
4     -4,     4
A while, yeah,
   4      6   -6   -6     6      6    -5  -5 5 -4 4
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
-5 -5  -5 5   6     4      -4
Even after all these years,
 4     5     -4    4   -4    5  -4     4     -4      5   -4    4    -4    5     4
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time

6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 7 -8
Oooooo
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 -8 7 8
Oooooo
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 9 7 -6
Oooooo

  6    6    6    6    5    6
She's in line at the Dole
  6     5     6     5    -4
With her head held high
   4    6   6     6   5     6    5
While I just lost my job but
 5   5    6    5    -4 4
Didn't lose my pride

 4     4     5     5      4
But we both know how,
  4     -2     4   -2     4   -2     4     4     -2   4
How we're gonna make it work when it hurts,
   3      -2    4     -2   4    4
When you pick yourself up,
 -2    4      4     4   -2     4
You get kicked to the dirt,

   5      6      6   6   6      5
Trying to make it work but,
  6,      6      -6      5   5  -4
Man, these times are hard,

 4      4      4   4    -4   4
But we're gonna start by
 -6  -6    -6     6      6   6    -5  -5 5 -4 4
Drinking old cheap bottles of wine,
-5    -5  5   6   4   -4 5
Sit talking up all night,
    5      5      5      6   5   6 5  4   -4
Saying things we haven't for a while
4     -4,     4
A while, yeah,
   4      6   -6   -6     6      6    -5  -5 5 -4 4
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
-5 -5  -5 5   6     4      -4
Even after all these years,
 4     5     -4    4   -4    5  -4     4     -4      5   -4    4    -4    5     4
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 7 -8
Oooooo
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 -8 7 8
Oooooo
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 9 7 -6
Oooooo
Yeah...
 -6 -6 -6 6 6 6 -5 -5 5 -4 4
Drinking old cheap bottles of wine,
-5 -5 5 6 4 -4 5
Sit talking up all night,
 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 -4
Saying things we haven't for a while
4 -4, 4
A while, yeah,
 4 6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 5 -4 4
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
-5 -5 -5 5 6 4 -4
Even after all these years,
 4 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 5 4
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 7 -8
Oooooo
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 -8 7 8
Oooooo
6 -6 7 -8 7 -8 9 7 -6
Oooooo

 6      6      -5      -5   5
Oh these times are hard,
   5,      5      5   -4     5  6 5 5
Yeah, they're making us crazy
   5      5   5   -4   5  6 5 5 -4 4
Don't give up on me baby
(x4)