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Song title:      First Day Of My Life
Original Album:	 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning. (Bright Eyes)

Words and Music by Conor Oberst
Copyright © 2005 Saddle Creek Records
Published by BMG Music Publishing Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 4. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4, but I've
split the bars into two to make the tab easier to read, so it looks like 2/4.
(You change chords mostly every 2 beats.)

The song is finger-picked but you could strum and it would sound OK.


INTRO:
Chords:
C  x32010    F  xx3321
E  022100    G  320033
Am x02210

[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]

Guitar Figure 1

  C                E                Am
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-1--------------|-0--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-------0-----0--|-------1-----1--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|-3-------3------|-2-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|


  F                G                C
|-1-------3------|-3--------------|-0-------0------|---------0------|
|-------1-----1--|-3-------3------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-----2-----2----|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|
|-3-------3------|-----0-----0----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|----------------|-2-------2------|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|


VERSE1:
Chords:
C  x32010    F  xx3321    E7 020100
E  022100    G  320033
Am x02210    D7 xx0212

  C                E                Am
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-1--------------|-0--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-------0-----0--|-------1-----1--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|-3-------3------|-2-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  C                E                Am
      This is the  first day of my  life


  F                G                C
|-1-------1------|-3-------3------|-0-------0------|---------0------|
|-------1-----1--|-------3-----3--|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-----2-----2----|-----4-----4----|-------0-----0--|-------0-----0--|
|-3-------3------|-5-------5------|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|----------------|----------------|-3-------3------|-3-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  F                G                 C
      Swear I was  born right in the doorway


  C                E7               Am
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-1--------------|-0--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-------0-----0--|-------1-----1--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----2-----2----|-----0-----0----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|-3-------3------|-2-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  C                 E7                        Am
  I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed, they're spreading


  D7                                G
|-2-------2------|-2-------2------|-3-------3------|-3--------------|
|-------1-----1--|-------1-----1--|-0--------------|-0--------------|
|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-------0-----0--|---------0------|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-----0-----0----|-------0--------|
|----------------|----------------|-2-------2------|-----2----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  D7                                G
  blan  - kets     on      the      beach


VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as in VERSE1.

Chords:
C  x32010    F  xx3321    E7 020100
E  022100    G  320033
Am x02210    D7 xx0212

C              E                 Am
  Yours is the first face that I saw
F             G              C   
  Think I was blind before I met you

C                    E7                        Am
  Don't know where I am, don't know where I've been
           D7              G
But I know where I want to go    So I...


CHORUS:
Chords:
C   x32010    F         xx3321    Csus4(#5) xx6568
G   320033    C/B       x22010    E7        020100
E   022100    Dmadd9/A  x03230
Am  x02210    F(#9)     x0656x

  C       G        E                Am               F
|-0--------------|---------0------|---------0------|-1-------1------|
|-1-------3------|-1--------------|-1--------------|-------1-----1--|
|-0-------0------|-2-----2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-----2-----2----|
|-2-------0------|-2---2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-3-------3------|
|-3-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  C           G       E             Am               F
  thought I'd let you know that     these things     take for-


  G                C                Am
|-3-------3------|-0--------------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-------3--------|-1-------3------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-----4-----4----|-0-------0------|-2-----2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-5-------5------|-2-------0------|-2---2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|----------------|-3-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  G                C       G        Am
 -ever    I   es - pecia - lly am   slow                     But I


  Dmadd9/A
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
| Dmadd9/A | % |
  rea-lized that I need you   and I wondered if I    could   come


  C                E7               Am
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-1--------------|-0--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-------0-----0--|-------1-----1--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----2-----2----|-----0-----0----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|-3-------3------|-2-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  C
  home


  Dmadd9/A                          F(#9)            Csus4(#5)
|---------0------|---------0------|----------------|-8-------8------|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-6-------6------|-------6-----6--|
|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------5-----5--|-----5-----5----|
|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----6-----6----|-6-------6------|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|


VERSE3:
Notes:
Play as in VERSE1.

Chords:
C  x32010    F  xx3321    E7 020100
E  022100    G  320033
Am x02210    D7 xx0212

C              E                  Am
  Remember the time you drove all night 
F         G              C
  Just to meet me in the morning
 
C                  E7                           Am
  I thought it was strange, you said everything changed 
            D7                 G
You felt as if you'd just woke up 


VERSE4:
Notes:
Play as in VERSE1.

Chords:
C  x32010    F  xx3321    E7 020100
E  022100    G  320033
Am x02210    D7 xx0212

And you said,

C              E7              Am
  "This is the first day of my life.
F                   G            C
  I'm glad I didn't die before I met you.

C                 E7                  Am
  But now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you,
        D7            G
And I'd probably be happy."


CHORUS2:
Chords:
C   x32010    F         xx3321    Csus4(#5) xx6568
G   320033    C/B       x22010    E7        020100
E   022100    Dmadd9/A  x03230
Am  x02210    F(#9)     x0656x

So if you...

  C       G        E                Am               F
|-0--------------|---------0------|---------0------|-1-------1------|
|-1-------3------|-1--------------|-1--------------|-------1-----1--|
|-0-------0------|-2-----2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-----2-----2----|
|-2-------0------|-2---2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-3-------3------|
|-3-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  C       G        E                Am               F
  want to be with  me          with these things     there's no


  G                C       G        Am
|-3-------3------|-0--------------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-------3--------|-1-------3------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-----4-----4----|-0-------0------|-2-----2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-5-------5------|-2-------0------|-2---2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|----------------|-3-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  G                   C       G        Am
  telling. We'll just have to wait and see but I'd rather be


  Dmadd9/A
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
| Dmadd9/A | % |
  working for a    paycheck    than waiting     to   win  the lotter - 


  C                E7               Am
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-1--------------|-0--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-------0-----2--|-------1-----1--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----2-----3----|-----0-----0----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|-3-------3------|-2-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  C
 -ry                                                         Besides may-

  Dmadd9/A
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
| Dmadd9/A | % |
 -be this time it's different, I mean I really think you like


  C                E7               Am
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-1--------------|-0--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-------0-----2--|-------1-----1--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----2-----3----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|-3-------3------|-2-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|
  C
  me______________________________________________________________

  Dmadd9/A                          F(#9)            Csus4(#5)
|---------0------|---------0------|----------------|-8-------8------|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-6-------6------|-------6-----6--|
|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------5-----5--|-----5-----5----|
|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----6-----6----|-6-------6------|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  ______________________________


[play: Guitar Figure 2]  [x2]

Note:
This part is half-strummed, half-picked. It sounds fine if you just strum it!

Guitar Figure 2

  C                E7               Am
|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|---------0------|
|-1--------------|-0--------------|-1--------------|-1--------------|
|-------0-----0--|-------1-----1--|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|
|-----2-----2----|-----0-----0----|-----2-----2----|-----2-----2----|
|-3-------3------|-2-------2------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  Dmadd9/A                          F(#9)            Csus4(#5)
|---------0------|---------0------|----------------|-8-------8------|
|-3--------------|-3--------------|-6-------6------|-------6-----6--|
|-------2-----2--|-------2-----2--|-------5-----5--|-----5-----5----|
|-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----6-----6----|-6-------6------|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|


ENDING:

  Csus4(#5)        C
|-------------8--|-8--------------|
|---------6------|-5--------------|
|-----5----------|-5--------------|
|-6--------------|-5--------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & -| 3 - & - 4 - & -|