First Love

The Maccabees

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Key:
Intro The lyrics come in the second time played (first love, last love...)
E|----------------------------------------------| B|--10---------10---------12--------------------| G|--11--x8-----11--x8-----11--x8-----11--x8-----| D|--11---------11---------11---------12---------| x2 A|--0----------9----------11---------11---------| E|----------------------------------------------|
Verse Do you miss home...
E|----5----5----5----5----| B|----5----5----5----5----| G|----6----6----6----6----| D|----7----7----7----7----| x2 A|----7----7----7----7----| E|----5----0----5----0----|
And are you cool... This is the same as before but it "speeds up" or to use technical terms, you play
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instead of semi-breves.
E|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------| B|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------| G|-6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------| D|-7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---| A|-7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------| E|-5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------|
Chorus Let's get married...
These are the same speed as the second part of the verse. (quavers) E|-2-------| B|-3-------| G|-4-------| D|-4-------| A|-2--x16--| E|---------| E|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------| B|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------| G|-6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------| D|-7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---| A|-7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------| E|-5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------|
Bridge after the second chorus (I will have to make do)
same speed as before (quaver) E|-2--| B|-3--| G|-2--| D|----| x16 A|----| E|----|
At this point (and it's my mistake) an open D chord is played and then a Bminor bar *both shown below*
D
E|-2--| B|-3--| G|-2--| D|----| A|----| E|----|
B minor
E|-2---| B|-3---| G|-4---| D|-4---| A|-2---| E|-----|
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Composition: Felix White, Orlando Weeks, Hugo White, Rupert Jarvis, and Robert Dylan-Thomas

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