Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E

Kate & Anna McGarrigle - First Born CAPO: 3rd Fret [Verse 1]

^CThe silver ^Gspoon’s in the ^Fmouth ^G Baby clothes are ^Fbaby-^Cblue Nothing’s ^Gever handed ^Fdown Every^Gthing’s brand ^Amnew ^A ^G

[Verse 2]

^CNewspaper ^Gnoti^Fces ^G Heralding that ^Fgreat e^Cvent Daddy’s buddies send the ^Fflowers Mummy’s friends have baby ^Gshowers Welcom^Cing that ^Abheaven ^Amsent ^F

[Verse 3]

That ^G7firstborn ^Cson is ^G7always the ^Cone The ^G7first to be ^Ccalled and the ^G7last to ^Ccome He’s his ^E7mother’s ^Amfavourite, his ^E7grandmother’s ^Amtoo He’ll ^Cbreak their ^Fhearts and he’ll ^G7break yours ^Ctoo

[Verse 4]

For he’s the ^G7first to ^Ccreep and the ^G7first to ^Ccrawl The ^G7first to ^Cwalk and the ^G7first to ^Cfall Every ^E7bruise is ^Amkissed, every ^E7cry is ^Amheard Every ^Cdoubt’s cast ^Fout with a ^G7soothing ^Cword

[Verse 5]

Yes, he’s that ^G7firstborn ^Cson, he’s that ^G7special ^Cone No matter ^G7what comes ^Cnext, no matter ^G7what comes a^Clong Be it a^E7nother ^Amboy or a ^E7sweet baby ^Amgirl The ^Cfamily’s the ^Foyster and ^G7he is the ^Cpearl

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^EmSome of them make it, ^B7some of them ^Emdon’t ^GSome of them can’t, ^Dothers ^E7won’t grow ^Amup____^C___^F___^G___^C__ ^F ^C

[Verse 6]

In the ^G7bible of ^Cold, ac^G7cording to ^CExodus Every ^G7firstborn ^Cson of a ^G7Jew got ^Caxed But the ^E7one who sur^Amvived with the ^E7help of god’s ^Amhand ^CLed his ^Fpeople to the ^G7promised ^Cland

[Verse 7]

Yes, he’s that ^G7firstborn ^Cson, he’s that ^G7son-of-a-^Cgun He ^G7don't like to ^Cwalk, he ^G7just likes to ^Crun ^E7He loves to ^Amrun just as ^E7fast as he ^Amcan With ^Clife held ^Ftight in the ^G7palm of his ^Chand

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Kate & Anna McGarrigle - First born