Bright Eyes —
First Day of My Life

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© Chorded by Mikhail Ocheret // specialist (https://Muzland.info)
± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 95 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by Conor Oberst

Intro: 
  D F#/C# | Bm Bm Bm Bm7
  Gadd9 A | D             } ×2

D             F#/C#           Bm   Bm7
This is the first day of my life,
G             A                 D
Swear I was born right in the doorway.
                   F#
I went out in the rain,
          F#/Bb     Bm
Suddenly everything changed.
                  E7
They’re spreading blankets
         A   A7
On the beach.

D              F#/C#            Bm
Yours is the first face that I saw,
G               A              D
I think I was blind before I met you.
                            F#
And I don’t know where I am,
        F#/Bb            Bm
I don’t know where I’ve been,
           E7               A A/B  A/C#
But I know where I want to go.

       A/E    D
   And so I thought
       A       Bm   Bm7
   I’d let you know,
              G               A
   That these things take forever.
      D      F#    Bm
   I especially am slow,
         Em
   But I realize that I need you,
    Emadd9                          D
   And I wondered if I could come home.

Instrumental: 
  D F#sus4/C# | Bm
  Em Emadd9 | Gm Gm Gm A6

D             F#/C#
Remember the time
               Bm   Bm7  Gmaj
You drove all night
          A
Just to meet me
        D      D/F# D/A D
In the morning?
                     F#
And I thought it was strange,
                    Bm
You said everything changed.
            E7                 A  A7
You felt as if you just woke up.

        A6   D
And you said:
               F#/C#
“This is the first day
        Bm   Bm7  Gmaj
Of my life.
                   A
I’m glad I didn’t die
           D     D/A D/F# D
Before I met you.
                 F#
But now I don’t care,
                Bm
I could go anywhere with you,
        E7              A   A7/E
And I’d probably be happy.”

              D    A        Bm   Bm7
   So if you wanna be with me,
           G
   With these things
                    A
   There’s just no telling,
            D        F#      Bm
   We just have to wait and see.
                      Em
   But I’d rather be working
   For a paycheck,
   Emadd9                       F#m7 D
   Than waiting to win the lottery,
       F#sus4/C#
   Ah-ha,
        Bm
   Mm-hmm.

   Besides,
      Em
   Maybe this time it’s different,
                                  A D
   I mean I really think you like me.

Instrumental: 
  D F#sus4/C# | Bm
  Em Emadd9 | Gm Gm Gm7+ A

  D F#sus4/C# | Bm
  Emadd9 | Gm Gm Gm A7
  D