The Script: for the First Time

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THE SCRIPT: FOR THE FIRST TIME

WRITTEN BY DANNY O'DONOGHUE & MARK SHEEHAN FROM THE ALBUM “SCIENCE & FAITH” (2010) ALBUM VERSION CAPO 2ND FRET 4/4, 88 BPM

VERSE 1 G G (0:00) She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart Dsus4/F# Dsus4/F# While I'm drinking Jack all alone in my local bar, and we don't know how Em7 Em7 How we got into this mad situation, only doing things out of frustration Cadd9 Cadd9 Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

VERSE 2 G G (0:22) She needs me now but I can't seem to find the time Dsus4/F# Dsus4/F# I've got a new job now on the unemployment line, and we don't know how Em7 Em7 How we got into this mess, is it God's test? Someone help us 'cause we're doing our best Cadd9 Cadd9 Trying to make it work but man these times are hard, but we're gonna start by

PRE-CHORUS Em7 Cadd9 (0:45) Drinking old cheap bottles of wine, shit talking up all night G Dsus4/F# Saying things we haven't for a while, a while, yeah Em7 Cadd9 We're smiling but we're close to tears, even after all these years G Dsus4 (hold) We just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time

VERSE 3 G G (1:28) She's in line at the dole with her head held high Dsus4/F# Dsus4/F# While I just lost my job but didn't lose my pride, and we both know how Em7 Em7 How we're gonna make it work when it hurts, when you pick yourself up, you get kicked to the dirt Cadd9 Cadd9 Trying to make it work but man these times are hard, but we're gonna start by

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(3:19) G G Dsus4/F# Dsus4/F# Oh these times are hard, yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby Em7 Em7 Cadd9 Cadd9 Oh these times are hard, yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby

OUTRO G G Dsus4/F# Dsus4/F# (3:41) Oh these times are hard, yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby Em7 Em7 Cadd9 Cadd9½ G/B¼ G/A¼ Oh these times are hard, yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby

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