The First Cut is the Deepest
Sheryl Crow
Strum: D
B
D
D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chord Guide
132
D:
xx0232
123
A:
x02220
Dsus4:
G:
134
xx0233
3
4
3x0003
Dsus2:
13
xx0230
Intro: / D - - - / Dsus4 D - Dsus2 / A - - - / - - - - / (x2)
D
A
G
A
I would have given you all of my heart
D
A
G
A
But there's someone who's torn it apart
D
A
G
A
And he's taken just all that I had
D
A G A
But if you want I'll try to love again
D
G
A (2)
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
Chorus:
D
A
G
A
The first cut is the deepest
D
A
G
A
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
D
A
G A
But when it comes to being lucky he's cursed
D
G
A (play 4 measures 1st time)
When it comes to loving me he's worst
D
A
G A
I still want you by my side
D
A
G
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
D
A
G A
But I'm sure gonna to give you a try
D
A
G A
And if you want I'll try to love again,
D
G
A (2)
Baby, I'll try to love again but I know
A:
123
x02220
Chorus
Instrumental Verse
Repeat Verse 2, hold last A 4 measures
Chorus
D
A
G
A
The first cut is the deepest, Baby I know
D
A
G
A
The first cut is the deepest, try to love again
White Horse
(video)
(intro)
(hold)
(midi)
C - F - Am - F (2x)
C
1.
F
Say you're sorry, that face of an angel
Am
-F
comes out just when you need it to.
C
F
As I paced back and forth all this time,
Am
cause I honestly believed in you.
Am
Holding on, the days drag on,
G
G7
stupid girl, I should have known, I should have known.
Am
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale,
F
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell.
Am
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
F
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down.
Am
Now it's too late for you and your white horse, to come around.
C
2.
F
Maybe I was naive, got lost in your eyes
Am
-F
and never really had a chance.
C
F
My mistake, I didn't know to be in love,
Am
-F
you had to fight to have the upper hand.
Am
I had so many dreams about you and me
G
G7
happy endings, now I know.
+ CHORUS
+ C - Am - F - G
Am
And there you are on your knees,
C
-F
begging for forgiveness,
C
begging for me,
Bb
just like I always wanted, but I'm so sorry.
-------------- C
Am
'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale
F
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well.
C
Am
This is a big world, that was a small town,
F
there in my rearview mirror disappearing now.
Am
And it's too late for you and your white horse,
Am
now it's too late for you and your white horse, to catch me now
F
+
Am
-F
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa,
- F - Am
Oh,
Breathe
C
try and catch me now !
-F ---------C
it's too late
(video)
to catch me now.
(intro)
C - G - F (2x)
1. I see your face in my mind as I drive away,
C
'cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way.
C
People are people and sometimes we change our minds,
C
but it's killing me to see you go after all this time.
Mm mm mm, mm mm mm mm, mm. (2x)
2. Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie,
C
it's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see,
C
'cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down,
C
-G
now I don't know what to be without you around.
C
And we know it's never simple, never easy,
Am
never a clean break, no one here to save me,
F
you're the only thing I know, like the back of my hand. And I cant ..
-C-G
Brea......the without you,
- Am
but I have to. (2x)
+ F-C-G
3. Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt,
C
every little bump in the road I try to swerve.
C
People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out,
C
F G
nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out.
C
And we know it's never simple, never easy,
Am
never a clean break, no one here to save me,
F
you're the only thing I know, like the back of my hand. And I cant ...
-C-G
- Am
Brea......the without you,
+ F - C - G - Am
but I have to. (2x)
-F-C-G -F-G
Am
+ It's 2 am, feeling like I just lost a friend,
C
hope you know it's not easy, easy for me. (2x)
C
And we know it's never simple, never easy,
Am
F -C G
never a clean break, no one here to save me,
-C-G
- Am
Brea......the without you,
F
+
-C
Sorry,
but I have to. (3x) + F - C - G
- G
sorry,
-C
sorry,
oh. I cant ....
- Am
sorry, yeah,
-G
sorry,
-F
sorry.
sorry,
