The first of me (2006)     (video)

C - Em - B7 (2x)

     C          Em                      B7

1.  I must make a choice, a tough decision,

    C       Em                   B7

listen to my voice, should I give in

     C                  Em      B7    C             Em

to temptation admiration, one leads to myself,

           B7                    Am                             C

the other some one else, just an empty shell.

      D                     Em

Just an empty shell.

+  Em - D - Em - D

            C        Em                    B7

2. It's harder than it seems when you're told that

     C          Em                                 B7

all your hopes and dreams are yours to hold if

      C         Em                            B7

you just give them what's expected,

      C               Em                B7              Am

something they can sell, put upon a shelf,

                                C   D                 Em

but I am not for sale, I am not for sale.

Em                  G                                    D

I hear a voice inside, it's grown into a scream,

                                 B7    C                   Em

I'm not the next of them I am the first of me.

Em                   G                                   D

'Cause I can't live the lie, I am just what you see,

                                 B7    C                    Em

I'm not the next of them I am the first of me.

+  Em - D - Em - D

    C    Em                    B7

3. If I can't refuse the price they offer,

   C       Em                    B7

    I am sure to lose, and I will suffer,

       C        Em                     B7

sell my soul to make a profit.

      C     Em                B7                     Am

    All I have to do is make believe it's true,

                                          C               D                       Em

that’s something I can't do, that’s something I can't do.

Em                  G                                    D

I hear a voice inside, it's grown into a scream,

                                 B7    C                   Em

I'm not the next of them I am the first of me.

Em                   G                                   D

'Cause I can't live the lie, I am just what you see,

                                 B7    C                    Em

I'm not the next of them I am the first of me.

+  Em - G - D - B7

        C                   Em - G - D - B7     C                   Em

+  I am the first of me !                    I am the first of me.

                                          G                                      D

    So when the waiting's gone, it's time to face the truth,

                                          B7               C                    Em

you know your good enough deep down inside of you.

                                      G                         D

    You're finally woken up if only just to prove

                                           B7           C                  Em

you’re born to lead the way, then be the first of you.

+  Em - D - Em - D (3x)

+  Em - G - D - B7 - C (4x)...

(orig. = 2nd)    (Hoobastank)