The Maccabees - First Love Acoustic Chords & Tabs

 

First Love Acoustic Chords & Tabs

The Maccabees Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

First Love Acoustic Tab

   
This is the Orlando Weeks solo acoustic version. I hope it's correct, and not too complicated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5RY3aWqupw

The intro is the same as the first 4 bars of original song.
This version is just strumed a little different, you might agree it sounds better using 
thumb to strum rather than a pick.

Intro

The lyrics come in the second time played (first love, last love...)

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|--10---------10---------12--------------------|
G|--11--x8-----11--x8-----11--x8-----11--x8-----|
D|--11---------11---------11---------12---------|  x2
A|--0----------9----------11---------11---------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


Verse

Do you miss home...

e|----5----5----5----5----|
B|----5----5----5----5----|
G|----6----6----6----6----|
D|----7----7----7----7----|  x2
A|----7----7----7----7----|
E|----5----0----5----0----|

And are you cool...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_maccabees/first_love_acoustic_tab_ver_2.html ]
This is the same as before but it "speeds up" or to use technical terms, you play 
instead of semi-breves.
e|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------|
B|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------|
G|-6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------|
D|-7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---|
A|-7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------|
E|-5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------|


Chorus

Let's get married...

These are the same speed as the second part of the verse. (quavers)
e|-2-------|
B|-3-------|
G|-4-------|
D|-4-------|
A|-2--x16--|
E|---------|

e|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------|
B|-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5------|
G|-6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6------|
D|-7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---7-7-7-7-x2---|
A|-7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------7-7-7-7------|
E|-5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------5-5-5-5------0-0-0-0------|


Bridge

after the second chorus
(I will have to make do)

same speed as before (quaver)
e|-2--|
B|-3--|
G|-2--|
D|----| x16
A|----|
E|----|

At this point (and it's my mistake) an open D chord is played and then a Bminor bar 
*both shown below*

D

e|-2--|
B|-3--|
G|-2--|
D|----|
A|----|
E|----|

B minor

e|-2---|
B|-3---|
G|-4---|
D|-4---|
A|-2---|
E|-----|

The next part (i've made my bed...) is the same but played "faster" (as quavers)

Outro

same as the intro

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|--10---------10---------12--------------------|
G|--11--x8-----11--x8-----11--x8-----11--x8-----|
D|--11---------11---------11---------12---------|  x2
A|--0----------9----------11---------11---------|
E|----------------------------------------------|