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From: [email protected] (Glasalle)
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Subject: TAB: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Bert Jansch
Date: 27 Jan 1996 00:56:44 -0500
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
By Ewan McColl
guitar arr. by Bert Jansch
>From the album Moonshine, Reprise Records, 1973
Note: This arrangement is to be used for educational use only.
Tuning: DADGAD
The timing on this song is a bit tricky. You will probably
Have to listen to the record to get the right timing. This
Tune is mostly in 4/4, although a measure is 3/4 and 5/4.
Please e-mail me if there are any mistakes, ommisions, etc.
Have fun with the arrangement and listen to the record
If you can. Bert sings on this version, although it
Sounds great as a solo (listen to Stefan Grossman's recording
On Bottleneck Serenade!). The lyrics are at the bottom.
Glenn
D|--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
A|-----0--------------0-----------||------0-------------0-----------|
G|-----2-----------0--------------||*-----2----------0--------------|
D|-----0----0h2p0--------------0--||*-----0---0h2p0--------------0--|
A|-----------------2--------------||-----------------2--------------|
D|--0--------------------2~~~-----||---0-------------------2~~~-----|
| | | | | | | |
------------4--5p4-----0--|-----0---------------------|
---0--5--7----------7-----|-----3/5-------------------|
--------------------------|-------------2-------------|
---4--------7-------------|----------4--0--2p0-----0--|
--------------------------|---------------------4-----|
0-------------------------|--0------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
------------5p4--7p4--|-------------7---------|
---0--5--7------------|-----10---------10--9--|
----------------------|--------------------7--|
---4------------------|--------------------7--|
------------4----5----|-----------------------|
0---------------------|--0--6-/9-----------0--|
| | | | | | |
----------7---------7------------|-----0---------------------|
---9--10--------10-----10--9--7--|-----3/5-------------------|
-------------7-------------------|-------------2-------------|
---------------------------0-----|----------4--0--2p0-----0--|
----------9-----7----------------|---------------------4-----|
0--------------------------------|--0------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
-----------------------2-----|-----0----0-------------------------|
---3-----2h3p2p0--2--3-----5-|-----0----------3----2h3p2p0-----0--|
-----------------------------|-----2-------0----------------0-----|
---3-------------------2-----|-----0----------3-------------------|
-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
0----------------------------|--0---------------------------------|
| | | | | | | |
-----------------------------||---------------------------|--0--||
---0------------0------------||-----0------------0--------|--0--||
---2---------0--------------*||-----2---------0-----------|--2--||
---0--0h2p0--------------0--*||-----0--0h2p0--------------|--0--||
-------------2---------------||---------------2-----------|-----||
0------------------2~~~------||--0------------------2~~~--|--0--||
| | | | | | | |
The first time ever I saw your face,
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave,
To the dark and empty skies my love,
Dark and empty skies.
The first time ever I kissed your lips
I felt the earth move in my hand,
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love,
That was there at my command.
The first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart beat close to mine,
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And would last till the end of time, my love,
And would last till the end of time.
Repeat first verse.