First Day of the Holidays - by Ooberman Transcribed for guitar by OoberWilliam Chord E A D G B E C x 3 2 0 1 0 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 Em/B x 2 2 0 0 0 Am x 0 2 2 1 0 C/G 3 3 2 0 1 0 Dm x x 0 2 3 1 Esus11/B x 2 0 2 0 0 E 0 2 2 1 0 0 E7 0 2 0 1 0 0 Am/E 0 0 2 2 1 0 C Em When I awoke I was ten again C Em And the heat rose in the fields again C Em And the sun rose in the haze again F C And it was just the way it used to be [C] Em And you were alive again C Em When we ran through the woods again C Em There was sunlight on the stream again F C Just like the first day of the holidays C Em We made a swing, made it and laughed again C Em 'Til mum called us in, in from the fields again C Em She was so proud, proud of her boys again F C Em/B And it was just the way it used to be [Em/B] Am C/G But as the years go by Dm Esus11/B E E7 Am C/G All the strings we tied that connected us to home F Am/E Dm Esus11/B E E7 Am C/G Pull us back like elastic bands, only everything is gone F Am/E | Dm Esus11/B | E | E | Synth Solo: C | | Em | | Am | | Em | | F | | | | | | | | C | | Em | | Am | | Em | | F | | | | | | | | C ... C Em There she was, by the lake again C Em The first girl I ever loved again C Em Her cold lips and her hands had changed F C Em/B Though it was just the way it used to be [Em/B] Am C/G As the years go by Dm Esus11/B E E7 Am C/G All the strings we tied that connected us to home F Am/E Dm Esus11/B E E7 Am C/G Pull us back like elastic bands, only everything is gone F Am/E | Dm Esus11/B | E | Adlib piano to finish: Am C/G | F Am/E | Dm Esus11/B | E :|