THE FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE


[Intro]
guitar 1:
B5 D#5 C#5 F#5

e|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
G|-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-------|---------8----|-------------6--|-------------|
D|-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-------|---------8----|-------------6--|----------4--|
A|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-------|---------6----|-------------4--|----------4--|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|----------2--|

Guitar 2:

e|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
B|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
G|-----------------------8-8/9-9/11--|-8-8/9-9/11---|-11-11/13-13\9--|-8-8/9-9/11--|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|

OVER CHORUS' GUITAR 2 PLAY THE INTRO BIT.


[Verse 1]
B G#5
You have never been in love
D#5
until you've seen the stars
F#5
reflect in the reservoirs
B G#5
and you have never been in love
D#5
until you've seen the dawn rise
F#5
behind the Home For The Blind

[Bridge]
C#5 G#5
we are the Pretty Petty Thieves
C#5 G#5
and you're standing on our streets


[Chorus]
B
where Hector was the first of the gang

with a gun in his hand
D#5
and the first to do time
C#5 F#5
the first of the gang to die / oh my

[Chorus](x2)

B5 G#5
You have never been in love
D#5
until you've seen sunlight thrown
F#5
over smashed human bone

[Bridge]
C#5 G#5
we are the Pretty Petty Thieves
C#5 G#5
and you're standing on our streets

[Chorus]
B
where Hector was the first of the gang

with a gun in his hand
D#5
and the first to do time
C#5
the first of the gang to die
F#5
such a silly boy
B5
Hector was the first of the gang

with a gun in his hand
D#5
and a bullet in his gullet
C#5 F#5
the first Lost Lad under the sod


[Break]

E5 C#5 B5 Bb5

[Chorus]
B5
And he stole from the rich and the poor

and the not-very-rich
D#5
and the very poor
C#5 F#5
and he stole all hearts away / away

09/06/04



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