Why Be The First One Home Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Dm][C][Csus4][C][Csus4][Gm][C][Csus4][Bb][Csus4][C]
[Csus4][Gm][C][Csus4]

[Verse 1]
Why be the first one [C]home?[Csus4][C]
[Csus4]Are you gonna be there
at [C]home?[Csus4]
[Bb]The [Dm]party's not over, so wh[C]y are you leaving,
[Dm]acting like you've got s[G]omewhere to go?[C][Dm]
[Em]It's [F]foolish of you [Em]to
go on pre[Asus4]tending
[A]You've [Csus4]got a lover
[C]waiting for you
[Csus4]When there's no lover
[C]waiting [Csus4]for you[C]
So [Csus4]why, oh why,
why be the first one [C]home?
Why [Csus4]be the first one home
[Gm]When[Bb][Csus4][C][Csus4]
you're gonna be there [C]alone
[Csus4]Why be th[Bb]e first[Gm] one [Bb]home[Dm]
When the party's not over,
[C]then why am I [G]leaving?[Dm]
Acting like I've [Gsus4]got somew[G]here
[Gsus4]to go[G][C][Dm][Em]
[F]It's silly of me [Em]to go
on be[Asus4]lieving[A]
[Csus4]I've got a lover wait[C]ing for [Csus4]me
When there's no lover waiting for [F]me[C]
So why, oh [Csus4]why,
why be the first one [C]home?
Why be the first [Csus4]one home?[Gm]
[Bb][Csus4][C][Csus4]
When you're gonna be
there [C]alone[Csus4]
So [F]why be [Gm]the [Dm]first one [C]home?
[Dm][Gsus4][G][C][Dm][Em]
[F]Silly of me, [Em]to call on me l[Asus4]eaving I[A]
[Csus4]got a lover waiting for me[C]
[Csus4]But there's no lover
waiting for me
[C#sus4]I got a love[B]r waiting for me[C#sus4]
But there's no lover waiting
[C#]for [C#sus4]me[B][C#][B]
Why [C#sus4]be the fir[B]st one?[C#][B][C#sus4]
You [F#]couldn't [C#sus4]be there[B]
[F#]if I[C#]'d be alone
So [B]all along, I'll be [C#sus4]the first [B]one home[C#]
I'll be the first [B]one [C#sus4]home
[B]I'll be [C#]there
[B]Oh [C#sus4]yeah
[B]I'll be the first [C#sus4]one home[C#]
So stay a while, just [B]stay [C#sus4]a while
[B]I'll be there
[C#]Oh, I'll b[B]e the first to fall
Oh, [B]I'll [C#sus4]the first t[B]o [C#]fall[B][B]