Morrissey — First Of The Gang To Die

THE FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE


Intro:
guitar 1:
  B5                                  D#5            C#5              F#5
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-------|---------8----|-------------6--|-------------|
|-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4-------|---------8----|-------------6--|----------4--|
|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-------|---------6----|-------------4--|----------4--|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|----------2--|

Guitar 2:
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------------8-8/9-9/11--|-8-8/9-9/11---|-11-11/13-139--|-8-8/9-9/11--|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-------------|



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