The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face chords by Roberta Flack

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice


The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face chords
Roberta Flack 1972 (Ewan MacColl)

Capo III

e|----------------|
B|-2-----2-3-3-2-0|
G|---2------------|
D|-----2----------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|2x

Or

A Bm E 2x

Bm     E    A
The first time, ever I saw your face
 F#m       C#m     A D
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
    E      A
And the moon and the stars
          E
Were the gifts you gave
    G           A
To the dark, and the endless sky

My love
    G           A
To the dark, and the endless skys

Bm     E    A
And the first time, ever I kissed your mouth
 F#m      C#m    A D
I felt the earth move in my hands
     E     A
Like the trembling heart
       E
Of a captive bird
     G     A
That was there, at my command

My love
     G     A
That was there, at my command

My love

Bm     E    A
And the first time, ever I lay with you
 F#m       C#m     A D
I felt your heart so close to mine
   E    A
And I knew our joy
        E
Would fill the earth
  G           A
And last, till the end of time

My love

G           A
And it would last, till the end of time

My love

Bm         A E   A
The first time, ever I saw your face

E
Your face
   A D
Your face
E  D
Your face