First Cut Is The Deepest chords by Cat Stevens

From mkennedy@oln.com Fri May 16 08:04:02 1997

this song was originally done by Cat Stevens, but I learned the song
from Rod Stewart off of the "night on the town" album. It is a very
easy three chord progression. The beginning is just "C" but adding the
"F" note every second strum.

		"First Cut is The Deepest"
		(Cat Stevens) (Rod Stewart)

Intro:
  C     G
E------------3-3-3-3-
A--3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-
D--2-2-3-2-3-0-0-0-0-
G--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
B--1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-
E--0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-

Play the intro four times over...then start singing on the "G"..

G       C    G     F     G
I would have given you ...
      C        G     F   G
But theres someone who ...
     C     G     F   G
and shes taken just all ...
      G     C      G   F   G
but if you want ...
     C      G      F    G
babe I'll try ...

Chorus:
C     G     F          G
The first cut ...
C     G     F    G
The first cut ....
    C       G      F    G
When it comes to ...
    C        G    F   G
When it comes to ...

Verse 2:

yes I want you by my ....

Chorus:

(Solo)

repeat verse 2 then fade.

---K.J Kennedy---
mkennedy@oln.com