First Hello Uke tab by Grant Knoche

Verse]
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     Staring at my ceilin'
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    Convince myself it's nothin'
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     Pray to God to fix me

       C             Cm            
Feelin' guilty havin' thoughts at 12
      G
years old

Is momma gonna like this?
Gbm
   I'm riskin' her of grandkids
Em
   Seven years of fightin'
    C             Cm
And I don’t wanna fight no more

[Refrain]
   C                D
So I-I wanna let it out
             Bm
Wasn't ready then
              C
But I'm ready now

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play the chord below ***

[Verse 2]
G
   I want my friends to know me
Gb
   Like really really know me
F                             C    
  I hope this doesn't change 
  Cm
things, huh
G
   They say that boys don't cry
Gb
   But news flash, that's a lie
F                          C
   I don't fit inside your boxes
        Cm
I can't stop this, no

[Refrain]
Cmaj7             D              
So-o I'm counting down unlock my 
Bm
cell
            C
And come on out

[Chorus]
G                D
Oh my, beautiful bliss
                  Cmaj7
I'm so foreign to this
                       Cm
Tell you what my walls know

Here's my first hello
G               F
Oh my, such a relief
         Cmaj7
I can be me
                  Cm
I don't put on no show
                    G  F
It's my first hello-o
                    C  Cm
It's my first hello

[Bridge]
Em            Bm
   All that I said all that I did
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I learned to lock my thoughts up 
A
carefully
Em           Bm
  I held my breath, I broke my 
heart
G                             A
I bit my tongue, It starts to bleed
    Em   Bm       D
And I, I hope you know
                   A
That it's not your fault
        C
Hope my father understands
        Cm
I'm not any less a man

[Chorus]
G                D
Oh my, beautiful bliss
                  Cmaj7
I'm so foreign to this
                       Cm
Tell you what my walls know

Here's my first hello
G               F
Oh my, such a relief
         C
I can be me
                  Cm
I don't put on no show
                    G  F
It's my first hello-o
                    C  Cm
It's my first hello

[Outro]
C                D
I-I wanna let it out
             Bm
Wasn't ready then
              C
But I'm ready now