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---|-11-11/13-13\9--|-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