Introduction: F B F
Gm F
The window is open, so's that door
C B
I didn't know they did that anymore
Dm B
Who knew we owned eight thousand salad plates?
Gm F
For years I've roamed these empty halls
C B
Why have a ballroom with no balls?
Gm Dm
Finally they're opening up the gates
Dm
There'll be actual real live people
Am
It'll be totally strange
C Dm
But wow, am I so ready for this change?
Em F
'Cause for the first time in forever
Em F
There'll be music, there'll be light
Am F#
For the first time in forever
B Em
I'll be dancing through the night
Fm E
Don't know if I'm elated or gassy
Am E
But I'm somewhere in that zone
D Am
'Cause for the first time in forever
No Chord
I won't be alone
CHANGE CAPO TO 6TH FRET
Gm F
Tonight imagine me gowned and all
C B
Fetchingly draped against the wall
Dm B
The picture of sophisticated grace
Gm F
I suddenly see him standing there
C B
A beautiful stranger, tall and fair
Gm Dm
I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face
Dm
But then we laugh and talk all evening,
Am
Which is totally bizarre
C Dm
Nothing like the life I've led so far
Em F
For the first time in forever
Em F
There'll be magic, there'll be fun
Am F#
For the first time in forever
B Em
I could be noticed by someone
Fm E
And I know it is totally crazy
Am E
To dream I'd find romance
D Am
But for the first time in forever
A
At least I've got a chance
CHANGE CAPO TO 8TH FRET
G F
Don't let them in, don't let them see
C E
Be the good boy you always have to be
D Am
Conceal, don't feel, put on a show
D E
Make one wrong move and everyone will know
Am
But it's only for today
It's only for today
Em
It's agony to wait
It's agony to wait
D
Tell the guards to open up the gate
The gate
CHANGE CAPO TO 7TH FRET
Gm
For the first time in forever
Don't let them in, don't let them see
A
I'm getting what I'm dreaming of
Be the good boy you always have to be
G
A chance to change my lonely world
Conceal
F
A chance to find true love
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Em
I know it all ends tomorrow,
F
So it has to be today
B
'Cause for the first time in forever
F
For the first time in forever
Am
Nothing's in my way!