Автор мелодии: Ewan MacColl
1962c. This song performed by many, and all I've heard leave out the
last 5 measures of verses 1,2,3 and after 3rd verse go on to another 9
measures as notated in this version. I have tabbed this from sheet
music and have changed the odd Bb note here and there.
3 -4~~~~ -4~~~~~ -4 5 -5 5 4 3~~~~~~~
The first- time--/ ev-er I/saw your face--/---/
And the first time/ ever I/kissed your mouth/--/
And the first time/ ever I/ lay with you--/--/
4 5~~~~~ 5 -5~~~~ 6~~~ 6 6 6~~ -6 6-55 -4~
I thought the sun/--rose-/-in your eyes---- /
I felt--the earth/--move-/-in my hand-----/--/
I felt-your heart/--so---/-close to mine---/--/
~~ 3 3 6~~~~ 6 6 -5~~~~~~~ 5 -4
/ And the moon/--and the stars--/- were the/
/like the trem/-bling--- heart--/- of a /
/ and I knew/--our joy---/-it would /
5 4 3~~~~~~~ 3~~~~ 3 -4~~~~~~~~
gifts you gave--/- to- /- the dark---/
cap-tive bird--/- that-/- was there--/
fill the earth-/- and--/------last--/
~ -4 -4 4 -4 4~~~~~ 3 3~~~~
and the end-less/skies--my love-/ to v2
at my com---/mand----my love-/ to v3
til the end of /time----my love-/to final 9 bars
3 -4 -4~~~~~~ -4 5 -5 5 -5 5 -4~~~~~~~
The first time---/- ev-er I/saw---- /---/
4 4 -4 -4~~~ 5 5~~~~~~6 6
your face / your face--/ your face-/-your/face//
Yours Harmusman