Biography:
Roberta Flack (born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10th February 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer and musician. She is best known for her classic #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love", and for "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway.
Flack was the first, and remains the only, solo artist to win the Grammy
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face chords
Roberta Flack 1972 (Ewan MacColl)
Capo III
e|----------------|
B|-2-----2-3-3-2-0|
G|---2------------|
D|-----2----------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|2x
Or
A Bm E 2x
Bm E A
The first time, ever I saw your face
F#m C#m A D
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
E A
And the moon and the stars
E
Were the gifts you gave
G A
To the dark, and the endless sky
My love
G A
To the dark, and the endless skys
Bm E A
And the first time, ever I kissed your mouth
F#m C#m A D
I felt the earth move in my hands
E A
Like the trembling heart
E
Of a captive bird
G A
That was there, at my command
My love
G A
That was there, at my command
My love
Bm E A
And the first time, ever I lay with you
F#m C#m A D
I felt your heart so close to mine
E A
And I knew our joy
E
Would fill the earth
G A
And last, till the end of time
My love
G A
And it would last, till the end of time
My love
Bm A E A
The first time, ever I saw your face
E
Your face
A D
Your face
E D
Your face
Set8
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# This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
# song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face chords
Roberta Flack 1972 (Ewan MacColl)
Capo III
e|----------------|
B|-2-----2-3-3-2-0|
G|---2------------|
D|-----2----------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|2x
Or
A Bm E 2x
Bm E A
The first time, ever I saw your face
F#m C#m A D
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
E A
And the moon and the stars
E
Were the gifts you gave
G A
To the dark, and the endless sky
My love
G A
To the dark, and the endless skys
Bm E A
And the first time, ever I kissed your mouth
F#m C#m A D
I felt the earth move in my hands
E A
Like the trembling heart
E
Of a captive bird
G A
That was there, at my command
My love
G A
That was there, at my command
My love
Bm E A
And the first time, ever I lay with you
F#m C#m A D
I felt your heart so close to mine
E A
And I knew our joy
E
Would fill the earth
G A
And last, till the end of time
My love
G A
And it would last, till the end of time
My love
Bm A E A
The first time, ever I saw your face
E
Your face
A D
Your face
E D
Your face
Set8
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