Hozier - First Time: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "First Time" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn First Time ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "First Time" smoothly on your ukulele.

  C#                      G#
Remember once I told you about
      D#m7
How before I heard it from your mouth
    C#                    G#         D#m7
My name would always hit my ears as such an awful
sound
         C#                         G#
And the soul, if that's what you'd call it
  D#m7                            C#            G#
Uneasy ally of the body, it felt nameless as a river
      F#           D#m7
Undiscovered underground

         C#                  G#
And the first time that you kissed me
        D#m7
I drank dry the River Lithe
     C#                    G#            D#m7
The Liffey would have been softer on my stomach
all the same
         C#               G#
But you spoke some quick new music
     D#m7
That went so far to soothe this soul
       C#            G#        D#m7
As it was and ever shall be, unearth without a name

Chorus:
 C#           G#      D#m7
Some part of me must have died
      C#                 G#          F#
The first time that you called me, "Baby"
     C#          G#        D#m7
And some part of me came alive
     C#                  G#          F#
The first time that you called me, "Baby"

These days I think I owe my life
To flowers that were left here by my mother
Ain't that like them, giftin' life to you again
This life lived mostly underground
Unknowin' either sight nor sound
'Til reachin' up for sunlight just
to be ripped out by the stem

Sensing only now it's dyin'
Drying out, then drowning blindly
Bloomin' forth its every colour
In the moments it has left
To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering, but fighting off
like all creation
The absence of itself, anyway

Chorus:
Some part of me must have died
Each time that you called me, "Baby"
But some part of me stayed alive
Each time that you called, each time
that you called

      C#
Come here
       G#   D#m7
Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-la
           C#        G#        F#
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around
 C#     G#              D#m7
Ooh-la-la, come here, ooh-la-la
          C#        G#         F#
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around

The last time it was heard out loud
The perfect genius of our hands and mouths
were shocked
To resignation as the arguing declined
When I was young I used to guess
Are there limits to any emptiness?
When was the last time
Come here to me, when was the last time?

Chorus:
Some part of me must have died
The final time that you called me, "Baby"
But some part of me came alive
The final time you called me, "Baby"

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

C#

Ukulele chord C#

D#m7

Ukulele chord D#m7

F#

Ukulele chord F#

G#

Ukulele chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "First Time" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "First Time" by Hozier.