Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life Chords
by John Denver
Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life by John Denver is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am, Em, D, A7 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
Today is the first day
C
of the rest of my life
Am
I wake as a child
Em
to see the world again
on monarch wings
Am Em
and birthday wonderings
D
want to put on faces
Am A7 D
walk in the wet and cold
G Bm Em
and look forward to my growing old
D
to grow is to change
Em
to change is to be new
Am
to be new is to be young again
C D
I barely remember when
Em Am Em
my memories are stolen by the morning
Em Am Em
blotted out by the sun's hypnotic eye
Em D
G
Today is the first day
C
of the rest of my life
Am
I wake as a child
Em
to see the world begin on monarch wings
Am Em
and birthday wonderings
D
want to put on faces
Am A7 D
walk in the wet and cold
G Bm Em
and look forward to my growing old