Chords for First Girl I Loved
Tempo:
140.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
Eb
Bb
G
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
I [F] was in love with you [Eb] before I knew it meant [Bb] more than just wanting to be with you
I used [F] to look for [Abm] other girls [G] that looked like [Bb] you
[D] But [F] the laws of nature [Eb] said forget a son, [Bb] Lisa, that's what somebody told me
[F] I worried about [Abm] it a little [G] bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[F] I dreamt that you [D] were Joan of [Eb] [Bb] Arc and I was Don Quixote
[F] Everywhere [G] we went the world was tinfoil
[F] But I gave up dreaming [D] and [Eb] became a [Bb] priest
It put it right out of my system
[F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[Dm] Now you used to play [C] the guitar, [Dm] [E] we worked in [Gm] a country band
[D] I hung out [C] down on the riverbank [Dm] on Sunday
Your brother was [F] my closest [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
[Bbm] He used to [F] bring me home sometimes [Gm] from [C] high school
[Gm]
[F] I was [Eb] fifteen, the very first time [Bb] love broke completely inside me
[F] We were young [G] and we were learning about it together
[F] And we had enough of what [Eb] we thought we'd need [Bb] of those well-known secret fables
[F] We worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] I regret my life, I [Eb] won't be long enough to [Bb] make love to all the women that I'd like to
[F] Or least of all [G] to live with the ones I've loved
[F] And I've never regretted [Eb] a love affair [Bb] except one, and that's all over
[F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[F] Now I heard you [Eb] lived away up [Bb] north, your kids are fattin' plenty
[F] And I haven't seen [G] your brother since away last Easter
[F] And of every other girl [Eb] in the whole wide world, there's [Bb] just a little bit more like you
[F] I'd worry about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[Dm] Now you used to [C] play the guitar, [Dm] [Em] we worked in a [Gm] country band
[D] I hung out down [C] on the riverbank [D] on [Gm] Sunday
[Bb] Your brother was [F] my closest [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
[Bb] He used to bring [F] me home [Gm] sometimes from high [C] school Mmm
[F] [Eb]
[Bb]
[F] [G]
[F]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
[F]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
I [F] was in love with you [Eb] before I knew it meant [Bb] more than just wanting to be with you
I used [F] to look for [Abm] other girls [G] that looked like [Bb] you
[D] But [F] the laws of nature [Eb] said forget a son, [Bb] Lisa, that's what somebody told me
[F] I worried about [Abm] it a little [G] bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[F] I dreamt that you [D] were Joan of [Eb] [Bb] Arc and I was Don Quixote
[F] Everywhere [G] we went the world was tinfoil
[F] But I gave up dreaming [D] and [Eb] became a [Bb] priest
It put it right out of my system
[F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[Dm] Now you used to play [C] the guitar, [Dm] [E] we worked in [Gm] a country band
[D] I hung out [C] down on the riverbank [Dm] on Sunday
Your brother was [F] my closest [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
[Bbm] He used to [F] bring me home sometimes [Gm] from [C] high school
[Gm]
[F] I was [Eb] fifteen, the very first time [Bb] love broke completely inside me
[F] We were young [G] and we were learning about it together
[F] And we had enough of what [Eb] we thought we'd need [Bb] of those well-known secret fables
[F] We worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[F] I regret my life, I [Eb] won't be long enough to [Bb] make love to all the women that I'd like to
[F] Or least of all [G] to live with the ones I've loved
[F] And I've never regretted [Eb] a love affair [Bb] except one, and that's all over
[F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[F] Now I heard you [Eb] lived away up [Bb] north, your kids are fattin' plenty
[F] And I haven't seen [G] your brother since away last Easter
[F] And of every other girl [Eb] in the whole wide world, there's [Bb] just a little bit more like you
[F] I'd worry about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[Dm] Now you used to [C] play the guitar, [Dm] [Em] we worked in a [Gm] country band
[D] I hung out down [C] on the riverbank [D] on [Gm] Sunday
[Bb] Your brother was [F] my closest [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
[Bb] He used to bring [F] me home [Gm] sometimes from high [C] school Mmm
[F] [Eb]
[Bb]
[F] [G]
[F]
[Eb] [Bb]
[F]
[G] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
[F]
[F] [Bb]
Key:
F
Eb
Bb
G
Dm
F
Eb
Bb
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
I [F] was in love with you _ [Eb] before I knew it meant [Bb] more than just wanting to be with you
I used [F] to look for _ [Abm] other girls [G] that looked like [Bb] you
_ [D] But [F] the laws of nature [Eb] said forget a son, [Bb] Lisa, that's what somebody told me
[F] I worried about [Abm] it a little [G] bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] I dreamt that you [D] were Joan of [Eb] _ [Bb] Arc and I was Don _ Quixote
_ [F] _ _ Everywhere [G] we went the world was _ tinfoil
[F] But I gave up dreaming [D] and [Eb] became a [Bb] priest
It put it right out of my system
_ [F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dm] Now you used to play [C] the guitar, [Dm] [E] we worked in [Gm] a country _ band
_ [D] I hung out [C] down on the riverbank [Dm] on _ Sunday _ _
_ Your brother was [F] my closest [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
_ _ [Bbm] He used to [F] bring me home sometimes [Gm] from [C] high school _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] I was [Eb] fifteen, the very first time [Bb] love broke completely inside me
[F] We were young [G] and we were learning about it together
[F] And we had enough of what [Eb] we thought we'd need [Bb] of those well-known secret fables
_ [F] We worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] I regret my life, I [Eb] won't be long enough to [Bb] make love to all the women that I'd like to
[F] Or least of all [G] to live with the ones I've loved
[F] And I've never regretted [Eb] a love affair [Bb] except one, and that's all over
[F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] Now I heard you _ [Eb] lived away up [Bb] north, your kids are fattin' plenty
_ [F] And I haven't seen [G] your brother since away last Easter
[F] And of every other girl [Eb] in the whole wide world, there's [Bb] just a little bit more like you
[F] I'd worry about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dm] Now you used to _ [C] play the guitar, _ [Dm] [Em] we worked in a [Gm] country band
_ [D] I hung out down [C] on the riverbank [D] on [Gm] _ Sunday _ _
_ [Bb] Your brother was [F] my closest _ [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
_ _ [Bb] He used to bring [F] me home _ [Gm] sometimes from high [C] school _ _ _ Mmm _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
I [F] was in love with you _ [Eb] before I knew it meant [Bb] more than just wanting to be with you
I used [F] to look for _ [Abm] other girls [G] that looked like [Bb] you
_ [D] But [F] the laws of nature [Eb] said forget a son, [Bb] Lisa, that's what somebody told me
[F] I worried about [Abm] it a little [G] bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] I dreamt that you [D] were Joan of [Eb] _ [Bb] Arc and I was Don _ Quixote
_ [F] _ _ Everywhere [G] we went the world was _ tinfoil
[F] But I gave up dreaming [D] and [Eb] became a [Bb] priest
It put it right out of my system
_ [F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dm] Now you used to play [C] the guitar, [Dm] [E] we worked in [Gm] a country _ band
_ [D] I hung out [C] down on the riverbank [Dm] on _ Sunday _ _
_ Your brother was [F] my closest [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
_ _ [Bbm] He used to [F] bring me home sometimes [Gm] from [C] high school _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] I was [Eb] fifteen, the very first time [Bb] love broke completely inside me
[F] We were young [G] and we were learning about it together
[F] And we had enough of what [Eb] we thought we'd need [Bb] of those well-known secret fables
_ [F] We worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] I regret my life, I [Eb] won't be long enough to [Bb] make love to all the women that I'd like to
[F] Or least of all [G] to live with the ones I've loved
[F] And I've never regretted [Eb] a love affair [Bb] except one, and that's all over
[F] I worried about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [F] Now I heard you _ [Eb] lived away up [Bb] north, your kids are fattin' plenty
_ [F] And I haven't seen [G] your brother since away last Easter
[F] And of every other girl [Eb] in the whole wide world, there's [Bb] just a little bit more like you
[F] I'd worry about [G] it a little bit, but that's all
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Dm] Now you used to _ [C] play the guitar, _ [Dm] [Em] we worked in a [Gm] country band
_ [D] I hung out down [C] on the riverbank [D] on [Gm] _ Sunday _ _
_ [Bb] Your brother was [F] my closest _ [Eb] friend, he drove a pickup [Dm] truck
_ _ [Bb] He used to bring [F] me home _ [Gm] sometimes from high [C] school _ _ _ Mmm _ _ _ _
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