When I First Met Your Ma Chords by Paul Kelly

[G] The next song is a love story
Told by a father to a child _ _
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[G] _ [Cm] When I first met your [G] mother I [C] _ _
[G] _ [C] was working the [G] bar _ _ _
[C] _ She walked in with my [G] girlfriend _ _ _
[D] _ [A] My foolish girlfriend brought her [D] there
She _
[G] _ [C] looked so pretty [G] and dangerous
[C] She _
[G] _ _ [C] brushed [G] back her hair _ _
[C] _ _ And I was [G] not the only one _
[D] taking notice
[G] in that bar _ _
[C] _ [D] When I first laid [G] eyes on your mom
_ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ When [C] I first [G] kissed your mother [C] I _ [G] _ _
was single once again
_ _ _ [C] _ We walked through [G] Fitzroy Gardens
[D] There she took my hand
_ _ [G] _ [C] Could not [G] stop kissing
Then _ _ [C] she [G] whispered in my ear I
[C] _ _ _
[G] Gotta be home soon.
_ [D] I gotta get home
So let's not [G] go too far
When [C] _ [D] I first [G] kissed your _ mom
[C] _ _ [D]
Love [G] like a bird flies away
[C] You [D] _
[G] find out the only way
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] Love like a bird [G] flies away
When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] we first [G] lay together _ _ _ _
Inside of father's house
_ [C] _ We tried [G] so to be quiet
Me [D] _ I was I was just as quiet as a little church mouse
[G] _ Then [C] her [G] dad came pounding
[C] [G] Said get out of there boy
Get out of my daughter's room
[C] I walked five [G] miles in Melvin [D] rain
But I could have walked [G] ten _ miles
[C] When [D] I first loved [G] you
_ _ [C] You _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
find [G] out the only way
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] Love like a [G] bird flies away _
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_ _ [C] You _ [D] _ [G] find out the only way
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
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Love [G] like a bird flies away Fly
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_ [Em] Away [G] fly
[C] _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ Mama _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
never told me [Em] love's gonna jump [G] out the [C] window one day and fly [G] away
But _ _ _ you know sometimes you know sometimes love comes right on back again
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I Schneider flew on both of the top from North Ca pitoria.