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First Girl I Loved

John Hartford

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It is difficult to convey the timing, but the strokes come late. Listen to a recording better understand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHycs0196lU Run (Guitar): ------------------------| ------------------------| ------------------------| ----------------1--2--3-| ----0--1--2--4----------| -3----------------------| Run (Guitar)(alternative): --------------------------| --------------------------| --------------------------| --------------------------| ---------------5--6--7--8-| -3--5--6--7--8------------| Run (Mandolin): ------------------------| ------------------------| ----------------1--2--3-| -0--2--3--4--6----------| F Cm7 F Cm7 F Ebsus2 I was in love with you oh before I knew Bb Bb_ It meant more than just wanting to be with you Fsus2 G7 Run I used to look for other girls that looked like you F Ebsus2 But the laws of nature said forget it son Bb Bb Least that's what somebody told me Fsus2 G7 Run I worried about it a little bit, but that's all I dreamt that you we Joan of Arc and I was Don Quixote And everywhere we went the world was tinfoil But I gave up dreaming and became a priest It put it right out of my system I worried about it a little bit, but that's all Chorus: Dm C Now you used to play the guitar Dm C Bb Gm We worked in a country band Dm C Gm C Gm7 C We hung out down on the river bank on Sun---Days Bb F Your brother was my closest friend Gm7 Fmaj7 He drove a pickup truck Bb F C C Gm7 C He used to bring me home sometimes from highschool Now I was fifteen oh the very first time Love broke completely inside me We were young and we were learning about it together And we had enough of what we thought we'd need of those Well known secret fables We worried about it a little bit, but that's all I regret that life won't be long enough To make love to all the women that I'd like to Or least of all to live with the ones I've loved But I've never regretted a love affair Except one but that's all over I worried about it a little bit, but that's all Now I heard you lived way up north Your kids are fat and plenty And I haven't seen you brother since way last Easter And if every other girl in the whole wide world Was just a little bit more like you I'd worry about it a little bit, but that's all Chorus
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