John Hartford - First Girl I Loved Chords

[Intro]
F      Cm7      F      Cm7
 
 
[Verse]
         F                 Cm7
I was in love with you, well-before I knew
        Bb
It meant more than just wanting to be with you
   F                G                    Riff
I used to look for other girls that looked like you
 
        F                     Cm7
But the laws of nature said, 'forget it, son'
       Bb
'Least that's what somebody told me
  F                 G                   Riff
I worried about it a little bit, but that's all
 
  F                   Cm7
I dreamt that you were Joan-of Arc
    Bb
And I was Don Quixote
F                G                  Riff
And everywhere we went the world was tin-foil
 
      F                     Cm7
But I gave up dreaming, and became a priest
    Bb
And put it right out of my system
F                    G                   Riff
I worried about it a little bit, but that's all
 
 
[Bridge]
F      Cm7      F      Cm7
 
 
         Dm               C
Now you used to play the guitar
    F                Gm7
We worked in a country band
        Dm              C             F      Gm7
I hung out down on the river bank, on Sun----day
     Bb             F
Your brother was my closest friend
    Gm7             F
He drove a pickup truck
   Bb               F                    Gm7    C           Bb
He used to bring me home sometimes, from high school
 
 
       F                  Cm7
Now I was fifteen, oh the very first time
 Bb
Love broke completely inside me
F                         G                  Riff
We were young, and we were learning about it together
 
       F                     Cm7
And we had enough of what we thought we'd need
         Bb
Of those well-known secret fables
   F                  G                      Riff
We worried about it a little bit, but that's all
 
 
[Bridge]
F      Cm7      F      Cm7
 
  F                       Cm7
I regret my life won't be long enough
        Bb
To make love to all the women that I'd like to
   F                G                       Riff
Or least of all, to live with the ones I've loved
 
    F                      Cm7
And I've never regretted a love affair
      Bb
Except one and that's all over
 F                   G                     Riff
I worried about it a little bit, but that's all
 
 
[Bridge]
F      Cm7      F      Cm7
 
     F                  Cm7
Now I heard you lived a-way up north
     Bb
Your kids are fat and plenty
     F                  G                        Riff
And I haven't seen your brother since a-way last Easter
 
       F                      Cm7
And if every other girl in the whole wide world
           Bb
Was just a little bit more like you
    F                G                      Riff
I'd worry about it a little bit, but that's all
 
 
[Bridge]
F      Cm7      F      Cm7
 
 
Dm               C
Now you used to play the guitar
    F                Gm7
We worked in a country band
        Dm              C             F      Gm7
I hung out down on the river bank, on Sun----day
     Bb             F
Your brother was my closest friend
    Gm7             F
He drove a pickup truck
   Bb               F                    Gm7    C     Bb
He used to bring me home sometimes, from high school
 
 
[Outro]
 
F        Cm7         F        Cm7
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