Our First Year chords by Chris Ledoux

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

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The winter wind was blowin' when we loaded that old truck
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With a few things that we had and all our dreams
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With my new bride there beside me we headed down the road
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I would show her places and things she'd never seen

Verse 2:

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First we went to Denver, Fort Worth, then San Antone
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She cheered me on at every rodeo
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But Houston finally ended and then San Angelo
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I didn't want to tell her but she knew that we were broke

Chorus:

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But she never complained when the winnin's didn't come
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She just took it all in stride
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And if I rode good or bit the dust, she was just as proud
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She was happy bein' by my side

Verse 3:

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Then in California the baby started showin'
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And all her clothes were gettin' way too small
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We couldn't spare the money to buy her any new ones
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She just wore my shirt and jeans and didn't mind at all

Verse 4:

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And early in the mornin' we'd wake up by the roadside
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I'd build a fire and she'd get out the eggs
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She'd cook us up some breakfast then we'd sit down there on the grass
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Lord, those were the best meals I guess I ever ate

Chorus:

     G+G    A augmentedA        D MajorD
But she never complained when the winnin's didn't come
G+G    A augmentedA       D MajorD
She just took it all in stride
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And if I rode good or bit the dust, she was just as proud
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She was happy bein' by my side

Verse 5:

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Well now those days are over, and somehow we got ahead
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That little gal I married's still here with me
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We finally got the house we planned down there beside the stream
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And all those old hard times are just cherished memories

Chorus:

     G+G    A augmentedA        D MajorD
But she never complained when the winnin's didn't come
G+G    A augmentedA       D MajorD
She just took it all in stride
    G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
And if I rode good or bit the dust, she was just as proud
G+G       A augmentedA     D MajorD
She was happy bein' by my side

Outro:

G+G       A augmentedA     D MajorD
She was happy bein' by my side