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Intro
One, two,
one, two, three, four
F G G/CmFm G
F G G/CmFm G
Verse 1
F G
This room feels smaller
G/Cm Fm
Now that I'm taller
G F
Now I've grown
G G/Cm
It seems a long way away.
Fm G F
From when we wrote down dates and words
Pre-Chorus
G G/Cm
And it's so clear.
Fm G F
This is where riddles start
G
Age three
G/Cm Fm
We were girls here once
F G G/CmFm
Chorus
F G
It was only yesterday
G/Cm Fm G
That we promised not to change.
F G
I'm so glad we kept our word 'cause
G/Cm Fm
Being 23's absurd
F G
We were girls first
G/Cm Fm G
We were girls first.
F G
It'll always be us
G/Cm Fm
'Cause we were girls first
F G G/Cm FmD
F G G/Cm Fm
Verse 2
F G
As we got older
G/Cm Fm G F
You both got smart but blond and I
G
I stay d the brunette
G/Cm Fm G F
Th? one who plays guitar and rhymes
Pre-Chorus
G
My mother told me
G/Cm Fm G F
To keep good company around
G
So us three
G/Cm Fm
Will be forever bound
Chorus
F G
It was only yesterday
G/Cm Fm G
That we promised not to change.
F G
I'm so glad we kept our word 'cause
G/Cm Fm G
Being 23's absurd
Bridge
F G
How did time Go by so fast?
Fm Fm
I still need you both to ask
F G
That regardless of the world was
G/Cm Fm
Still be together
Post-Chorus
F G
Girls. first
G/Cm Fm G
We were girls first
F G
It'll always be us
G/Cm Fm
'Cause we were girls first
F G G/Cm
Girls first.
Outro
G
Girls first
(Goodbye)
Song History
Published: February 19, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025