Capo
1
Difficulty
Intermediate πͺ
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: Ab
β₯ Intro:
N.C. G
One, two, three
β₯ Verse 1:
G C
There's creamer on the counter, and there's coffee on the stove
G C
You take a real short shower so the water don't run cold
Am C
You crank up the car and scrape the windshield when it snows
G C D
I out kicked my coverage and it's weird you don't think so
β₯ Chorus:
C G
You're not the first "I love you" that I've said or I've been told
C G
But you're the first that has me getting scared of getting old
Em D G C
Yeah it's the first time I'm pretty sure I'd rather die than give you up
Em G C
When we're in our eighties I hope He takes me first, love
Am
Mmm
β₯ Verse 2:
G C
I hear you singing in the kitchen, watch you dancin' in bare feet
G C
You call to say "I miss you" soon as I pull off our street
Am C
I couldn't paint you better even if I was Van Gogh
G C G
Punchin' way out of my weight class and it's weird you don't think so
β₯ Chorus:
C G
You're not the first "I love you" that I've said or I've been told
C G
But you're the first that has me getting scared of getting old
Em D G C
Yeah it's the first time I'm pretty sure I'd rather die than give you up
Em G C
When we're in our eighties I hope He takes me first, love
Am Em
Mmm
β₯ Bridge:
G C
Just a simple prayer, I got
Am Em
Mmm
G
'Cause if you're gone my world would stop
Harmonica β₯ Solo:
C G C G
Em D/F# G C
Em G C D
Out-β₯ Chorus:
C G
You're not the first "I love you" that I've said or I've been told
C G
But you're the first that has me getting scared of getting old
Em D G C
Yeah it's the first time I'm pretty sure I'd rather die than give you up
Em G C
When we're in our eighties I hope He takes me first, love
Am
Mmm
C Am
Mmm
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Song History
Published: March 16, 2025
Last Updated: March 18, 2026