My First Lover chords by Gillian Welch

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Intro:

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🎸 Refrain 1:
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My first lover
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My first lover




🎸 Verse 1:
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He was tall and breezy with his long hair down
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But he gets a little hazy when I think of him now

🎸 Refrain 1:
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My first lover
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My first lover


🎸 Verse 2:
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He was always talking tryin' to bring me down
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But I was not waiting for a white wedding gown


🎸 Refrain 1:
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From my first lover


🎸 Interlude:
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🎸 Verse 3:
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I do not remember any going wrong
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Just a record playin' that old Steve Miller song


🎸 Refrain 2:
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Quicksilver girl
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Quicksilver girl


🎸 Verse 4:
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At a surfer party with the whiskey pourin'
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And the bottle rollin' I was on the floor


🎸 Refrain 1:
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With my first lover
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My first lover


🎸 Interlude:
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🎸 Verse 5:
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I do not remember any fights or fits
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Just a shaky morning after callin' it quits


🎸 Refrain 1:
        C       A
With my first lover


🎸 Outro:
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Quicksilver girl
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Quicksilver girl
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Quicksilver girl
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Quicksilver girl
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And she's free