• Song:

    I Loved Her First

  • Artist:

    Heartland

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Intro chords:
E - C#m - A - A/Ab - F#m7 - B

Verse
 E (022100@1)                    C#mLook (x13321@4)at the two of you dancin' that way
A (x02220@1)         A/Ab (402220@1)     F#m (244222@1)         BLost (x2444x@1)in the moment and each other's face
E (022100@1)                     C#m (x13321@4)So much in love, you're alone in this place
             A (x02220@1)     A/Ab (402220@1)    F#m (244222@1)  B (x2444x@1)     
Like there's nobody else in the world

E (022100@1)                  C#mI (x13321@4)was enough for her not long ago
A (x02220@1)         A/Ab (402220@1)     F#m (244222@1)      BI (x2444x@1)was her number one, she told me so
        E (022100@1)                         C#mAnd (x13321@4)she still means the world to me just so you know
      A (x02220@1)          A/Ab (402220@1)    F#m (244222@1)     BSo (x2444x@1)be careful when you hold my girl

Pre-Chorus
C#m (x13321@4)                     A (x02220@1)
Time changes everything, life must go on
        E (022100@1)                     BAnd (x2444x@1)I'm not gonna stand in your way

Chorus
            E (022100@1)               C#mI (x13321@4)loved her first, I held her first
                  A (x02220@1)        A/Ab (402220@1)    F#mAnd (244222@1)a place in my heart will always be hers
         B (x2444x@1)              E (022100@1)                               C#mFrom (x13321@4)the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
           A (x02220@1)       A/Ab (402220@1)      F#m (244222@1)  B (x2444x@1)I knew the love of a father runs deep
      F#m (244222@1)              E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)   A/Ab (402220@1)           
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
         F#m (244222@1)           E (022100@1)   BBut (x2444x@1)it's still hard to give her away
            EI (022100@1)loved her first

Verse 2
E (022100@1)                       C#mHow (x13321@4)could that beautiful woman with you
A (x02220@1)            A/Ab (402220@1)    F#m (244222@1)         BBe (x2444x@1)the same freckled-face kid that I knew
E (022100@1)                       C#mThe (x13321@4)one that I read all those fairytales to
A (x02220@1)           A/Ab (402220@1)   F#m (244222@1)     BAnd (x2444x@1)tucked into bed all those nights

Pre-Chorus
C#m (x13321@4)                     AAnd (x02220@1)I knew the first time I saw you with her
        E (022100@1)                      BIt (x2444x@1)was only a matter of time

Chorus
             E (022100@1)              C#mI (x13321@4)loved her first, I held her first
                  A (x02220@1)        A/Ab (402220@1)    F#m7And (131141@2)a place in my heart will always be hers
         B (x2444x@1)              E (022100@1)                               C#mFrom (x13321@4)the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
           A (x02220@1)       A/Ab (402220@1)      F#m7 (131141@2)  B (x2444x@1)I knew the love of a father runs deep
      F#m7 (131141@2)              E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)  A/Ab (402220@1)            
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
         F#m7 (131141@2)          E (022100@1)    BBut (x2444x@1)it's still hard to give her away
            EI (022100@1)loved her first

Solo  E - C#m - A - A/Ab - F#m7

B (x2444x@1)              EFrom (022100@1)the first breath she breathed
                          C#mWhen (x13321@4)she first smiled at me
           A (x02220@1)       A/Ab (402220@1)      F#m7 (131141@2)  BI (x2444x@1)knew the love of a father runs deep
       F#m7 (131141@2)             E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)  A/AbSomeday (402220@1)you might know what I'm goin' through
          F#m7 (131141@2)         E (022100@1)    BWhen (x2444x@1)a miracle smiles up at you
            EI (022100@1)loved her first


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