First Girl I Loved Chords by The Incredible String Band

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_ _ First girl [Gm] I loved
[F] Time has come I will sing you this [E] sad goodbye _ song
[C] When I was seventeen
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_ [G] _ I used to [G] know you _ _ _ _ _
_ I haven't seen you now since [Gm] many's the short year
And [F] the last time I seen you said you joined the [E] church of _ Jesus
[C] But me I remember your long [C#] red hair
[G] Falling in our faces as I [Gm] kissed you
I _ _ _ _ _ _ want you [D] to know I just had to [G] go
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want you to know I just had to grow
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[D] _ _ [G] _ And you're [D] probably _ [C] married now
[A] House and car and [D] all _
_ [G] You turned _ _
[D#] into
_ [C] A grown up female [C#] _ stranger
[G] And if I was lying near you now
I wouldn't be here at all _ _
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_ We parted so [Gm] hard
_ [G] Me rushing round [Em] Britain with a guitar
[G] And making [C] love to [C#] people
I [G] didn't even like to see
_ I _ _ _ _ _ would think of [Gm] you
_ And [F] I mean in the six [E] at morning _
[C] And in the lonely [C#] midnight _
[G] Try to hold your face before me _ _ _ _ _
_ I want you to [G] know I just had to go
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[A] _ _ _ _ [G] I want you to [G] know I just had to grow
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[D] _ _ You're [D] probably _ [C] married [G] now
[A] Kids and [D] all
You _ [G] turned _ into
[D#] _ A [C] grown up female [C#] _ stranger
And [G] if I was lying near you [D] now
I'd just have to [G] fall _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Well I never _ _ [Gm] slept with you
[F] Though we must have met love [E] a thousand times
[C] We were [C#] just young
[G] Didn't have no place to go _ _
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_ But in the white hills
And beside [F] many a long [E] _ water
You [C] have gathered flowers
[C#]
And [G] they do not smell for _ me _ _ _
_ I want you to know I just had to go
I _
[G] _ _ _ _ _
want you to know I just had to grow
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So _ it's goodbye [C] _ first love
[A] And I hope you're [D] fine
I _
[G] _ have a sweet [D#] woman
Maybe [C] someday to bear babies [C#] by me
She is [G] pretty
She's _ [D] a true friend of [G] mine _ _ _ _
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