Chords for The Incredible String Band - The First Girl Loved

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