MY FIRST LOVER
As recorded by Gillian Welch
(From the 2001 Album TIME (THE REVELATOR))



Capo 2nd fret



[Intro]




[Refrain 1]
          
My first lover
           
My first lover


[Verse 1]
            
He was tall an

  
d breezy with 

his long hair 

down
              
But he gets a 

            
little hazy wh

             
en I think of 

    
him now


[Refrain 1]
          
My first lover
           
My first lover


[Verse 2]

He was always 

talking tryin'

 to bring me d

own

But I was not 

waiting for a 

white wedding 

gown


[Refrain 1]
            
From my first 

   
lover


[Interlude]
          
    


[Verse 3]
             
I do not remem

             
ber any going 

 
wrong
            
Just a record 

             
playin' that o

             
ld Steve Mille

      
r song


[Refrain 2]

Quicksilver gi

rl

Quicksilver gi

rl


[Verse 4]
            
At a surfer pa

              
rty with the w

      
hiskey pourin'
             
And the bottle

             
 rollin' I was

       
 on the floor


[Refrain 1]
             
With my first 

  
lover
          
My first lover


[Interlude]
                


[Verse 5]
           
I do not remem

            
ber any fights

       
 or fits
           
Just a shaky m

             
orning after c

            
allin' it quit

  
s


[Refrain 1]
             
With my first 

  
lover


[Outro]

Quicksilver gi

rl

Quicksilver gi

rl

Quicksilver gi

rl

Quicksilver gi

rl

And she's free