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My First Lover

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    September 27, 2015 4:19 PM PDT

    My First Lover - Gillian Welch / David Rawlings

    Time (The Revelator) - song 2

    CAPO 2ND FRET

    Banjo Capo 4th fret Tune B down to A & G down to F#

     

    A My C first D lover C A A

    A My C first D lover C A A

     

    A C D C (x4)

    He was tall and breezy with his long hair down

    But he gets a little hazy when I think of him now

     

    A My C first D lover C A A

    A My C first D lover C A A

     

    A C D C (X4)

    He was always talking tryin' to bring me down

    But I was not waiting for a white wedding gown

    From A My C first D lover C A A

    A C D C (x3) A G F# F

    Decending part A G F# F (X4)

    I do not remember any goin' wrong

    Just a record playin' that old Steve Miller song

    A7/C#? X00020 / X00000 / X00200 / X40000 / X42000 / X00200

    Quicksilver girl, quicksilver girl

    A C D C (x4)

    At a surfer party with the whiskey pourin'

    And the bottle rollin' I was on the floor

    A My C first D lover C A A

    A My C first D lover C A A

    A C D C (x3) A G F# F

    Decending part A G F# F (x4)

    I do not remember any fights or fits

    Just a shakey morning after callin it quits

    A With my firstlover

     

    A7/C#? X40020  X00020

    Quicksilver girl, quicksilver girl

    Quicksilver girl ... and she's X00020 free

    A C D C (x2) End A G F# F