I Loved Her First

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[Verse]

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Look at the two of you dancin' that way
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Lost in the moment and each other's face
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So much in love, you're alone in this place
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Like there's nobody else in the world

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I was enough for her not long ago
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I was her number one, she told me so
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And she still means the world to me just so you know
      G            G/F#        Em     A
So be careful when you hold my girl


[Pre-Chorus]

Bm                       G
Time changes everything, life must go on
        D                       A
And I'm not gonna stand in your way


[Chorus]

            D                 Bm
I loved her first, I held her first
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And a place in my heart will always be hers
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From the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
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I knew the love of a father runs deep
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And I prayed that she'd find you someday
         Em            D/F#      A
But it's still hard to give her away
            D
I loved her first


[Verse 2]

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How could that beautiful woman with you
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Be the same freckled-face kid that I knew

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The one that I read all those fairytales to
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And tucked into bed all those nights


[Pre-Chorus]

Bm                        G
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
        D                        A
It was only a matter of time


[Chorus]

            D                 Bm
I loved her first, I held her first
                  G          G/F#      Em
And a place in my heart will always be hers
         A                D                                 Bm
From the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
           G         G/F#        Em    A
I knew the love of a father runs deep
      Em                D/F#         G    G/F#
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
         Em            D/F#      A
But it's still hard to give her away
            D
I loved her first

         A                D
From the first breath she breathed
                          Bm
When she first smiled at me
           G         G/F#        Em    A
I knew the love of a father runs deep
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Someday you might know what I'm goin' through
          Em           D/F#      A
When a miracle smiles up at you
            D
I loved her first