I Loved Her First

(E)Look at the two of you,

(C#m7)dancin' that way,

(A)lost in the moment and (F#m7)each other's (B)face.

(E)So much in love, you're alone in this place,

like there's (A)nobody else in the world.

(E)I was enough for her (C#m7)not long ago.

(A)I was her (E)number one;

(F#m7)she told me so.

And she still means the world to me,

(C#m7)just so you know.

So, be (A)careful when (E)you hold my girl.

And (C#m)Time changes ev'rything, (A)life must go on and I'm (E)not gonna stand in your way.

(B)I loved her first,

I held her first and a place in my (A)heart will (E)always be hers.

From the (B)first breath she breathed,

when she first smiled at me,

I knew the love of a father runs (F#m7)deep.

(B)And I (F#m7)prayed that she'd find you (A)someday.

(E)But it's (F#m7)still hard to (E)give her away;

(B7)I loved her first.

(E)How could that beautiful (C#m7)woman with you (A)be the same (E)frecklefaced (F#m7)kid that I knew;

And she still that I read all those (C#m7)fairy tales to

So, and (A)tucked into (E)bed all those nights.

And (C#m)I knew the first time I (A)saw you with her,

it was (E)only a matter of time.

(B)I loved her first,

I held her first and a place in my (A)heart will (E)always be hers.

From the (B)first breath she breathed,

when she first smiled at me,

I knew the love of a father runs (F#m7)deep.

(B)And I (F#m7)prayed that she'd find you (A)someday.

(E)But it's (F#m7)still hard to (E)give her away;

(B7)I loved her first.

(B7)I loved her first.

(F#m7)From the (B)first breath she breathed,

when she first smiled at me,

I knew the love of a father runs (F#m7)deep.

(B)Someday you (F#m7)might know what I'm goin' through,

(E)when a (F#m7)miracle (E)smiles up at you.

(B7)I loved her first.