Our First Year Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]The winter wind was blowin'
when we [G]loaded that old truck
With a [A]few things that we had
and all our [D]dreams.
With my new bride there beside
me we [G]headed down the road
[A]I would show her places and
[G]things she'd [A]never seen
[D]

[Verse 2]
First we went to Denver,
fort [G]worth, then San Antone
She [A]cheered me on at every [D]rodeo,
But Houston finally ended an
[G]d then San Angelo
[A]I didn't want to tell her but she
[G]knew that [A]we were [D]broke.

[Verse 3]
Chorus [D]But
she [G]never com[A]plained when the
[D]winnin's didn't com[G]e
She just [A]took it all in [D]stride,
And if [G]I rode good or b[A]it the dust,
[D]she was just as proud
[G]She was happy [A]bein' by my side
[D]

[Verse 4]
[D]Then in California [G]the baby
started showin'
And [A]all her clothes were
gettin' way too [D]small
We couldn't spare the money
[G]to buy her [D]any [G]new ones
[A]She just wore my shirt and jeans
and [G]didn't [A]mind at all.
[D]

[Verse 5]
And early in the mornin' we'd
wake up [G]by the roadside
[A]I'd build a fire and she'd
get out the [D]eggs
She'd cook us up some breakfast then
we'd [G]sit down there on the grass
[A]Lord, those were the best meals I
guess I ever [D]ate.[G][A][D]

[Interlude 1]
Chorus
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[G][A][D]

[Verse 6]
Well now those days are [D]over,
[G]and somehow we got ahead
That [A]little gal I married's still
here [D]with me
We finally got the house we planned
[G]down there beside the stream
[A]And all those old hard times
are just [G]cherished [A]memories.
[D]Cho[G]rus[A][D]

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][A][D][G][A][D]

[Verse 7]
[G]She was happy [A]bein' by
[D]my [G]sid[A]e.

[Outro 1]
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