First Love Chords
by Alan Jackson
First Love by Alan Jackson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO D A D G D A D
D A
I was fifteen, she was eighteen,
D G D
The prettiest thing I'd ever seen in my life.
A
An' I loved her at first sight.
D A D G
I found her in Marietta, a town north of Atlanta.
D A
I brought her home to see my folks,
D
They loved her too.
VERSE 2:
D A
We were together for a long time,
D G
Thought it would be for all time.
D A
But things change and re-arrange, she had to go.
D G D G
She left me cryin' in '79, an airline pilot in Caroline.
D A
I was a wreck, can't drive a check:
D
It broke my heart.
D G A
My first love was an older woman.
G
There's been many since,
A
But there'll never be another.
D G D G
Built in nineteen fifty-five, snowshoe white, overdrive,
D A
I should've never sold her, I'll always love her,
D
She was mine.
SOLO:
VERSE 3:
D A
Years went by, teardrops dried;
D G
I got her back, I was surprised.
D A
In '93, a gift to me on Christmas Eve.
D G
We were both older, so I restored her.
D G
Could've sold her, for alot more.
D A
But I will never, she's mine forever,
D
Until I go.
G A
My first love was an older woman.
G
There's been many since,
A
But there'll never be another.
D G D G
Built in nineteen fifty-five, snowshoe white, overdrive,
D A
I should've never sold her, I'll always love her,
D
She was mine.
G D A
I'll never sell her, she's mine forever,
D
I love her so.