IntroEDAC#mB (repeat x 2)
Verse 1ED
It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen,
I bought a coke and some gasoline,
EDAB
And I drove out to the county fair.
ED
When I saw her for the first time
A
She was standing there in the ticket line,
EDAB
And it all started right then and there.
AB
Ohh a sailor sky made a perfect sunset,
AB
And that's a day I'll never forget.
ChorusEB
I had a bbq stain on my white t-shirt,
AB
She was killing me in that mini skirt.
EBC#mBAB
Skipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracks.
EB
She had a suntan line and red lipstick,
F#mG#mAB
I worked so hard for that first kiss,
C#mBABEDAC#mB
And a heart don't forget something like that.
Verse 2ED
It was five years later on a southbound plane,
A
I was headed down to New Orleans.
EDAB
To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras.
ED
When I heard a voice from the past,
A
Coming from a few rows back,
EDAB
And when I looked I couldn't believe just what I saw.
AB
She said "I bet you don't remember me."
AB
And I said "Only every other memory".
[Repeat ChorusInstrumentalEDAC#mB (repeat x 2)
F#mE
Like an old photograph time can make a feeling fade,
AB
But the memory of the first love never fades away.
[Repeat ChorusOutroEDAC#mB
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