(F,*__ 4/4 Slow) mfb-Tim McGraw, by-Rick Ferrell and Keith Follese disclaimer
Verse 1 (Intro: F,
Eb, Bb, Dm, C, F, Eb, Bb, C)
F
Eb
It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen
Bb
I bought a Coke and some gasoline
F Eb Bb C
And I drove out to the county fair
F Eb
When I saw her for the first time
Bb
She was standing there in the ticket line
F Eb Bb
And it all started right then and there
C Bb C
Oh a sailor sky made a perfect sunset
Dm C
And that’s a day I’ll never forget
Chorus: (1st: I, 2nd: You)
F C
I had a barbecue stain on my white T-shirt
Bb C
She/You was killin' me in that mini-skirt
F C Dm C Bb
Skippin’ rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
C F C
She/You had a suntan line and red lipstick
Gm Am Bb C
I worked so hard for that first kiss and a (3rd to Ending)
Dm C Bb C F Eb-Bb-C
Heart don’t forget something like that
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Verse 2
F
Eb
Well it was five years later on a southbound plane
Bb
I was headin’ down to New Orleans
F
Eb Bb C
To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras
F Eb
When I heard a voice from the past
Bb
Comin’ from a few rows back
F
Eb Bb
And when I looked I couldn’t believe just what I saw,
C Bb C
She said, “I bet you don’t remember me”
Dm C
And I said, “Only ev’ry other memory”
Goto Chorus (You)
Music 1: F, Eb, Bb, Dm, C, F, Eb, Bb, Dm,
C
Bridge
Gm F
Like an old photograph time can make a feeling fade
Bb C
But the mem’ry of the first love never fades away
(Note: Do two quick strums for the next six chords)
Goto Chorus
Ending
Dm C Bb
Heart don’t forget
Dm C Bb
No, a heart don’t forget
Dm C Bb C F
I said, a heart don’t forget something like that
Eb Bb Dm C
Oh, not something like that
Music 2: F, Eb, Bb, C, F