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Play with capo on 1st fret. Chord names and shapes are relative
to capo position.
E = 022100 D = xx0232
A = x02220 C#m = x46654
B = x24442 F#m = 244222
G#m = 466444

E D A C#m B (repeat x 2)
INTRO
Verse 1
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E D
It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen,
A
I bought a coke and some gasoline,
E D A B
And I drove out to the county fair.
E D
When I saw her for the first time
A
She was standing there in the ticket line,
E D A B
And it all started right then and there.
A B
Ohh a sailor sky made a perfect sunset,
A B
And that's a day I'll never forget.
Verse 2
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E D
It was five years later on a southbound plane,
A
I was headed down to New Orleans.
E D A B
To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras.
E D
When I heard a voice from the past,
A
Coming from a few rows back,
E D A
And when I looked I couldn't believe just what I saw.
A B
She said "I bet you don't remember me."
A B
And I said "Only every other memory".
*REPEAT CHORUS*
E D A C#m B (repeat x 2)
INSTRUMENTAL
F#m E
Like an old photograph time can make a feeling fade,
A B
But the memory of the first love never fades away.
*REPEAT CHORUS*
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