E9 E
First time I saw her
E9 E
She was still in school
E9
Chewin' on a pencil
E
Playin' pool
A F#m
Stayin' up all night
E E9 E E9 E
Full of dreams
E9 E
I've known her family
E9 E
Ever since we were small
E9
Gettin' in trouble
E
Drivin' our folks up the wall
B A
Wastin' time
E E9 E E9 E
Yeah....but we had fun
E
She was gonna
A9
Ride her bike to China
Bsus B
Sail away on a bottle top
E
And as the years passed by
F#9 F#
One night I held her close to me
A9
That was the first time I
Bsus B
Said I love you
E E9 E E9 E
To Natalie
E9 E
Carousel was crowded
E9 E
So we talked for a while
E9
Natalie said, "Baby,
E
You know I miss your smile...
A F#m
Whenever you go away
E E9 E E9 E
Away from me
A9
You know that time starts tickin'
Bsus B
When a love starts to fade
Esus E
I knew something was wrong but still
F#9 F#
I thought we had it made
A
The first time I
Bsus B
Said I love you
E
To Natalie
A9
That was the first time I
Bsus B
Said I love you
A E
To Natalie
D F#m
Now I look at her pictures
A B
And I talk to the walls
D F#m
Call out her name
D A
But She don't hear
E
Me at all
SOLO
A
And she got wild and restless
Bsus
Tried everything
B
She could take
E
One night I tried to stop her
F#9 F#
But I was too late
A
That was the last time I
Bsus B
Said I love you
E
To Natalie
A
And that was the last time I
Bsus B
Said I love you
E
To Natalie
From David Crosby "Thousand Roads"
Atlantic Records 1993
Copyright Stephen Bishop Publishing Co/Careers BMG(BMI)
