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I Loved Her First

This song is about a father struggling with letting go of his daughter and accepting her relationship with another man. In three sentences: The song expresses the deep love a father feels for his daughter from the moment she was born; While he wants her to be happy, it is difficult to see her with someone else and give her away knowing she was once his number one; The father finds comfort knowing that the love of a father runs deep and hopes that one day the man will understand what it is like to love a child first.

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I Loved Her First

This song is about a father struggling with letting go of his daughter and accepting her relationship with another man. In three sentences: The song expresses the deep love a father feels for his daughter from the moment she was born; While he wants her to be happy, it is difficult to see her with someone else and give her away knowing she was once his number one; The father finds comfort knowing that the love of a father runs deep and hopes that one day the man will understand what it is like to love a child first.

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Heartland — I Loved Her First

Tuning: E A D G B E

Heartland - I Loved Her First


Capo 2

[Intro]

D Bm G G/F# Em A

[Verse]

D Bm
Look at the two of you dancin' that way
G G/F# Em A
Lost in the moment and each other's face
D Bm
So much in love, you're alone in this place
G G/F# Em A
Like there's nobody else in the world

D Bm
I was enough for her not long ago
G G/F# Em A
I was her number one, she told me so
D Bm
And she still means the world to me just so you know
G G/F# Em A
So be careful when you hold my girl

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm G
Time changes everything, life must go on
D A
And I'm not gonna stand in your way

[Chorus]

D Bm
I loved her first, I held her first
G G/F# Em
And a place in my heart will always be hers
A D Bm
From the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
G G/F# Em A
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Em D/F# G G/F#
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
Em D/F# A
But it's still hard to give her away
D
I loved her first

[Verse 2]

D Bm
How could that beautiful woman with you
G G/F# Em A
Be the same freckled-face kid that I knew

D Bm
The one that I read all those fairytales to
G G/F# Em A
And tucked into bed all those nights

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm G
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
D A
It was only a matter of time

[Chorus]

D Bm
I loved her first, I held her first
G G/F# Em
And a place in my heart will always be hers
A D Bm
From the first breath she breathed when she first smiled at me
G G/F# Em A
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Em D/F# G G/F#
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
Em D/F# A
But it's still hard to give her away
D
I loved her first

A D
From the first breath she breathed
Bm
When she first smiled at me
G G/F# Em A
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Em D/F# G G/F#
Someday you might know what I'm goin' through
Em D/F# A
When a miracle smiles up at you
D
I loved her first

Ooh, ooh

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