Paul Kelly – When I First Met Your Ma (Guitar)
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Song: When I First Met Your Ma
There are several different Paul Kelly recordings of this song.
Album: Hidden Things – 1992 (by Paul Kelly and the Messengers) (non acoustic)
Album: Triple M Cordless – 1993 – acoustic with vocal harmonies. (Different key)
Album: Songs from the South Volume 1 – 1997 (re-recorded acoustic version)
Album: Songs from the South Vol 1 & 2 – 2008 (same as 1997 version)
Album: Songs from the South: 1985–2019 – (acoustic live version)
CHORDS EADGBe
G 320003
C6/G 302013
C/G 332010
D/F# 200232
D xx0232
NC No Chord (tacet - do not play)No Capo
This Tab based on acoustic Songs of the South Volume 1 (and 2 CD volume 1 & 2).
In my opinion this is the nicest version of the song.
[INTRO]
G C6/G G C6/G
G C6/G G C6/G
[VERSE]
G C6/G G C6/G When I first met your mother G C6/G G I was playing in a bar C/G G She walked in with my girlfriend D/F# My foolish girlfriend brought her there G C6/G G C6/G She looked so pretty and dangerous G C6/G G As she brushed back her hair C/G G And I was not the only one D/F# G Taking notice in that bar C/G D G C6/G G C6/G When I first met your ma
[VERSE]
G C6/G G C6/G When I first kissed your mother G C6/G G I was single once again C/G G We walked through Fitzroy Gardens D/F# There she took my hand G C6/G G C6/G We could not stop our kissing G C6/G G Then she whispered in my ear C/G G 'Soon you'll get to know me - baby D/F# G So let's not go too far C/G D G When I first kissed your ma
[CHORUS]
C/G D G Love like a bird flies away C/G D G You'll find out the only way C/G D/F# G C6/G G C6/G Love like a bird flies away
[HARMONICA]
G C6/G G C6/G
[VERSE]
G C6/G G C6/G When we first lay together G C6/G G Inside her father's house C/G G We tried so to be quiet D/F# As we held each other close G C6/G G C6/G Then her dad came bounding G C6/G G C6/G He said, “get out of boy, get out of my daughter’s room” C/G G I walked two miles in Melbourne rain D/F# G I probably could have walked ten more C/G D/F# G When I first loved your ma
[CHORUS]
C/G D G Love like a bird flies away C/G D G You'll find out the only way C/G D/F# G C6/G G C6/G Love like a bird flies away
[HARMONICA] to verse chords
G | C6/G | G | |
C/G | | G | |
D/F# | | | |
G | C6/G | G | C6/G |
G | C6/G | G | |
C/G | | G | |
D/F# | | G | |
[CHORUS]
C/G D G Love like a bird flies away C/G D G strum / You'll find out the only way NC G C6/G G C6/G G Love like a bird flies away