The Kinks – First Time We Fall In Love (Guitar)

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How well I remember my very first love affair.

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Those juvenile fantasies and innocent dreams we shared.

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But we're too blind to realize that we are totally unprepared

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For the first time we fall in love.

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We think it's forever, the first time we fall in love.

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We always treasure the first time we fall in love.

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Those other romances come and go,

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But we cherish the memory of

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The first time we fall in love.

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First love can be such a strain.

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It can rule your head, it can bring you pain,

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And when it ends it seems such a shame.

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The first time we fall in love,

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Can make you sad, it can keep you awake,

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It can drive you mad.

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People say you're too young and it's only a fad

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The first time we fall in love.

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The first time we fall in love.

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The first time I fell out of love, it knocked me through the floor.

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My world came crashing down, it shook me to the core.

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I was unprepared 'cos I was only a kid

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And I was much too young and I wasn't equipped

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For the emotional pressures and stresses of it.

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But oh, I'll never forget

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The way that she looked the first time we met.

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Time goes by but we never forget

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The first time we fall in love.

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Love can be exciting, it can be a bloody bore.

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Love can be a pleasure or nothing but a chore.

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Love can be like a dull routine,

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It can run you around till you're out of steam.

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It can treat you well, it can treat you mean,

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Love can mess you around,

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I can pick you up, it can bring you down.

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But they'll never know The feelings we show

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The first time we fall in love.

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The first time we fall in love.