Date: 8/15/97; 4:01:10 PM
From: Dakota4954@aol.com
Subject: "Our First Year", by Chris LeDoux

This song is found on Chris LeDoux's "Sing Me a Song, Mr. Rodeo Man" that
came out in 1992. Play it with a simple "pluck, strum, pluck, strum".

OUR FIRST YEARS, by Chris LeDoux
                                 Transcribed by Diron Ahlquist

[D]The winter wind was blowin' when we [G]loaded that old truck

With a [A7]few things that we had and all our [D]dreams.

With my [D]new bride there beside me we [G]headed down the road

[A7]I would show her places and [G]things she'd [A7]never [D]seen


[D]First we went to Denver, Fort [G]Worth, then San Antone

She [A7]cheered me on at every rode[D]o,

But [D]Houston finally ended and then [G]San Angelo

I [A7]didn't want to tell her but she [G]knew that [A7]we were [D]broke.


CHORUS

But she [G]never com[A7]plained when the [D]winnin's didn't come

[G]She just [A7]took it all in [D]stride,

And if [G]I rode good or [A7]bit the dust, [D]she was just as proud

[G]She was happy [A7]bein' by my [D]side


[D]Then in California the [G]baby started showin'

And [A7]all her clothes were gettin' way too [D]small

We [D]couldn't spare the money to [G]buy her any new ones

[A7]She just wore my shirt and jeans and [G]didn't [A7]mind at [D]all.


And [D]early in the mornin' we'd [G]wake up by the roadside

[A7]I'd build a fire and she'd get out the [D]eggs

She'd [D]cook us up some breakfast then we'd [G[sit down there on the grass

[A7]Lord, those were the best meals I [G]guess I [A7]ever [D]ate.

CHORUS

Well [D]now those days are over, and [G]somehow we got ahead

That [A7]little gal I married's still here with [D]me

We [D]finally got the house we planned [G]down there beside the stream

And [A7]all those old hard times are just [G]cherished [A7]memor[D]ies.

CHORUS

[G]She was happy [A7]bein' by my [D]side.