| E9 | E | |
| First time I | saw her |
| E9 | E | |
| She was | still in s | chool |
| 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 s | ince 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 t | op |
| 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 g | o away |
| E | E9 | E | E9 | E | |
| Away from | me |
| A9 | |
| You know that | time starts tickin' |
| Bsus | B | |
| When a l | ove 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 S | he don't | hear |
| E | |
| Me at a | ll |
| SOLO |
| A | |
| And she got | wild and restless |
| Bsus | |
| Tried | everything |
| B | |
| She could t | ake |
| E | |
| One | night I tried to stop her |
| F#9 | F# | |
| But | I was too l | ate |
| 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 l | ove y | ou |
| E | |
| To | Natalie |
| From David Crosby "Thousand Roads" |
| Atlantic Records 1993 |
| Copyright Stephen Bishop Publishing Co/Careers BMG(BMI) |