First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash

Intro: C(2x) - [Dm] - G (1 note: x-xx, and so on...)

[Dm] [G] [C] (3-2-0)
The first time...ever I saw your face,
[Am7]I thought the sun rose.[Em7] ..in your [F]eyes.
[C] And the moon and stars.[G] ..were the [C]gifts you gave,
To the d[Bb]ark...and the endless [C]sky, my love.

[Dm] [G] [C] (3-2-0)
And the first time...ever I kissed your mouth,
[Am7]I felt the earth move.[Em7] ..through my [F]hands.
[C] Like the trembling heart.[G] ..of a captive [C]bird
[Bb]That was there...at my com[C]mand.

[Dm] [G] [C] (3-2-0)
And the first time...ever I laid with you,
[Am7]I felt your heart.[Em7] ..so close to [F]mine.
And I [C]know our joy.[G] ..would [C]fill the earth,
And [Bb]last...till the end of [C]time, my love.

[Dm] The [Dm]first time...ever I s[C]aw...y[G]our...f[C]ace.


(to my little elf...)