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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.