Jeremy Drinkwine

[Verso 1] D G D Bought her used at the Corner Music store D G A Had a few cracks and scratches where shed been to war G D/F# But there was something I heard in the ring of those strings D Like wed both been through some things D G D Id sing my struggles, shed bleed her tones D G A Frets buzzin on a bar stage with the words in my songs G D/F# But the rent comes due and the dreams grow tired G D/F# A So I let her go cheap and put out the fire [Refrão] G D Now the callouses are soft and the songs dont come G A The way they did back then before I said I was done G A Yeah I traded my heart for more dents and scars G A D The day I let go of my first guitar [Verso 2] D G D Years rolled by, had a steady job D G A Filed away what I wrote on that spruce pine top G D/F# I still hear her voice when the sleep aint easy G D/F# D The chords from that wood still do something to me [Refrão] G D But the callouses are soft and the songs dont come G A The way they did back then before I said I was done G A Yeah I traded my heart for more dents and scars G A D The day I let go of my first guitar G D G A Whoa, Whoa [Verso 3] D G D Then one broken morning, gloss on the grass D G A Leaned an old tattered case against the storm door glass G A Inside was a note, black ink, in all caps G A Told the story of how she made her way back G A Said, Thanks for the years and all the songs G A But I think its time this old friend comes home where she belongs [Refrão] G A Now these old strings are hummin and the songs keep comin D/F# A Like two old friends and a river runnin G D/F# A Sometimes you gotta lose a thing to find who you are D Yeah, thats me and my first guitar Outro: G D Shes got new dents, Ive got these old hands G A Fingers on the frets like the first day they danced G A Every note we wrote and I sang in those bars G A D Still live inside my first guitar G A D Yeah, shes home now My first guitar