G 320003 C6/G 302013 C/G 332010 D/F# 200232 D xx0232 NC No Chord (tacet - do not play) No Capo This Tab based on acoustic Songs of the South Volume 1 (and 2 CD volume 1 & 2). In my opinion this is the nicest version of the song. [INTRO] G C6/G G C6/G G C6/G G C6/G [VERSE] G C6/G G C6/G When I first met your mother G C6/G G I was playing in a bar C/G G She walked in with my girlfriend D/F# My foolish girlfriend brought her there G C6/G G C6/G She looked so pretty and dangerous G C6/G G As she brushed back her hair C/G G And I was not the only one D/F# G Taking notice in that bar C/G D G C6/G G C6/G When I first met your ma [VERSE] G C6/G G C6/G When I first kissed your mother G C6/G G I was single once again C/G G We walked through Fitzroy Gardens D/F# There she took my hand G C6/G G C6/G We could not stop our kissing G C6/G G Then she whispered in my ear C/G G 'Soon you'll get to know me - baby D/F# G So let's not go too far C/G D G When I first kissed your ma [CHORUS] C/G D G Love like a bird flies away C/G D G You'll find out the only way C/G D/F# G C6/G G C6/G Love like a bird flies away [HARMONICA] G C6/G G C6/G [VERSE] G C6/G G C6/G When we first lay together G C6/G G Inside her father's house C/G G We tried so to be quiet D/F# As we held each other close G C6/G G C6/G Then her dad came bounding G C6/G G C6/G He said, “get out of boy, get out of my daughter’s room” C/G G I walked two miles in Melbourne rain D/F# G I probably could have walked ten more C/G D/F# G When I first loved your ma [CHORUS] C/G D G Love like a bird flies away C/G D G You'll find out the only way C/G D/F# G C6/G G C6/G Love like a bird flies away [HARMONICA] to verse chords G | C6/G | G | | C/G | | G | | D/F# | | | | G | C6/G | G | C6/G | G | C6/G | G | | C/G | | G | | D/F# | | G | | [CHORUS] C/G D G Love like a bird flies away C/G D G strum / You'll find out the only way NC G C6/G G C6/G G Love like a bird flies away