Tom Paxton - The first song is for you

I ^Dsit down each morning and I s^Gtart to move my ^Dpen ^DIt's what I know that I was meant to ^A7do Wi^Dthout knowing how I find I ^Gwrite your name ^Dagain Oh, it's a^Glways true the ^A7first song is for y^Dou

^GEvery time I start it's still the s^Dame ^GWhen I move my pen it writes your ^A7name I ^Dremember all you've done and ^Gall you've tried^D to do ^GWhen I do the f^A7irst song is for yo^Du

I ^Dsit down with my guitar and t^Gry to write a so^Dng ^DAbout all the trials and trib' we've been ^A7through Ne^Dver would have come so far ^Gwithout love so ^Dstrong So it's al^Gways true the f^A7irst song is just f^Dor you

^GEvery time I start it's still the s^Dame ^GWhen I move my pen it writes your ^A7name I ^Dremember all you've done and ^Gall you've tried^D to do ^GBut when I do the ^A7first song is for y^Dou

I ^Dthink about the times when you were ^Gthere for ^Dme ^DThere for the long hard cli^A7mb I ^Dthink about the many ^Gways you cared for ^Dme Cared f^Gor me time a^A7fter t^Dime

I ^Dcan see your picture where it ^Ghangs upon the ^Dwall ^DEvery time I see it, it's s^A7till new I ^Dmight write a thousand songs ^Gbut as I write them^D all ^GIt'll still be true the f^A7irst song is for y^Dou

^GEvery time I start it's still the s^Dame ^GWhen I move my pen it writes your ^A7name I ^Dremember all you've done and ^Gall you've tried^D to do ^GAnd when I do the ^A7first song is for y^Dou ^GBut when I do the f^A7irst song is for yo^Du