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Natalie

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Subject: CRD:     Natalie             David Crosby     Chords/Lyrics
David Crosby     Natalie       written by Steven Bishop
E9First time I Esaw her
She was E9still in sEchool
E9Chewin' on a pencil
Playin' Epool
Stayin' Aup all nightF#m  
Full of EdreamsE9  E  E9  E  
E9I've known her Efamily
Ever sE9ince we were Esmall
E9Gettin' in trouble
Drivin' our Efolks up the wall
BWastin' Atime
Yeah....but we had EfunE9  E  E9  E  
EShe was gonna
Ride her A9bike to China
Sail Bsusaway on a bottle tBop
And as the Eyears passed by
One night I F#9held her close to F#me
A9That was the first time I
Said I Bsuslove Byou
To ENatalieE9  E  E9  E  
E9Carousel was Ecrowded
So we E9talked for a Ewhile
E9Natalie said, "Baby,
You know I Emiss your smile...
Whenever you gAo awayF#m  
Away from EmeE9  E  E9  E  
You know that A9time starts tickin'
When a lBsusove starts to Bfade
I knew Esussomething was Ewrong but still
I F#9thought we had it F#made
AThe first time I
Said I Bsuslove Byou
To ENatalie
A9That was the first time I
Said I Bsuslove Byou
To ANatalieE  
Now I Dlook at her F#mpictures
And I Atalk to the Bwalls
DCall out her F#mname
But SDhe don't Ahear
Me at aEll
SOLO
And she got Awild and restless
Tried Bsuseverything
She could tBake
One Enight I tried to stop her
But F#9I was too lF#ate
AThat was the last time I
Said I Bsuslove Byou
To ENatalie
And Athat was the last time I
Said I lBsusove yBou
To ENatalie

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Natalie

by David Crosby

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F#m

Bsus

F#9

Esus

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Subject: CRD: Natalie David Crosby Chords/Lyrics

David Crosby Natalie written by Steven Bishop

E9 E

First time I saw her

E9 E

She was still in school

Chewin' on a pencil

Playin' pool

A F#m

Stayin' up all night

E E9 E E9 E

Full of dreams

E9 E

I've known her family

E9 E

Ever since we were small

Gettin' in trouble

Drivin' our folks up the wall

B A

Wastin' time

E E9 E E9 E

Yeah....but we had fun

She was gonna

Ride her bike to China

Bsus B

Sail away on a bottle top

And as the years passed by

F#9 F#

One night I held her close to me

That was the first time I

Bsus B

Said I love you

E E9 E E9 E

To Natalie

E9 E

Carousel was crowded

E9 E

So we talked for a while

Natalie said, "Baby,

You know I miss your smile...

A F#m

Whenever you go away

E E9 E E9 E

Away from me

You know that time starts tickin'

Bsus B

When a love starts to fade

Esus E

I knew something was wrong but still

F#9 F#

I thought we had it made

The first time I

Bsus B

Said I love you

To Natalie

That was the first time I

Bsus B

Said I love you

A E

To Natalie

D F#m

Now I look at her pictures

A B

And I talk to the walls

D F#m

Call out her name

D A

But She don't hear

Me at all

SOLO

And she got wild and restless

Bsus

Tried everything

She could take

One night I tried to stop her

F#9 F#

But I was too late

That was the last time I

Bsus B

Said I love you

To Natalie

And that was the last time I

Bsus B

Said I love you

To Natalie

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