Am   G   Am   G   Am   G   E   Am   G   Am

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The neighbour boy, he ran away, and came
                         G
Home, after a year and a day
                  D
No one knows just why he was gone, if he was
                         Am
Trying to make it on his own

Being fifteen years old, you get pretty cold
                           G
When you're trying to find gold
                      D
But I guess it's best not to wait too long, and
                       Am
Leave before damage is done
           G  D                 Am
Well, it's harder the first time
        G  D                 Am   G   Am   G   Am   G   E   Am   G   Am
Yes its harder the first time

The first thing he did was buy a pretty suit
                               G
He was trying to look good for you
                      D
He bought you dinner, and man

He bought you drinks
                                       Am
And you've been forever his, ever since

And onyour way home, by the side of the road
                                 G
You didn't see it coming, did you
                    D
First, you only had eyes for the young
                                               Am
And then, you found yourself staring at his gun
           G  D                 Am
Well, it's harder the first time
        G  D                 Am   G   Am   G   Am   G   E   Am   G   Am
Yes its harder the first time

The neighbour boy, he ran away, and came
                         G
Home, after a year and a day
              D
But he didn't bother to come in, 'cause he knew
                      Am
That he would never win

The day he came home was a beautiful day
                                        G
But he said that he'd done wrong on his way
D
He hung himself by the end of a rope
                                              Am
Now, he's in Heaven, with his head hanging low
G                                        Am
He's in Heaven, with his head hanging low
             G                          Am
Now, he's in Heaven, with his head.....