EMAIL:                         WILLIE NELSON INTRO:      VERSE:     The first time I saw her   He knew everything had changed   Overnight love started blooming   Like the first rose of spring   VERSE:   Auburn hair like a sunrise   Sweetest smile he’d ever seen   Butterflies they danced around her   Like the first rose of spring    E ------- B ------- G ------- D ------- A ------- E -5-6-7- CHORUS: Summertime would’ve never started   And wintertime would never end She colored his life opened his eyes To things he’d never dream   Without the first rose of spring INSTRUMENTAL:                 E ------- B ------- G ------- D ------- A ------- E -5-6-7- CHORUS: Gave him children like a garden   They gave ’em all the love they’d need To grow up strong she made a home And every year he’d bring Her the first rose of spring   VERSE:     The last time he saw her   He knew everything had changed   He said goodbye And let the tears fall like rain   On the first rose of spring