Darius Rucker - It Won’t Be Like This For Long Chords
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Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram
[Opening]
[G] [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
He [G]didn’t have to [D]wake up, [A]he’d been up all [D]nite
Lying [G]there in bed [D]listening, to his [A]new born baby [Bm]cry [A]
He [G]makes a pot of [D]coffee, he [A]splashes water on his [D]face
His [G]wife gives him a [D]kiss and says, it [A]gonna be OK [D]
[chorus]
It won’t be [G]like [A]this for [D]long, one [G]day we’ll look back [A]laugh’n
At the [F#m]week we brought her [Bm]home, [A]this [G]phase is gonna [D]fly by
[A]So [F#m]baby [Bm]just hold [A]on, [G]it won’t [A]be like this for [D]long
[verse 2]
Four years [G]later about [D]four thirty, [A]she’s crawling in there [D]bed
And when he [G]drops her off at [D]preschool, [A]she’s clinging to his [Bm]leg [A]
The [G]teacher peels her [D]off of him, he [A]says what can I [Bm]do [A]
She [G]says now don’t you [D]worry, this will only [A]last a week or [D]two
[chorus]
It won’t be [G]like [A]this for [D]long, one [G]day we’ll look back [A]laugh’n
At the [F#m]week we brought her [Bm]home, [A]this [G]phase is gonna [D]fly by
[A]So [F#m]baby [Bm]just hold [A]on, [G]it won’t [A]be like this for [D]long
[verse 3]
Some day [Bm]soon she’ll be a teenager, and at [A]times he’ll think she hates him
Then he’ll [G]walk her down the [D]isle, and raise her [A]vale [F#m]
But right [Bm]now she up and cry’n, and the [A]truth is that he don’t mind
As he [G]kisses her [D]good night, and she says her [A]prayers
[verse 4]
He [G]lays down there [D]beside her, ’til her [A]eyes are finally [D]closed
And just [G]watch’n her it [D]breaks his heart, [A]’cause he already [D]knows
[Closing]
It won’t be [G]like [A]this for [D]long, one day [G]soon that little [A]girl is gonna be
[F#m]All grown up and [Bm]gone [A]yeah this [G]phase is gonna [D]fly by
So [A]he’s try'[F#m]n to ho[Bm]ld on [A] [G]’cause it won’t [A]be like this for [Bm]long [A]
[G]It [A]won’t be like this for [D]long
[outro]
[G] [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]