It Won't Be Like This For Long

Darius Rucker

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H

E

A

E

H

E

He

A

didn't have to

E

wake up

H

He'd been up all

E

night

Lying

A

there in bed

E

listening

To his

H

new born baby

C#m

cry

H

He

A

makes a pot of

E

coffee

He splashes

H

water on his

C#m

face

His

A

wife gives him a

E

kiss and says

It gonna

H

be

E

OK

It won't

A

be like

H

this for

E

long

One

A

day we'll look back

H

laugh'n

At the

G#m

week we brought her

C#m

home

H

This

A

phase is gonna fly

E/G#

by

So

H

baby

Cdim

just hold

C#m

on

H

A

It won't

H

be like this for

A

long

A

E

H

E

Four years

A

later 'bout four

E

thirty

She's

H

crawling in their

E

bed

And when he

A

drops her off at

E

pre-school

She's

H

clinging to his

C#m

leg

H

The

A

teacher peels her

E

off of him

He

H

says what can I

C#m

do

She

A

says now don't you

E

worry

This will only

H

last a week or

E

two

It won't

A

be like

H

this for

E

long

One day

A

soon you'll drop her

H

off

And she won't

G#m

even know you're

C#m

gone

H

This

A

phase is gonna fly

E/G#

by

If

H

you can

Cdim

just hold

C#m

on

H

A

It won't

H

be like this for

A

long

E

Some day

F#m

soon she'll be a teenager

And at

E/G#

times he'll think she hates him

Then he'll

A

walk her down the

E/G#

aisle

And raise her

Hsus4

veil

H

Cdim

But right

C#m

now she up and cry'n

And the

G#m

truth is that he don't mind

As he

A

kisses her good

E/G#

night

And she says her

Hsus4

prayers

H

He

A

lays down there be

E

side her

'Til her

H

eyes are finally

E

closed

And just

A

watch'n her it

E

breaks his heart

Cause

H

he already knows

It won't

A

be like

H

this for

E

long

One day

A

soon that little girl is

H

gonna be

G#m

All grown up and

C#m

gone

H

Yeah, this

A

phase is gonna fly

E/G#

by

So

H

he's try'n

Cdim

to hold

C#m

on

H

A

'Cause it won't

H

be like this for

C#m

looooooong

A

It won't

H

be like this for

A

long

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E

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H

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