Chords for Darius Rucker - It Won't Be Like This For Long
Tempo:
72.025 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] [E] [B] [E] [E]
[A] [E] [Bm] [E]
[A] He [E] didn't have to wake [B] up, [E] even up all night,
[A] lying there [E] in bed listening [B] to his newborn [C#m] baby cry.
[A] He makes [E] a pot of coffee and splashes [C#m] water on his face.
[A] His wife gives [E] him a kiss and says [B] it's going to [E] be OK.
[A] It won't be [B] like this [E] for long.
[A] One day soon we'll [B] look back laughing
[G#m] at the [C#m] week we brought her [B] home.
[A] This phase is going [E] to fly by.
[B] [F#m] So baby, [C#m] just hold [B] on.
[A] [Em] It won't be [A] like this for long.
[E]
[E] [A] Four years [E] later, about 4 30, she's crawling in her bed.
[A] And when he [E] drops her off at preschool,
she's [C#m] clinging to [Em] his leg.
[A] The [E] teacher feels her all for him.
He says, [C#m] what can I do?
[A] She says, [E] now don't you worry.
This will only last a week or two.
[A] It won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] you'll drop her off and [G#m] she won't even
[C#m] know you're [C#] [A] gone.
This phase [E] is going to fly by.
[F#m] If [C#m] you can just [B] hold [A] on.
[B] It won't be [E] like this for long.
[F#m] The next soon she'll be a teenager.
[E]
And at times he'll think she hates [A] him.
Then he'll walk her [E] down the aisle and [B] you raise her veil.
[A] [C#m] But right now she's up and crying.
[B] And the truth is [E] that he [B] don't [A] mind.
As he [E] kisses her goodnight, and [B] she says her prayers.
[A] He [E] lays down there beside her till her [C#m] eyes are finally [A] closed.
And just [E] watching her breaks my heart.
Because I already know [A] it won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] that little girl is going to be [C#m] all grown up and [B] gone.
[A] Yeah, this phase is [E] going to fly by.
[B] So [C] he's [C#m] trying to hold [B] [A] on.
[B] Because it won't be [C#m] like this for long.
[Em] [A] [Em] It won't be like [A] this for long.
[B] [E] Mm.
[A] [E] [F#] [E]
[A] [E] [Bm] [E]
[A] He [E] didn't have to wake [B] up, [E] even up all night,
[A] lying there [E] in bed listening [B] to his newborn [C#m] baby cry.
[A] He makes [E] a pot of coffee and splashes [C#m] water on his face.
[A] His wife gives [E] him a kiss and says [B] it's going to [E] be OK.
[A] It won't be [B] like this [E] for long.
[A] One day soon we'll [B] look back laughing
[G#m] at the [C#m] week we brought her [B] home.
[A] This phase is going [E] to fly by.
[B] [F#m] So baby, [C#m] just hold [B] on.
[A] [Em] It won't be [A] like this for long.
[E]
[E] [A] Four years [E] later, about 4 30, she's crawling in her bed.
[A] And when he [E] drops her off at preschool,
she's [C#m] clinging to [Em] his leg.
[A] The [E] teacher feels her all for him.
He says, [C#m] what can I do?
[A] She says, [E] now don't you worry.
This will only last a week or two.
[A] It won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] you'll drop her off and [G#m] she won't even
[C#m] know you're [C#] [A] gone.
This phase [E] is going to fly by.
[F#m] If [C#m] you can just [B] hold [A] on.
[B] It won't be [E] like this for long.
[F#m] The next soon she'll be a teenager.
[E]
And at times he'll think she hates [A] him.
Then he'll walk her [E] down the aisle and [B] you raise her veil.
[A] [C#m] But right now she's up and crying.
[B] And the truth is [E] that he [B] don't [A] mind.
As he [E] kisses her goodnight, and [B] she says her prayers.
[A] He [E] lays down there beside her till her [C#m] eyes are finally [A] closed.
And just [E] watching her breaks my heart.
Because I already know [A] it won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] that little girl is going to be [C#m] all grown up and [B] gone.
[A] Yeah, this phase is [E] going to fly by.
[B] So [C] he's [C#m] trying to hold [B] [A] on.
[B] Because it won't be [C#m] like this for long.
[Em] [A] [Em] It won't be like [A] this for long.
[B] [E] Mm.
[A] [E] [F#] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
Em
E
A
B
[E] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] He [E] didn't have to wake [B] up, [E] even up all night,
[A] lying there [E] in bed listening [B] to his newborn [C#m] baby cry.
[A] He makes [E] a pot of coffee and splashes [C#m] water on his face.
[A] His wife gives [E] him a kiss and says [B] it's going to [E] be OK.
[A] It won't be [B] like this [E] for long.
[A] One day soon we'll [B] look back laughing
[G#m] at the [C#m] week we brought her [B] home.
[A] This phase is going [E] to fly by.
[B] [F#m] So baby, [C#m] just hold [B] on.
[A] _ [Em] It won't be [A] like this for long.
[E] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Four years [E] later, about 4 30, she's crawling in her bed.
[A] And when he [E] drops her off at preschool,
she's [C#m] clinging to [Em] his leg.
[A] The [E] teacher feels her all for him.
He says, [C#m] what can I do?
[A] She says, [E] now don't you worry.
This will only last a week or two.
[A] It won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] you'll drop her off and [G#m] she won't even
[C#m] know you're [C#] [A] gone.
This phase [E] is going to fly by.
[F#m] If [C#m] you can just [B] hold [A] on.
[B] It won't be [E] like this for long.
[F#m] The next soon she'll be a teenager.
[E]
And at times he'll think she hates [A] him.
Then he'll walk her [E] down the aisle and [B] you raise her veil.
[A] [C#m] But right now she's up and crying.
[B] And the truth is [E] that he [B] don't [A] mind.
As he [E] kisses her goodnight, and [B] she says her prayers.
_ [A] He [E] lays down there beside her till her [C#m] eyes are finally [A] closed.
And just [E] watching her breaks my heart.
Because I already know [A] it won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] that little girl is going to be [C#m] all grown up and [B] gone.
[A] Yeah, this phase is [E] going to fly by.
[B] So [C] he's [C#m] trying to hold [B] [A] on.
[B] Because it won't be [C#m] like this for long.
[Em] _ [A] _ [Em] It won't be like [A] this for long.
_ [B] _ [E] _ Mm.
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _
[A] He [E] didn't have to wake [B] up, [E] even up all night,
[A] lying there [E] in bed listening [B] to his newborn [C#m] baby cry.
[A] He makes [E] a pot of coffee and splashes [C#m] water on his face.
[A] His wife gives [E] him a kiss and says [B] it's going to [E] be OK.
[A] It won't be [B] like this [E] for long.
[A] One day soon we'll [B] look back laughing
[G#m] at the [C#m] week we brought her [B] home.
[A] This phase is going [E] to fly by.
[B] [F#m] So baby, [C#m] just hold [B] on.
[A] _ [Em] It won't be [A] like this for long.
[E] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Four years [E] later, about 4 30, she's crawling in her bed.
[A] And when he [E] drops her off at preschool,
she's [C#m] clinging to [Em] his leg.
[A] The [E] teacher feels her all for him.
He says, [C#m] what can I do?
[A] She says, [E] now don't you worry.
This will only last a week or two.
[A] It won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] you'll drop her off and [G#m] she won't even
[C#m] know you're [C#] [A] gone.
This phase [E] is going to fly by.
[F#m] If [C#m] you can just [B] hold [A] on.
[B] It won't be [E] like this for long.
[F#m] The next soon she'll be a teenager.
[E]
And at times he'll think she hates [A] him.
Then he'll walk her [E] down the aisle and [B] you raise her veil.
[A] [C#m] But right now she's up and crying.
[B] And the truth is [E] that he [B] don't [A] mind.
As he [E] kisses her goodnight, and [B] she says her prayers.
_ [A] He [E] lays down there beside her till her [C#m] eyes are finally [A] closed.
And just [E] watching her breaks my heart.
Because I already know [A] it won't be [B] like [E] this for long.
[A] One day soon [B] that little girl is going to be [C#m] all grown up and [B] gone.
[A] Yeah, this phase is [E] going to fly by.
[B] So [C] he's [C#m] trying to hold [B] [A] on.
[B] Because it won't be [C#m] like this for long.
[Em] _ [A] _ [Em] It won't be like [A] this for long.
_ [B] _ [E] _ Mm.
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _