darius rucker – it won’t be like this for long

this tab works well for folks with deeper singing voices
or those who like a richer sound

intro : Asus2 E Bsus2 E x2

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he didnt have to wake up

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he’d been up all night

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lying there in bed listening

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to his new born baby cry

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he makes a pot of coffee

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he splashes water on his face

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his wife gives him a kiss and says

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it gonna be ok

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it wont be like this for long

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one day soon we’ll look back laugh’n

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at the week we brought her home

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this phase is gonna fly by

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so baby just hold on

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it wont be like this for long

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four years later ’bout four thirty

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she’s crawling in there bed

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and when he drops her off at preschool

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she’s clinging to his leg

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the teacher peels her off of him

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he says what can i do

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she says now dont you worry

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this will only last a week or two

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it wont be like this for long

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one day soon you’ll drop her off

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and she wont even know your gone

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this phase is gonna fly by

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if you can just hold on

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it wont be like this for long

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some day soon she’ll be a teenager

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and at times he’ll think she hates him

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then he’ll walk her down the isle

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and raise her vale

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but right now she up and cry’n

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and the truth is that he dont mind

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as he kisses her good night

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and she says her prayers

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he lays down there beside her

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’til her eyes are finally closed

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and just watch’n her it breaks his heart

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cause he already knows

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it wont be like this for long

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one day soon that little girl is gonna be

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all grown up and gone

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yeah this phase is gonna fly by

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so he’s try’n to hold on

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’cause it wont be like this for looooooong

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it wont be like this for long

outro is same as intro : Asus2 E Bsus2 E x2