It Won't Be Like This For Long Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
He [F]didn't have to [C]wake up
[G]He'd been up all nig[C]ht
Lying [F]there in bed a- [C]listening
To his [G]newborn baby [Am]cry[G]
He [F]makes a pot of [C]coffee
He splash[G]es water on his [Am]face
His [F]wife gives him a kiss [C]and says
"It's [G]gonna be o[C]kay

[Chorus 1]
It won't [F]be like [G]this for [C]long
One [F]day we'll look back [G]laughing
At the [Em]week we brought her [Am]home
[G]This pha[F]se is going to fly by[C]
[G]So baby, jus[E]t hold on[Am][G]
[F]It won't be [G]like this for long"

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
Four years [F]later, 'bout four- [C]thirty
[G]She's crawling in their [C]bed
And when he [F]drops her off at [C]preschool
[G]She's clinging to his [Am]leg[G]
The [F]teacher peels her [C]off of him
He [G]says, "What can I [Am]do?"
She [F]says, "Now, don't you wor[C]ry
This'll only [G]last a week or [C]two

[Chorus 2]
It won't [F]be like [G]this for [C]long
[C]One day [F]soon, you'll drop her [G]off
And she won't [Em]even know you're [Am]gone
[G]This pha[F]se is going to fly by[C]
[G]If you can jus[E]t hold on[Am][G]
[F]It won't be [G]like this for lon[F]g"[C]

[Bridge 1]
Someday [Dm]soon she'll be a teenager
And at [C]times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll [F]walk her down the [C]aisle
And raise her [G]veil
[E]But right now[Am] she's up and crying
And the [Em]truth is that he don't mind
As he [F]kisses her good[C]night
And she says her [G]prayers
He [F]lays down there be[C]side her
Till her [G]eyes are finally [Am]closed
And just [F]watching her it [C]breaks his heart
'Cause [G]he already knows
[C]It won't

[Chorus 3]
[F]be like [G]this for [C]long
A- [C]one day [F]soon that little girl is [G]going to be
[Em]All grown up and g[Am]one
[G]Yeah, this pha[F]se is going to fly by[C]
[G]So, he's trying [E]to hold [Am]on[G]
[F]'Cause it won't be [G]like this for lon[Am]g[C]
[F]And it won't be [G]like this for long

[Outro 1]
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