Next Thing You Know Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Interlude 1]
[C][Am]
[G][F]

[Verse 1]
You swear that you're stayin' [C]single,
next thing you know
You meet a girl at a [Am]bar
and next thing you know
You get her [G]laughin', it's two AM
You're tellin' your [F]buddies three months in
She ain't movin' [C]in, the next thing you know
There's a U-Haul [Am]trailer, next thing you know
Your old a[G]partment is y'all's new place
There goes the [F]carpet
but the deer head stays

[Chorus 1]
Next thing you [C]know
You're savin' money like never before
Just [Am]to spend it all at a jewelry store
Gettin' [G]down on one knee
on her mama's porch
Just [F]prayin' she don't say, "No"
Next thing you [C]know
Your best man gives a half-drunk speech
And [Am]you're sunburned on a honeymoon beach
And [G]your left hand's gettin' used to that ring
And [F]there the next two or three years go
Next thing you know
[C][Am][F]

[Verse 2]
You weren't really [C]tryin', next thing you know
There's a test on the [Am]counter,
next thing you know
She's standin' there [G]cryin',
noddin' her head, "Yes"
You're half ex[F]cited, half scared to death

[Chorus 2]
'Cause next thing you [C]know
You're wearin' scrubs and a funny white hat
And [Am]the doctor's sayin',
"How you doin' there, dad?"
[G]And nobody's ever called you that
And you [F]take the drive home slow
Next thing you [C]know
It's first steps, first dates, first car
It's e[Am]leven oh one wonderin' where they are
You're [G]sayin' that USC's too far
It's a[F]mazing how fast seventeen years go

[Interlude 2]
Next thing you know
[C]The[Am] next[F] thing
[C]you kno[Am]w[F]

[Chorus 3]
Next thing you [C]know
You get to know your wife again
And [Am]you're more in love than you've ever been
With a [G]lot of years of remember whens
And [F]still some down the road
'Cause next thing you [C]know
You got a yard full of your kid's kids
And you [Am]take 'em to church, teach 'em to fish
And [G]you tell 'em stories every chance you get
A[F]bout how fast this life down here can go

[Outro 1]
Next thing you know
[C](Next thing you kno[Am]w) Nex[F]t thing
[C]you know (Next thing you kno[Am]w)[F]
[C]