I Forgot To Live Today chords by Hank Locklin
Verse 1
C
G
C
G
My
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key turns in the lock
Em
and I opened my front door
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Greeted by the darkness
G
like too many times before
C
I tiptoe in to kiss the children
Em
but they're all asleep
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Wonder if they're dreaming about
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Em
the date I didn't keep
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Em
It was such a busy day I
just couldn't get away
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C
Cause you gotta make it while you can
F
Em
So I remember dollar bills business
Am
deals and headache pills
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G
C
But I forgot to live today
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G
C
I forgot to live today
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As I dressed for bed I think
about today
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Wonder what I got for all the
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time I gave away
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Em
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Traded my time for a dollar bill didn't
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see the sky but I saw the mill
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Couldn't go to Jeannie's play missed
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Timmy's ballgame yesterday
F
C
Mary had to go for both of us
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Em
While I remember dollar bills business
Am
deals and headache pills
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G
C
But I forgot to live today
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G
C
I forgot to live today
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C
Born with all the time I'll ever see each
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C
day another part slips away from me
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Gm
A
Bm
A
But I forgot to live today
D
F#m
I slip into bed and I kiss my Mary's cheek
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I can tell she's crying and
A
I know she's not asleep
D
F#m
I listen to the clock tick away
another night
G
And swear that tomorrow I'll
A
make everything right
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F#m
I'll remember building kites mending
dolls and broken bikes
G
D
Flowers from the woman in my life
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F#m
And I remember who I love more
Bm
than all the stars above
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A
D
Cause I forgot to live today
Em
A
I forgot to live today
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I Forgot To Live Today
Hank Locklin
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