It Won't Be Like This For Long original guitar chords by 
Darius Rucker 
Key: E major•
Intro 1
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E
B
E
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E
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E
Verse 1
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E
He didn't have to wake up
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E
He'd been up all night
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E
Lying there in bed a- listening
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C#m
B
To his newborn baby cry
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E
He makes a pot of coffee
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C#m
He splashes water on his face
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E
His wife gives him a kiss and says
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E
"It's gonna be okay
Chorus 1
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B
E
be like this for long
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B
One day we'll look back laughing
G#m
C#m
At the week we brought her home
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A
E/G#
This phase is going to fly by
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G#7/B#
C#m
B
So baby, just hold on
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B
It won't be like this for long"
Interlude 1
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E
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E
Verse 2
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E
Four years later, 'bout four- thirty
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E
She's crawling in their bed
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E
And when he drops her off at preschool
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C#m
B
She's clinging to his leg
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E
The teacher peels her off of him
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C#m
He says, "What can I do?"
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E
She says, "Now, don't you worry
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E
This'll only last a week or two
Chorus 2
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E
be like this for long
E/G#
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B
One day soon, you'll drop her off
G#m
C#m
And she won't even know you're gone
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A
E/G#
This phase is going to fly by
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G#7/B#
C#m
B
If you can just hold on
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B
A
E
It won't be like this for long"
Bridge 1
E/G#
And at times he'll think she hates him
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E/G#
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
Bsus4
B
And raise her veil
G#7/B#
C#m
But right now she's up and crying
G#m/B
And the truth is that he don't mind
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E/G#
As he kisses her goodnight
Bsus4
B
And she says her prayers
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E
He lays down there beside her
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C#m
Till her eyes are finally closed
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E
And just watching her it breaks his heart
Chorus 3
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E
be like this for long
E/G#
A
B
A- one day soon that little girl is going to be
G#m
C#m
All grown up and gone
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A
E/G#
Yeah, this phase is going to fly by
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G#7/B#
C#m
B
So, he's trying to hold on
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B
C#m7
E/B
'Cause it won't be like this for long
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Bsus4
And it won't be like this for long
Outro 1
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E
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E/G#
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