Next Thing You Know chords by Matthew West (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Tell me when

Verse 1
E 
B 
I re (E major) member when I was thirteen  (B major) 
A 
B 
I  (A major) saw a picture on my T.V. screen  (B major) 
E 
The  (E major) Reverend Billy Graham
B 
and the people  (B major) singing
A 
 (A major) Just As I Am
And it felt like You were talking to me
E 
B 
And the  (E major) whole world seemed to fade a (B major) way
A 
B 
 (A major) Until I heard my mother say  (B major) 
E 
"Son,  (E major) are you okay?
B 
Do you wanna pray?"  (B major) 
A 
And that became  (A major) the hour I first believed

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Chorus 1
E 
Next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
I'm high  (B major) and  (A major) flyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
My heart is in  (B major) your  (A major) hands
E 
Next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
There's no  (B major) de (A major) nyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
I'm a brand  (B major) new  (A major) man
B 
E 
Well,  (B major) I  wish I  (E major) could

Verse 2
say
B 
I always stayed right there  (B major) 
A 
B 
And  (A major) I  did until my freshman year  (B major) 
E 
 (E major) But the world was pulling me
B 
A 
a long  (B major) way from thirteen  (A major) 
And you were calling but I didn't hear
E 
Still I  (E major) knew there was something more
B 
A 
B 
 (B major) So, one day  (A major) my knees hit the dorm room floor  (B major) 
E 
I said,  (E major) "If you're there,
B 
and if you really care  (B major) 
A 
Come and talk  (A major) to me like I was thirteen"

Chorus 2
E 
And next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
I'm high  (B major) and  (A major) flyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
My heart is in  (B major) your  (A major) hands
E 
Next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
There's no  (B major) de (A major) nyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
I'm a brand  (B major) new  (A major) man

Interlude 1
E 
B 
A 
B 
 (E major)  (B major)  (A major)  (B major) 
E 
B 
A 
 (E major)  (B major)  (A major) Everybody say
E 
B 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la
A 
B 
 (A major) La la la la la  (B major) la
E 
B 
A 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la  (A major) la

Verse 3
E 
B 
I got a  (E major) picture in my head today  (B major) 
A 
B 
Of  (A major) how heaven might look someday  (B major) 
E 
I  (E major) see the people there
B 
So I pull up  (B major) a  chair
A 
 (A major) And their stories, they blow me away
E 
B 
'Cause I can  (E major) see it on every face  (B major) 
A 
B 
 (A major) The evidence of grace  (B major) 
E 
B 
And as  (E major) I  listen it occurs to me  (B major) 
A 
 (A major) Everybody's got their own thirteen

Bridge 1
E 
B 
A 
 (E major) So, what's  (B major) your  (A major) story
B 
E 
about  (B major) His glo (E major) ry?
B 
A 
You gotta find  (B major) your  (A major) place
in the history of grace
E 
B 
A 
 (E major) Yeah, what's  (B major) your  (A major) story
B 
E 
about  (B major) His glory?  (E major) 
B 
A 
Come on and find  (B major) your  (A major) place

Chorus 3
E 
Next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
I'm high  (B major) and  (A major) flyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
My heart is in  (B major) your  (A major) hands
E 
Next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
There's no  (B major) de (A major) nyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
I'm a brand  (B major) new  (A major) man

Chorus 4
E 
Next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
I'm high  (B major) and  (A major) flyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
My heart is in  (B major) your  (A major) hands
E 
Next thing you know  (E major) 
B 
A 
There's no  (B major) de (A major) nyin'
B 
E 
 (B major) Next thing  (E major) you know
B 
A 
I'm a brand  (B major) new  (A major) man

Outro 1
E 
B 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la
A 
B 
 (A major) La la la la la  (B major) la
E 
B 
A 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la  (A major) la
E 
B 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la
A 
B 
 (A major) La la la la la  (B major) la
E 
B 
A 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la  (A major) la
E 
B 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la
A 
B 
 (A major) La la la la la  (B major) la
E 
B 
A 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la  (A major) la
E 
B 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la
A 
B 
 (A major) La la la la la  (B major) la
E 
B 
A 
 (E major) La la la la la  (B major) la  (A major) la

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F majorBPM: 117

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
A: x-0-2-2-2-0

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This is the original studio version of Next Thing You Know by Matthew West, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of F major. It suits players who want to learn Next Thing You Know the way Matthew West intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.