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Next Thing You Know original guitar chords by
Matthew West
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Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Tell me when
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Verse 1
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I remember when I was thirteen
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I saw a picture on my T.V. screen
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The Reverend Billy Graham
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and the people singing
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Just As I Am

And it felt like You were talking to me
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And the whole world seemed to fade away
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Until I heard my mother say
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"Son, are you okay?
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Do you wanna pray?"
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And that became the hour I first believed
Chorus 1
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I'm high and flyin'
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My heart is in your hands
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There's no denyin'
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Next thing you know
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I'm a brand new man
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Well, I wish I could
Verse 2

say
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I always stayed right there
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And I did until my freshman year
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But the world was pulling me
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a long way from thirteen

And you were calling but I didn't hear
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Still I knew there was something more
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So, one day my knees hit the dorm room floor
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I said, "If you're there,
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and if you really care
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Come and talk to me like I was thirteen"
Chorus 2
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I'm high and flyin'
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Next thing you know
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My heart is in your hands
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There's no denyin'
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Next thing you know
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I'm a brand new man
Interlude 1
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Everybody say
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la la
Verse 3
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I got a picture in my head today
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Of how heaven might look someday
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I see the people there
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So I pull up a chair
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And their stories, they blow me away
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'Cause I can see it on every face
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The evidence of grace
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And as I listen it occurs to me
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Everybody's got their own thirteen
Bridge 1
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So, what's your story
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about His glory?
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You gotta find your place

in the history of grace
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Yeah, what's your story
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about His glory?
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Come on and find your place
Chorus 3
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I'm high and flyin'
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My heart is in your hands
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There's no denyin'
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I'm a brand new man
Chorus 4
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I'm high and flyin'
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My heart is in your hands
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There's no denyin'
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I'm a brand new man
Outro 1
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la la
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la la
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la
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La la la la la la la
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The original key of Next Thing You Know by Matthew West is F major.

The primary chords used in Next Thing You Know are F, C, Bb.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like F, C, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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