It Wont Be Like This For Long Cifras

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
 
Intro (0:00 - 0:13)
 
Guitar 1 (Acoustic) Plays Riff 1  1x
 
Riff 1
 
e|--0---0---------------------------0---0------------------------------------|
B|--4/5-4---------------------------4/5-4------------------------------------|
G|--------4/6--4--------------------------4/6--4-----------------------------|
D|---------------6--6/7\6-4-2-4/6----------------6--6/7\6-4-2-2--------------|
A|--------0---------------2---------------0---------------2---2--------------|
E|---------------0--0---------0------------------0------------0--------------|
 
*NOTE: For remainder of song, unless otherwise specified, Guitar 1 plays only
the chords listed above the lyrics.
 
Chords Used:
 
A    x02220
E    022100
B    x24400
C#m  x46650
C5   x35500
G#m  466444
F#m  244222
E/G# 4x2100
 
 
Verse 1 (0:14 - 0:39)
 
   A              E          B
He didn't have to wake up
                 E
He'd been up all night
      A             E
Lyin' there in bed listenin'
       B             C#m     B
To his new born baby cry
   A              E
He makes a pot of coffee
           B             C#m
He splashes water on his face
    A                E
His wife gives him a kiss and says
          B     E
It's gonna be okay
 
 
Chorus 1 (0:40 - 1:03)
 
*NOTE: Anywhere you see E* be sure to hammer onto the A note from the G# and
then off again when you strum the chord.
 
         A       B        E    E*
It won't be like this for long
    A                   B
One day we'll look back laughin'
       G#m                 C#m    B
At the week we brought her home
     A                  E        B
This phase is gonna fly by  
         C        C#m    B       A
So baby just hold on
         B                  *Interlude begins
It won't be like this for long
 
 
Interlude (1:04 - 1:09)
 
Guitar 1 plays the second half of Riff 1  1x
 
 
 
Verse 2 (1:10 - 1:36)
 
           A                E
Four years later 'bout four-thirty 
     B                  E
She's crawlin' in their bed
            A                E
And when he drops her off at preschool
     B                C#m    B
She's clinging to his leg
    A                 E
The teacher peels her off of him
   B                 C#m
He says, "What can I do?"
    A                    E
She says, "Now don't you worry,
             B              E
This'll only last a week or two."
 
 
Chorus 2 (1:37 - 2:03)
 
         A       B        E    E*
It won't be like this for long
        A                     B
One day soon you'll drop her off
              G#m              C#m    B
And she won't even know you're gone
     A                  E        B
This phase is gonna fly by  
           C         C#m    B       A
If you can just hold on
         B                  *Walkdown begins
It won't be like this for long
 
 
*Walkdown
 
e|-----------0--0-0-0-0--|
B|-----------0--0-0-0-0--|
G|-----------1--1-1-1-1--|
D|-----------2--2-2-2-2--|
A|-----------2--2-2-2-2--|
E|--5--4--2--0--0-0-0-0--|
 
 
Bridge (2:04 - 2:30)
 
(E)      F#m
Some day soon she'll be a teenager
       G#m
And at times he'll think she hates him
           A                        G#m
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
              B     C
And raise her veil
          C#m
But right now she's up and cryin'
        B
And the truth is that he don't mind
      A                     E/G#
As he kisses her good night
                 B
And she says her prayers
 
 
 
Verse 3 (2:31 - 2:42)
 
*NOTE: Strum each chord once for the entirety of the verse
 
   A                 E
He lays down there beside her
         B                C#m
'Til her eyes are finally closed
         A               E
And just watchin' her it breaks his heart
       B
'Cause he already knows
 
 
 
Chorus 3 (2:43 - 3:13)
 
         A       B        E    E*
It won't be like this for long
        A                        B
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
G#m              C#m    B
All grown up and gone
           A                  E
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
   B       C    C#m    B    A
So, he's tryin' to hold on
                B                C#m       B
'Cause it won't be like this for long
         A                B
It won't be like this for long
 
 
Outro (3:14 - 3:28)
 
Guitar 1 Plays  Riff 1  1x but with the two sections inverted
(the second half is played first)
 
 
 
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