Next Thing You Know Cifras

NEXT THING YOU KNOW
As recorded by Jordan Davis
(2022 release)
 
 
Capo 3rd fret.
If you don't want to use a capo transpose +3 steps.
 
 
[Intro]
D   Bm7   A   G
 
 
[Verse 1]
G                             D
You swear that you're stayin' single, next thing you know
                             Bm
You meet a girl at a bar and next thing you know
                      A
You get her laughin', it's 2 a.m
                    G
You're tellin' your buddies, three months in
                      D
Then she ain't movin' in, the next thing you know
                 Bm
There's a U-Haul trailer, the next thing you know
         A
Your old apartment, is y'all's new place
               G      N.C.
There goes the carpet but the deer head stays
 
 
[Chorus]
               D
Next thing you know
D
You're savin' money like never before, just to
Bm7
Spend it all at a jewelry store
        A
Gettin' down on onе knee on her mama's porch
     G
Just prayin' she don't say, "No"
               D
Next thing you know
D
Your bеst man gives a half-drunk speech and you're
Bm7
Sunburnt on a honeymoon beach and your
A
Left hand's gettin' used to that ring
    G
And there the next two or three years go
               D     Bm  G
Next thing you know
 
 
[Verse 2]
                   D
You weren't really tryin', next thing you know
                      Bm
There's a test on the counter, next thing you know
                     A
She's standin' there cryin', noddin' her head yes
              G
You're half excited, half scared to death
 
 
[Chorus]
                      D
'Cause next thing you know
D
You're wearin' scrubs and a funny white hat and the
Bm7
Doctor's sayin', how you doin' there dad and
A
Nobody's ever called you that
        G
And you take that drive home slow
               D
Next thing you know
D
It's first steps, first dates, first car
     Bm7
It's 11:01 wonderin' where they are
       A
You're sayin' that USC's too far
     G
It's amazing how fast seventeen years go
               D     Bm
Next thing you know
G          D        Bm
Next thing you know
 
 
[Bridge]
G              D
Next thing you know
D
You get to know your wife again and you're
Bm7
More in love than you've ever been
       A                                   G
With a lot of years of remember when's and still some down the road
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
       D
'Cause next thing you know
D
You got a yard full of your kid's kids
        Bm7
And you take 'em to church, teach 'em to fish
         A
And you, tell 'em stories every chance you get
G
About how fast this life down here can go
               D
Next thing you know
                Bm
(Next thing you know, ooh)
G      D
Next thing you know
                Bm       G  D
(Next thing you know, ooh)
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