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He (A)did n’t have to (E)wake up.
He’d been up all (E)night,
ly ing (A)there in bed and (E)lis t’ning to his new born ba by (C#m)cry.
He (A)makes a pot of cof (E)fee
and splash es wa ter on his (C#m)face.
His (A)wife gives him a kiss (E)and says it’s gon na be O.
(E)K.
(E)It won’t (A)be like this
for long.
One One day we’ll look back, laugh in’ she won’t at the (G#m)week we brought her (C#m)home.
This phase is gon na fly by,
so ba by, (Cdim)just hold on.
It won’t be like this for long.
Four years (A)lat er ’bout four (E)thir ty, she’s crawl in’ in their (E)bed.
And when he (A)dropped her off at (E)pre school, she’s cling in’ to his (C#m)leg.
The (A)teach er peels her (E)off of him.
He (B)says, “What can I (C#m)do?”
She (A)says, “Now don’t you wor ry.
This ’ll on ly (B)last a week or (E)two.”
(E)It won’t like this for long.
Some day (F#m7)soon she’ll be a teen ag er and at times
he’ll think she hates him.
Then he’ll walk her down the aisle
and raise her veil.
But right now she’s up there cry in’, and the truth is that he don’t mind
as he (A)kiss es her good night and she says her prayers.
He (A)lays down there be side (E)her
till her (B)eyes are fi n’lly (C#m)closed.
And just (A)watch in’ her, it (E)breaks his heart,
’cause (B)he al read y knows
(E)it won’t (A)be like this
for long.
(E)One day soon that lit tle girl is (B)gon na be
(G#m)all grown up and (C#m)gone.
Yeah, this phase is gon na fly by,
so he’s try in’ (Cdim)to hold on.
’Cause they won’t be like this for long.
It won’t be like this for long.
This page shows “It Won't Be Like This For Long” by Darius Rucker in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 140 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.