Intro -x2-: A E Bsus2 E A E He didnt have to wake up Bsus2 E He'd been up all nite A E Lying there in bed listening Bsus2 Dbm Bsus2 To his new born baby cry A E He makes a pot of coffee Bsus2 E He splashes water on his face A E His wife gives him a kiss and says Bsus2 E It gonna be OK A Bsus2 E It wont be like this for long A Bsus2 One day we'll look back laugh'n Abm Dbm Bsus2 At the week we brought her home A E This phase is gonna fly by Bsus2 Abm Dbm Bsus2 So baby just hold on A Bsus2 E It wont be like this for long A E Four years later 'bout four thirty Bsus2 E She's crawling in there bed A E And when he drops her off at preschool Bsus2 Dbm Bsus2 She's clinging to his leg A E The teacher peels her off of him Bsus2 Dbm Bsus2 He says what can I do A E She says now dont you worry Bsus2 E This will only last a week or two A Bsus2 E It wont be like this for long A Bsus2 One day soon you'll drop her off Abm Dbm Bsus2 And she wont even know your gone A E This phase is gonna fly by Bsus2 Abm Dbm Bsus2 If you can just hold on A Bsus2 E It wont be like this for long Dbm Some day soon she'll be a teenager Bsus2 And at times he'll think she hates him A E Then he'll walk her down the isle Bsus2 Abm And raise her vale Dbm But right now she up and cry'n Bsus2 And the truth is that he dont mind A E As he kisses her good night Bsus2 And she says her prayers A E He lays down there beside her Bsus2 E 'Til her eyes are finally closed A E And just watch'n her it breaks his heart Bsus2 E Cause he already knows A Bsus2 E It wont be like this for long A Bsus2 One day soon that little girl is gonna be Abm Dbm Bsus2 All grown up and gone A E Yeah this phase is gonna fly by Bsus2 Abm Dbm Bsus2 So he's try'n to hold on A Bsus2 Dbm Bsus2 'Cause it wont be like this for looooooong A Bsus2 E It wont be like this for long Outro -x2-: A E Bsus2 E
