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Subject: For a little while (corrections, resend)
For a Little While
Written by Phil Vassar, Steve Mandile, and Jerry Vandiver
Recorded by Tim McGraw
Submitted by Keith Reding
Thanks for songiwriter Jerry Vandiver for providing corrections to my
earlier post!
This one is correct!
Intro:
G G/F | C D |
Verse 1
G G/F C D
Hot sun, dancin' on the river
G G/F C D
we sit on the bank, watch the world go by
G G/F C D
our feet in the water, she pressed her lips to mine
G G/F C D
we were so long on love and short on time
Em C D
she could be, a honeymoon suite and a little wild
Em C D
she was mine, oh for a little while and
Chorus
G Am7 C/E D
I laugh evertime I start to think about us
G Em C D
We sent that summer out in style and
G Am7 C/E D
she's gone but she left me with a smile
Bb F/A C C/D G
she was mine for a little while
Verse 2
We'd take a ride, and head on down to airport road
put the seats back; watch the planes leave town
She always said "No body's strong enough to tie her down
oh but I wasn't looking for that, anyhow
I knew she'd leave but I didn't know when
it matters to me now, oh but it didn't back then and
Repeat chorus
Verse 3
I keep seeing pictures now of me and her and those summer nights
my mind fills with her, oh but it's allright cause
Repeat chorus
ending
Bb F/A C
she was mine, yeah
C D
she was mine, for a little while
Chords
G/F XX3033
C X32013
Em 022000
Am7 x02010
D xx0232
Bb x13331
F/A x03211
C/E 032010
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Note from Jerry Vandiver
The chart reads :
Verse
1 1/7b 4/3 5 1 1/7b 4 5
" " " "
6m 4 5 6m 4 5
chorus
1 2m7 4 5 1 6m 2m 1/3 4 5
" " 3b 7b/2 4 4/5
The verse being 12 measures, with split chords (1st and 3rd beats in each
measure. The chorus being an unusual 7 measures with split chords on
measures 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. Measures 4 and 7 show the chord changes with
each quarter note.
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