Take it from day to day
Stan Rogers
Album: From Coffee House to Concert Hall (2000)

Verse 1:
G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GWell, (320003@1)it's not the hours of watch-on-watch,
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)     EmAnd (022000@1)it's not the work that I mind so much,
        G (320003@1)                     COr (x32010@1)the long cold miles from my lover's touch,
             G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1) D'Though (xx0232@1)for sure she's far away.
   G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)       GNo (320003@1)stranger, I, to the touch of steel,
        G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)     EmOr (022000@1)the honest fear any man can feel,
       G (320003@1)             CBut (x32010@1)I long for dust under my heels
       G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)
And a pocket full of pay
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)    GSo (320003@1)I'll take it from day to day.

Verse 2:
G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)        GThe (320003@1)pack-ice 'round us cracks and groans;
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)        EmThe (022000@1)old St. Roch, she creaks and moans.
     G (320003@1)        CThe (x32010@1)icy fog is in my bones,
         G (320003@1)       Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)the ache won't go away.
G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)      GOutside (320003@1)I bet it's warm and fair.
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)   EmI (022000@1)could have her fingers in my hair,
          G (320003@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)it's long, cold miles to her out there
      G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)
So I guess I'll have to stay
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)    GAnd (320003@1)just take it from day to day!

Chorus:
          D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)     CWe're (x32010@1)as far North now as I want to come,
     C (x32010@1)             GBut (320003@1)Larsen's got us under his thumb,
    D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)I signed up for the whole damned run,
  Am (x02210@1)                DI (xx0232@1)can't get off half way.
         G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)     GBut (320003@1)when I get back unto the shore,
G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)      EmI'm (022000@1)going South where it stays warm,
     G (320003@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)there'll be someone on my arm
    G (320003@1)              AmTo (x02210@1)help me spend my pay,
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)    GSo (320003@1)I'll take it from day to day.

(fiddle solo over same chords as verse)

(repeat chorus)

(fiddle solo over first half of verse)
    G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)      GNo (320003@1)stranger, I, to the touch of steel
         G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)      EmAnd (022000@1)the honest fear any man can feel,
       G (320003@1)             CBut (x32010@1)I long for dust under my heels
       G (320003@1)            AmAnd (x02210@1)a pocket full of pay,
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)    GSo (320003@1)I'll take it from day to day.

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