I Don't Want To Miss A Thing 
Written by:  Dianne Warren 
Recorded by Mark Chesnutt on "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" 
and Aerosmith on "The Armageddon Soundtrack" 
Transcribed by:  Donny Haltom 
 
I think Mark plays it in G5 .  
Aerosmith plays it in 
D5 . 
VERSE: 
G5                 D5                  E5 
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing 
C5                             G5 
Watch you smile while you are sleeping 
A5 
While you're far away and dreaming 
G5                  D5              E5 
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender 
C5                      G5           A5 
I could stay lost in this moment forever 
B5            C5 
Where every moment spent with you 
D5 
Is a moment I treasure 

CHORUS: 
G5                   D5 
I don't wanna close my eyes 
A5                 C5 
I don't wanna fall asleep 
G5 
'Cause I'd miss you 
D5                             G5             D5 
And I don't wanna miss a thing 
G5                             D5 
'Cause even when I dream of you 
A5                                  C5 
The sweetest dream will never do 
G5 
I'd still miss you 
D5                            G5            D5            A5 (hold) 
And I don't wanna miss a thing 

VERSE II 
G5                   D5                     E5 
Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating 
C5                                G5 
And I'm wondering what your dreaming 
A5 
Wondering if it's me your seeing 
G5                             D5                    E5 
And then I kiss your eyes, and thank God we're together 
B5           C5 
I just wanna stay with you 
D5 
In this moment forever 

CHORUS 

BRIDGE: 
F5 
I don't wanna miss one smile 
C5 
I don't wanna miss one kiss 
Eb5 
Well, I just wanna be with you, right here with you 
Bb5 
Just like this 
F5 
I just wanna hold you close 
C5 
Feel your heart so close to mine 
G5 
And just stay here in this moment 
D5 
For all the rest of time 
CHORUS 
 
I think that's pretty close, at least that's the way I play it.  Let me know 
if there's any corrections. 
This is a great version of a great song.  It was originally written for 
Barbara Streisand, but I like it anyway. 
 
Donny Haltom 
Radio/Television/Film Production 
Sam Houston State University 
E-Mail     stddch12@shsu.edu