• Song:

    The Breath You Take

  • Artist:

    George Strait

  • Album:

    Twang

Artist: George Strait
Song: The Breath You Take
Tabbed by: philboy93
Tuning: Standard

Intro.: Bm  G  Bm  A

Verse 1
    Bm (x24432@1)                       GHe (320003@1)looks up from second base, Dad's up in the stands
    Bm (x24432@1)                                  GHe (320003@1)saw the hit, the run, the slide, there ain't no bigger fan
       EmIn (022000@1)the parkin' lot after the game
         F#m (244222@1)                                   GHe (320003@1)said "Dad I thought you had a plane to catch?"
                                   AHe (x02220@1)smiled and said "Yeah son, I did 
 
Chorus                           
                   D (xx0232@1)                           EmBut (022000@1)life's not the breath you take, the breathin' in and out
              Bm (x24432@1)                              AThat (x02220@1)gets you through the day, ain't what it's all about
              G (320003@1)                      BmYou (x24432@1)just might miss the point tryin' to win the race
               EmLife's (022000@1)not the breaths you take 
        A (x02220@1)                               D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)     A (x02220@1)
But the moments that take your breath away

Verse 2
       Bm (x24432@1)                        GFast (320003@1)forward fifteen years and a thousand miles away
        Bm (x24432@1)                              GBoy's (320003@1)built a life, he's got a wife and a baby due today
  Em (022000@1)                   
He hears a voice sayin' "I made it, son"
        F#m (244222@1)                             GSays (320003@1)"I told you, Dad, you didn't have to come"
                                        AHe (x02220@1)smiles and says "Yeah, I know you did

Chorus
                    D (xx0232@1)                          EmBut (022000@1)life's not the breath you take, the breathin' in and out
              Bm (x24432@1)                              AThat (x02220@1)gets you through the day, ain't what it's all about
               G (320003@1)                      BmYou (x24432@1)just might miss the point tryin' to win the race                      
                EmLife's (022000@1)not the breaths you take
        A (x02220@1)                               GBut (320003@1)the moments that take your breath away 
 
Bridge
                    BmJust (x24432@1)like it took my breath when she was born
             Em (022000@1)                         AJust (x02220@1)like it took my breath away when Dad took his last that morn

Chorus
                    D (xx0232@1)                          EmBut (022000@1)life's not the breath you take, the breathin' in and out
             Bm (x24432@1)                               AThat (x02220@1)gets you through the day, ain't what it's all about
              G (320003@1)                           BmYou (x24432@1)just might miss the point if you don't slow down the pace
                EmLife's (022000@1)not the breaths you take
       A (x02220@1)                                                            
But the moments that take your breath away

Outro:  G (320003@1)  Bm (x24432@1)  A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)            Hmmmmm, hmmmm 

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