[intro] F Dm7 C A# [verse 1] You swear that you're stayin' F single, next thing you know Dm You meet a girl at a bar and next thing you know C You get her laughin', it's 2 a.m A# You're tellin' your buddies, three months in Then she ain't movin' F in, the next thing you know Dm There's a U-Haul trailer, the next thing you know C Your old apartment, is y'all's new place A# There goes the carpet N.C. but the deer head stays [chorus] F Next thing you know You're savin' money like never before, just to Dm7 Spend it all at a jewelry store C Gettin' down on onе knee on her mama's porch A# Just prayin' she don't say, "No" F Next thing you know Your bеst man gives a half-drunk speech and you're Dm7 Sunburnt on a honeymoon beach and your C Left hand's gettin' used to that ring A# And there the next two or three years go F Dm A# Next thing you know [verse 2] F You weren't really tryin', next thing you know Dm There's a test on the counter, next thing you know C She's standin' there cryin', noddin' her head yes A# You're half excited, half scared to death [chorus] F 'Cause next thing you know You're wearin' scrubs and a funny white hat and the Dm7 Doctor's sayin', how you doin' there dad and C Nobody's ever called you that A# And you take that drive home slow F Next thing you know It's first steps, first dates, first car Dm7 It's 11:01 wonderin' where they are C You're sayin' that USC's too far A# It's amazing how fast seventeen years go F Dm Next thing you know A# F Dm Next thing you know [bridge] A# F Next thing you know You get to know your wife again and you're Dm7 More in love than you've ever been C With a lot of years of remember A# when's and still some down the road [out-chorus] F 'Cause next thing you know You got a yard full of your kid's kids Dm7 And you take 'em to church, teach 'em to fish C And you, tell 'em stories every chance you get A# About how fast this life down here can go F Next thing you know Dm (Next thing you know, ooh) A# F Next thing you know Dm A# F (Next thing you know, ooh)
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