#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: January 10, 2003 Album: Something Worth Leaving Behind Written by: Kim Patton Johnson - Devon O'Day Note: You can capo the first fret and play these chords ignoring The sharp symbol. Fm becomes an Em FOREVER EVERYDAY Lee Ann Womack Intro chords: G# C# G# C# G# C# I knew this kid, his name was Michael Fm D# G# He was only four years old G# C# We sat on a rock and started talkin' Fm D# G# And he told me things I didn't know G# C# He said yesterday he was an Indian Fm D# G# And how he played with buffal-o G# C# Well I got a sense that he had been there Fm D# G# And he made me really wanna go CHORUS: C# Remember waitin' all year for December G# Thought God was cryin' when it rained Fm D# And that the stars were fire-flies C# G# Dreams were real and biG#as life D# G# G# C# G# C# It was forev-er every-day G# C# I was tuckin' in my little girl Fm D# C# She held my hand and we said a prayer G# C# I prayed Bless Grandma with the angels Fm D# C# And she said Hey Mom she's standin' over there G# C# Well, I couldn't see her but I don't doubt it Fm D# C# Maybe 'cause I'm older and less wise G# C# What if Heaven's all a-round us Fm D# C# But only seen through children's eyes To chorus, to interlude INTERLUDE: C# G# C# They say when you're old you're a child again C# G# D# Bbm7 D# But do we have to wait 'till then--en--en To chorus, chorus, to ending ENDING: G# C# G# C# G# C# Forever I knew this kid, his name was Michael