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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES 

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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date: August 11, 2002
Album:
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Riff between G and Em
G               Em  listen to recording for timing
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              THESE DAYS   Rascal Flatts

     G  (riff)   Em    C                   D
Hey baby is that you  Wow you're hair got so long 
G            Em                  C  G
Yeah yeah I love it I really do
             G                       Em          C    
Norma Jean ain't that the song we'd sing in the car driving downtown
G                     Em                      C                     D
Top down making the rounds checking out the bands on Dul-Heney Aven-ue
 C                     Em        C               Em         
Yeah Life throws you curves But you learned to swerve
       D                          G                  C
Me I swung and I missed and the next thing you know I'm reminiscing
 C                   Em                C                    D  
Dreaming old dreams wishing ol wishes Like you'd be back a-gain

CHORUS:
   D    G               Em          C              D 
I wake up and the tear-drops they fall down like rain
   D  G            Em           C              D     
I put on that old song that we danced to and then
    D   G         Em        C              D
I head off to my job guess not much has changed
                Em                C                  D
Punch the clock     head for home    Check the phone    just in case
C              Em                 D n.c.                       G  Em C D      
   Go to bed dream of you Yeah that's what I'm doing these 
    G  Em C D vamp               
1.)days         Yeah that's what I'm doing
2.)go to ending

          G             Em     C              D
Someone told me after college you ran off to Vegas 
       G              Em         C                     D
You married a rodeo cowboy  Wow that ain't the girl I knew
         G                 Em                     C
Me I've been a few places mostly here and there once or twice
         G                      Em
Still sorting out life but I'm doing alright
 C                 D            C
Yeah it's good to see you too
      C               Em              C                    Em 
Hey girl you're late      And those planes they don't wait
        D                     G                       Em
But if you ever come back a-round To this sleepy old town
                    C                                 D
Promise me you'll stop in to see an old friend until then
To chorus using 2.)

ENDING:
   D    G               Em         C              D  
I wake up and the tear-drops they fall down like rain
   D   G           Em            C             D
I put on that old song that we danced to and then

   D    G               Em         C              D  
I wake up and the tear-drops they fall down like rain
   D   G           Em            C             D
I put on that old song that we danced to and then

   D    G               Em         C              D  
I wake up and the tear-drops they fall down like rain
   D   G           Em            C             D
I put on that old song that we danced to and then

Repeat ending to fade