George Strait - The Breath You Take Chords & Tabs

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

Intro.: Bm  G  Bm  A

Verse 1
    Bm                                           G
He looks up from second base, Dad's up in the stands
    Bm                                                      G
He saw the hit, the run, the slide, there ain't no bigger fan
       Em
In the parkin' lot after the game
         F#m                                     G
He said "Dad I thought you had a plane to catch?"
                                   A
He smiled and said "Yeah son, I did 
 
Chorus                           
                   D                             Em
But life's not the breath you take, the breathin’ in and out
              Bm                                A
That gets you through the day, ain't what it's all about
              G                        Bm
You just might miss the point tryin' to win the race
               Em
Life's not the breaths you take 
        A                                 D    Em       A  
But the moments that take your breath away 
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Verse 2
       Bm                                        G
Fast forward fifteen years and a thousand miles away
        Bm                                              G
Boy's built a life, he's got a wife and a baby due today
  Em                     
He hears a voice sayin' "I made it, son"
        F#m                               G
Says "I told you, Dad, you didn't have to come"
                                        A
He smiles and says "Yeah, I know you did 

Chorus
                    D                            Em
But life's not the breath you take, the breathin’ in and out
              Bm                                A
That gets you through the day, ain't what it's all about
               G                        Bm
You just might miss the point tryin' to win the race                      
                Em
Life's not the breaths you take
        A                                 G
But the moments that take your breath away 
 
Bridge
                    Bm
Just like it took my breath when she was born
             Em                           A
Just like it took my breath away when Dad took his last that morn

Chorus
                    D                            Em
But life's not the breath you take, the breathin’ in and out
             Bm                                 A
That gets you through the day, ain't what it's all about
              G                             Bm
You just might miss the point if you don’t slow down the pace
                Em
Life's not the breaths you take
       A                                                              
But the moments that take your breath away 


Outro:  G    Bm    A      D
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