Seize The Day Chords by Carolyn Arends

_ [G] I _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ know a girl who was schooled [D] in Manhattan [G] She reads dusty books and learns phrases in
Latin She is an author, or maybe [D]
a poet, [B] a genius
[Em] But it's [C] just this world [D] as I know it [C] She works [G] on her novel [C] most [G] every day
_ If you laugh, [A] she will say _ [D] _ _ _ [G] Seize the day
_ [C] Seize whatever [D] you can [G] Cause life slips away [D] just like _ [D] hourglasses
[G] Seize the day _ [C] For grace from [D] God's hand
[C] Then nothing [G] will stand [D] in your way [G] Seize the day
[Em] La dee da dee [G] da La dee da dee [D] da dee dee da
La [G] _
dee da dee da La dee da dee [D] da dee dee da
[G] Well I know a doctor, a fine [D] young physician [G] Left his six-figure job for a mission position
He's healing the sick in an African clinic [B] He works [Em] in the dirt [C] and writes all [D] to the _
sinnings _ _ [D] He [C] says we work through [G] the night, so most
every day As we watch the sun rise, [A] we can say
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] Seize the day _ [C] Seize whatever [D] you can
[G] Cause life slips [Em] away just [C] like [D] hourglasses [G] Seize the day
[G] _ For grace from [D] God's hand [G] Then nothing will stand [D] in your way
[G] Seize the day La dee da dee da [C] La dee da dee [D] da dee dee da
[G] La [G] dee da dee [C] da La dee da dee [D] da dee dee da
[G] Well I know a man who's been doing [D] some thinking [G] He's as bitter and cold [C] as the whiskey [G] he's drinking
He's talking [Em] about fear, [G] about chances [D] not taken
[B] If you listen [Em] to him, you [C] can hear his [D] heart breaking
He _ _ [C] says one day [G] you're a boy and the next day you're dead
I [C] wish way back [G] when someone [A] had said _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] Seize the day
[Em] Seize [C] whatever [D] you can [G] Cause life slips [Em] away just [C] like hourglasses
[E] _ [G] Seize the day _ [C] For grace from [D] God's hand
[G] Then nothing will stand in [D] your way _ [G] Seize the day
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La [G] dee da dee da La dee [A] da dee da La dee [D] da dee _ da [G] dee dee da
One thing I've noticed, whatever I wonder Everyone's got a dream he can follow or squander
You can do what you will with the days you are given
[B] I'm trying to [E] spend mine [C] on the business [D] of rhythm
_ _ _ So [C] I'm singing [G] my songs off [C] of any [G] old stage You can laugh if [G] you want, I'll [A] still say
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[G] Seize the day Seize [C] whatever [D] you can
[G] Cause life slips [Em] away just [C] like [D] hourglasses [G] Seize the day
For _ grace from [D] God's hand [G] Then nothing will stand in [D] your way _
[G] Seize the day
[Em] La dee da dee da [C] La dee da dee [D] da dee da
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