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Standard Tuning
[Verse]
Now DI can't walk on D7water
And Gyou ain't a saint, thank God
I Astomp around on the dance floor
When Dyou're trying to promeAnade
DLife is short, is D7what they say
GBut the F#mdays can be E7long
When I spend Dall my time
Every Gday with you
I want to Aput it in a songA  A  
[Chorus]
To the Gmoonlight, in your eyes
To the Dsunrise, in the Eastern sky
To the Anoonday heat
Life Aain't complete
Without an A7afternoon nap to Drest our feet
To the Gsunset, that paints the wind
And when the Devening Ctime is Gthrough
I thank my Alucky stars
I get to A7spend the day with Dyou
[Verse]
DI remember when you D7crossed my path
Thinkin' "Gthere's the girl for me",
AYou helped me to become
The Dman that I should Abe
Now Dmany years have D7passed
And GI'm not F#mone to E7boast
But to the Dmost beautiful
GGirl in the world
I'd Alike to propose a toastA  A  
[Chorus]
To the Gmoonlight, in your eyes
To the Dsunrise, in the Eastern sky
To the Anoonday heat
Life Aain't complete
Without an A7afternoon nap to Drest our feet
To the Gsunset, that paints the wind
And when the Devening Ctime is Gthrough
I thank my Alucky stars
I get to A7spend the day with Dyou
[Bridge]
While a Bmlie is putting on it's boots
The E7truth can win the race
Remember Alove is what you give away
A7Not what you take
[Break]
G D A A A7 D G D C G A A7 D
[Chorus]
To the Gmoonlight, in your eyes
To the Dsunrise, in the Eastern sky
To the Anoonday heat
Life Aain't complete
Without an A7afternoon nap to Drest our feet
To the Gsunset, that paints the wind
And when the Devening Ctime is Gthrough
I thank my Alucky stars
I get to A7spend the day with Dyou
[Outro]
I thank my Alucky stars
I get to A7spend the day with Dyou...
I thank my Alucky stars
I get to A7spend the day with Dyou...

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The Day

by Brent Rasmussen

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Standard Tuning

[Verse]

D D7

Now I can't walk on water

And you ain't a saint, thank God

I stomp around on the dance floor

D A

When you're trying to promenade

D D7

Life is short, is what they say

G F#m E7

But the days can be long

When I spend all my time

Every day with you

A A A

I want to put it in a song

[Chorus]

To the moonlight, in your eyes

To the sunrise, in the Eastern sky

To the noonday heat

Life ain't complete

A7 D

Without an afternoon nap to rest our feet

To the sunset, that paints the wind

D C G

And when the evening time is through

I thank my lucky stars

A7 D

I get to spend the day with you

[Verse]

D D7

I remember when you crossed my path

Thinkin' "there's the girl for me",

You helped me to become

D A

The man that I should be

D D7

Now many years have passed

G F#m E7

And I'm not one to boast

But to the most beautiful

Girl in the world

A A A

I'd like to propose a toast

[Chorus]

To the moonlight, in your eyes

To the sunrise, in the Eastern sky

To the noonday heat

Life ain't complete

A7 D

Without an afternoon nap to rest our feet

To the sunset, that paints the wind

D C G

And when the evening time is through

I thank my lucky stars

A7 D

I get to spend the day with you

[Bridge]

While a lie is putting on it's boots

The truth can win the race

Remember love is what you give away

Not what you take

[Break]

G D A A A7 D G D C G A A7 D

[Chorus]

To the moonlight, in your eyes

To the sunrise, in the Eastern sky

To the noonday heat

Life ain't complete

A7 D

Without an afternoon nap to rest our feet

To the sunset, that paints the wind

D C G

And when the evening time is through

I thank my lucky stars

A7 D

I get to spend the day with you

[Outro]

I thank my lucky stars

A7 D

I get to spend the day with you...

I thank my lucky stars

A7 D

I get to spend the day with you...

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