I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| Bm7 A/C# | E |
||: Bm7 A/C# | E (F# E D C# D E) :||
| Bm7 A/C# | E (D C# B A) |
Verse 1
| D A/C# | Bm7 |
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing.
| G D6/F# | Em |
Watch you smile while you are sleeping, while you’re far away and dreaming.
| D A/C# | Bm7 |
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender.
| G D6/F# | Em |
I could stay lost in this moment forever.
| F#m G | A7sus4 |
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure.
Chorus 1
| D A/C# | Em7 |
Don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep.
| G A |
‘Cause I’d miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.
| D A/C# | Em7 |
‘Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do.
| G A | D A/C# | Bm7 B7sus4 |
I’d still miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.
Verse 2
| D A/C# | Bm7 |
Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating.
| G D6/F# | Em |
And I’m wondering what you’re dreaming, wondering if it’s me you’re seeing.
| D A/C# | Bm7 |
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we’re together.
| F#m G | A7sus4 |
And I just want to stay with you in this moment forever, forever and ever, ah!
Chorus 2
| D A/C# | Em7 |
Don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep.
| G A |
‘Cause I’d miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.
| D A/C# | Em7 |
‘Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do.
| G A | 2/4 D |
I’d still miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.
Middle 8
| 4/4 C | G |
I don’t want to miss one smile, and I don’t want to miss one kiss.
| Bb | F |
And I just want to be with you, right here with you, just like this.
| C | G |
And I just want to hold you close, I feel your heart so close to mine.
| Dm7 | A | A |
And just stay here in this moment, for all the rest of time, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chorus 3
| D A/C# | Em7 |
Don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep.
| G A |
‘Cause I’d miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.
| D A/C# | Em7 |
‘Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do.
| G A |
I’d still miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.
| D A/C# | Em7 |
I don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep.
| G A |
‘Cause I’d miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing
| Bm7 A/C# | Em7 |
‘Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do.
| G A |
I’d still miss you baby, and I don’t want to miss a thing.
| D A/C# | Em7 |
I don’t want to close my eyes, I don’t want to fall asleep, yeah.
| G A |
And I don’t want to miss a thing.
Outro
||: D A/C# | Em7 | G A :|| to fade
Ah, ah…
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’s chords, progressions, and TAB
Written by excentric songwriter Diane Warren, but performed by rockers Aerosmith for the film Armageddon (in which Steven Tyler’s daughter Liv featured), I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing was a worldwide smash hit.
Reaching the #1 spot in ten countries, this power ballad sold almost 10 million copies worldwide.
It may be a power ballad with the biggest orchestra known to man, but after trying it out, it works really well on just one acoustic guitar, this is often what happens when you have a perfectly crafted tune!
As a member, you get TAB describing how you could play this masterpiece on just one acoustic guitar. After checking this out, you’ll understand how this masterpiece is constructed and will be able to create a guitar part no matter the line-up.
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