Aerosmith - I Dont Want To Miss A Thing Chords & Tabs

Intro:

B C# E
B C# E  F# E D C# D E
B C# E  B F# E D C# D E
B C# E

Verse 1:
          D          C#               B
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing.
           G                    F#                    E
Watch you smile while you are sleeping, while you're far away and dreaming.
          D           C#                B
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender.
          G                F#        E
I could stay lost in this moment forever.
              F#         G                 A
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure.

Chorus:

D                      C#  
     I don't want to close my eyes.
E
     I don't want to fall asleep
  E    F#  G
cause I'd miss you baby
       G             A      D
and I don't want to miss a thing
                    C#
cause even when I dream of you,
E
     the sweetest dream would never do.
 E    F#   G
I'd still miss you baby
        G            A       D          D C#   DEB
and I don't want to miss a thing.
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Verse 2:
                                                                                     
D            C#                 B          B F# B F# B (see fig. 1)
Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating
          G                    F#
and I'm wonderin' what you're dreaming
           E
wonderin' if it's me you're seein',                       
        D                   C#                B           B F# B (see fig. 2)
then I kiss your eyes, and thank God we're together.
                     F#        G
Yeah I just want to stay with you
                  A
in this moment forever

forever and ever.

Fig.1                           Fig. 2
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|----4-4--|                     |---4---|
|--2------|                     |----2--|
|---------|                     |-------|


Repeat chorus

Bridge:
                       C
Yeah, I don't want to miss one smile.
                 B
I don't want to miss one kiss.
               A#
I just want to be with you right here with you
A
just like this.
                C
I just want to hold you close
                         B
and feel your heart so close to mine
          D
and just stay here in this moment 
             A
for all the rest of time.
                               Fig. 3
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) YEAH!!!


Fig. 3
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|0--0-----|
|-32------|

Repeat chorus, but instead of playing a D and the end, play a B.

Bridge 2:

B                  C#             E
Cause even when I dream of you

the sweetest dream would never do.
 E   F#    G 
I'd still miss you baby
        G            A       D
and I don't want to miss a thing.

Repeat chorus to the end.


Listen to the song for the timing of the figures.  You can hear it pretty easily.

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