I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Written by: Dianne Warren
Recorded by Mark Chesnutt on "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
and Aerosmith on "The Armageddon Soundtrack"
Transcribed by: Donny Haltom
I think Mark plays it in G. Aerosmith plays it in D.
VERSE:
G D/F# Em
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
C G
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
Am
While you're far away and dreaming
G D/F# Em
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
C G Am
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Bm C
Where every moment spent with you
D
Is a moment I treasure
CHORUS:
G D/F#
I don't wanna close my eyes
Am C
I don't wanna fall asleep
G
'Cause I'd miss you
D G D
And I don't wanna miss a thing
G D/F#
'Cause even when I dream of you
Am C
The sweetest dream will never do
G
I'd still miss you
D G D/F# Am (hold)
And I don't wanna miss a thing
VERSE II
G D/F# Em
Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating
C G
And I'm wondering what your dreaming
Am
Wondering if it's me your seeing
G D/F# Em
And then I kiss your eyes, and thank God we're together
Bm C
I just wanna stay with you
D
In this moment forever
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
F
I don't wanna miss one smile
C
I don't wanna miss one kiss
Eb
Well, I just wanna be with you, right here with you
Bb
Just like this
F
I just wanna hold you close
C
Feel your heart so close to mine
Gm
And just stay here in this moment
D
For all the rest of time
CHORUS
I think that's pretty close, at least that's the way I play it. Let me know
if there's any corrections.
This is a great version of a great song. It was originally written for
Barbara Streisand, but I like it anyway.
Donny Haltom
Radio/Television/Film Production
Sam Houston State University
E-Mail stddch12@shsu.edu
