The Breath You Take Intro.: | () | () | () | () | ()He looks up from second base, ()dad's up in the stands He ()saw the hit, the run, the slide, there ()ain't no bigger fan In the ()parkin' lot after the game He said ()"Dad I thought you had a plane to catch?" () He smiled and said "Yeah son, I did () But life's not the ()breath you take, the breath-()in' in and out That gets you () through the day, ain't what it's ()all about You just might ()miss the point tryin' to ()win the race Life's not the ()breaths you take Fast ()forward fifteen years and a ()thousand miles away Boy's ()built a life, he's got a wife and a ()baby due today He ()hears a voice sayin' "I made it, son" Says "I ()told you, Dad, you didn't have to ()come" He smiles and says "Yeah, I know you did () But life's not the ()breath you take, the breath-()in' in and out That gets you () through the day, ain't what its ()all about You just might ()miss the point trying to ()win the race Life's not the ()breaths you take But the ()moments that take your breath away () Just like it took my ()breath when she was born Just like it ()took my breath away when Dad ()took his last that morn Life's not the breath() you take, the breath-()in' in and out That gets you () through the day, ain't what its ()all about Just might ()miss the point, if you don't slow ()down the pace Life's not the ()breaths you take But the ()moments that take your breath away | () | () Hmm, | ()hmm | ()