Intro Eb Dm Bb G G7
Verse 1
C
You dragged me back to yesterday,
Dm
so that I might look.
Eb Bb
Into a world that doesn't matter anyhow.
F Gm
You feel it's only fair to make your life an open book.
Ab Cm
So why not begin the pages with the day,
Ab
Where the stage is set to play.
G G7
In the world of here and now.
Chorus 1
C Dm
For here and now and tomorrow is all I ask.
Fm Am
So don't tell me of sorrows that fill your past.
Ab Bb C Gm Dm Bb G G7
Or reasons why, or how, be here, be now.
Verse 2
C
The road of life you walk upon,
Dm
has it's ups and downs.
Eb Bb
And so you pause to taste the fruit along the way.
F Gm
I don't care how you got here only that you'll stay
around.
Ab Cm
For you owe me no excuses anyhow,
Fm
when the truth is here and now,
G G7
in the pleasures of today.
Chorus 2
C Dm
For here and now and tomorrow is all I ask.
Fm Am
So don't tell me of sorrows that fill your past.
Ab Bb C Gm Dm Bb G G7
Or reasons why, or how, be here, be now.
C Dm
Yes here and now and tommorow is all I ask.
Fm Am
So don't tell me of sorrows that fill your past.
Ab Bb C Gm Dm Bb G G7
Or reasons why, or how, be here, be now.
Outro
C Dm
Yes here and now and tommorow girl is all I ask.
Fm Am
So don't tell me of sorrows that fill your past. (fade)
