C               G           D
There is excitement in the air of that hospital waiting room
          C                   G         D
It's been nine whole months already and now they're finally due
          C                          G
And the friends and the families are laughing out loud
      D
Cause this is the day they've all talked about
    C                    G                          D
But in the commotion the nurse grabbed her hand and said


[Chorus 1]
C                             G                D
Slow down honey, 'cause it's kinda funny, just how fast time goes
C                             G
Right now you're crying, but soon you'll be laughing
          D
About the week you brought her home
        C                G             D
Oh the days they take so long, but the years fly by so fast
        C             G                 D
And the momma slowly shook her head and said
              C            G  D
How can it be time already
              C               G   D
How can it be time already to go


[Verse 2]
           C               G               D
Well a couple short years later, they were driving down the road
  C               G               D
Another first day back at school, making memories of her own
            C
She had her backpack and books
       G                       D
That's all that it took to get tears in her momma's eyes
        C                      G
And she wondered where all the time had gone
          D
When her little girl waved goodbye


[Chorus 2]
             C
She prayed, slow down honey 'cause
G                     D
It's kinda funny just how fast time goes
        C                G
I swore me and her daddy were just laughing
          D
About the week we brought her home
       C                 G              D
Oh the days they take so long, but the years fly by so fast
        C             G                 D
And the momma slowly shook her head and said
              C            G  D
How can it be time already
              C               G   D
How can it be time already to go


[Bridge]
C   G        D
Wo, oh oh oh oh oh oh
C      G        D
Oh, oh oh oh oh oh


[Verse 3]
N.C.  C                         G
Yesterday I was looking through pictures
       D
When I found some of my mom
        C            G                   D
She was in a college sweatshirt, finally living on her own
       C             G                 D
Then I pointed at the picture and said that will be me soon
       C                G                    D
And my momma grabbed my hand and whispered, "I love you"


[Outro]
             C
But she said slow down honey
       G                    D
Cause it's kinda funny just how fast time goes
C                 G
Me and your daddy were just laughing
          D
About the week we brought you home
       C                 G             D
Oh the days they take so long, but the years fly by so fast
     C                 G                D
Oh I hope you make the best of what you get
                      C           G  D
Cause soon it will be time already
              C               G         D
How can it be time already to go?  Hey, hey
  C             G           D
I swear we just brought you home
                 C               G      D
So how can it be time already to go? Oe oe