D   G   C   D

[Verse 1]
G                    C                 D
I know a girl who was schooled in Manhattan
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She reads dusty books and learns phrases in latin
G                       C       D
She is an author, or maybe a poet
B7         Em                  C                D
A genius but it’s just this world doesn’t know it
C                   G
She works on her novel most every day
C         G             A  D
If you laugh she will say

[Chorus]
G             Em7     Asus4       D
Seize the day seize whatever you can
G                C                   Em7      D
Because life slips away just like hourglass sand
G              Em7                  C    D
Seize the day pray for grace from God‘s hand
        C           G            D
Then nothing will stand in your way
        G
Seize the day
Em7               G                   D    G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lie-dee-di-dee-di da-die
Em                 G                 D     G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lie-dee-di-dee-di  da-die

[Verse 2]
G                  C                  D
Well I know what doctor fine young physician
G                            C            D
Left a six-figure job for a mission position
 G               Em              C       D
He’s healing the sick in an African clinic
B7               Em                C            D
He works in the dirt and writes home to the cynics
C           G                  C              D
He says we work through the night so most everyday
C                               A
As we watch the sunrise we can say

[Chorus]
G               Em7     D        Dsus4
Seize the day seize whatever you can
G               C                             D
Because life slips away just like hourglass sand
G              Em7                  C     D
Seize the day pray for grace from God‘s hand
        C            G           D
Then nothing will stand in your way
        G
Seize the day
Em7                               D     G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lie-dee-di-dee-di da-die
Em                                D     G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lei-dee-di-dee-di  da-die

[Verse 3]
G                         C               D
Well I know a man who’s been doing some thinking
G                              C              D
He’s bitter and cold as the whiskey he’s drinking
G                   Em7        C          D
He’s talking about fear and chances not taken
B7                Em                G            D
If you listen to him you can hear his heartbreaking
         C               G            C                G
He says one day you’re a boy and the next day you’re dead
         C        G                 A
I wish way back when someone had said

[Chorus]
G               Em7     D         Dsus4
Seize the day seize whatever you can
G              C                               D
Because life slips away just like hourglass sand
G              Em7                  C     D
Seize the day pray for grace from God‘s hand
       C            G            D
Then nothing will stand in your way
        G
Seize the day
Em7                              D    G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lie-dee-di-dee-di da-die
Em                                D     G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lei-dee-di-dee-di  da-die

[Verse 4]
       G             C              D
one thing I’ve noticed whenever I wander
G                  Em          C            D
Everyone’s got a dream he can follow or squander
G                          C                      D
You can do what you will with the days you were given
B7                     Em            C          D
I’m trying to spend mine on the business of living
     C              G           C         G
So I’m singing my songs off of any old stage
C                           G          A
You can laugh if you want I’ll still stay

[Chorus]
G              Em7         D      Dsus4
Seize the day seize whatever you can
G               C                             D
because life slips away just like hourglass sand
G               Em7                 C     D
Seize the day pray for grace from God’s hand
        C           G            D
Then nothing will stand in your way
       G
Seize the day
Em7                                  D    G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lie-dee-di-dee-di da-die
Em                                   D     G
Lie-dee-di-dee-di lei-dee-di-dee-di  da-die