It Don't Take But A Few Minutes chords by Eric Clapton

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD   A7A7    D MajorD

Intro Riff @2:38

e|-----------------------------------------|
BB|-/10-10-----10-10-10------10-10-12-10-8--|
G+G|-/11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-9--|
D MajorD|--------12------------12-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|


e|------------------------------------|
BB|-8-8----5--8-8-8--5--14-12-10-10-7--|
G+G|-9-9----6--9-9-9--6--14-12-11--9-7--|
D MajorD|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
D MajorD                         A7A7
When I see those big brown eyes is when I take my cue
A7A7                         D MajorD
It don't take me but a few minutes to get a message through
D MajorD                      A7A7
I talk to you, you talk to me we talk to one another


Chorus:
N.C.              A7A7         D MajorD
It don't take but a few minutes to understand each other

Intro Riff @3:07
D MajorD   A7A7  D MajorD


Verse 2:
D MajorD                          A7A7
If I was twenty-three years old and you were twenty-two
A7A7                          D MajorD
I bet no one would try to run our lives the way they do
D MajorD                     A7A7
take a chance, try romance, be true to one another


Chorus:
N.C.               A7A7        D MajorD
It don't take but a few minutes, when we want each other

Intro Riff x 2 @3:34
D MajorD   A7A7  D MajorD
D    A7A7   D MajorD

Verse 3:
D MajorD                        A7A7
If I was in San Diego and you were in Portland, Maine
A7A7                           D MajorD
I'd fly to you lock, stock and board in hail and pouring rain
D MajorD                              A7A7
Over the mountains, through the valleys, coming home to each other

Chorus:
N.C.                A7A7         D MajorD
It don't take us but a few minutes to get to one another

Intro Riff @4:10
D MajorD   A7A7  D MajorD

Verse 4:
D MajorD                       A7A7
You would write a love song and play on my guitar
A7A7                       D MajorD
And if you should, in Hollywood, become a movie star
D MajorD                           A7A7
Would you let your heart forget, I loved you and you only

Chorus:
N.C.               A7A7         D MajorD
It don't take but a few minutes, when you're feeling lonely

Intro Riff @4:37
D MajorD   A7A7  D MajorD

Repeat Verse 1:
D MajorD                         A7A7
When I see those big brown eyes is when I take my cue
A7A7                        D MajorD
It don't take but a few minutes to get a message through
D MajorD                          A7A7
I talk to you, and you talk to me and we talk to one another

Chorus:
N.C.                A7A7              D MajorD
It don't take us but a few minutes to understand each other

Intro Riff x 2 @5:10
D MajorD   A7A7  D MajorD
D   A7A7  D MajorD