After Awhile Jimmie Dale Gilmore D C G G I remember When You Told Me With a Smile D C G G Someday Baby You’ll Be Rolling out in Style C C G G I could wait forever Learnin’ about never and always C C You were in a hurry You had time worry D Dstop And room enough to find my heart and tear it all apart C C G G I’m not certain When You Lost That Certain Smile D But I can Say Em G It’s the Price you have to Pay for After Awhile Instrumental D / C/ G / G / Em / C / D-C / D D C G G How I love you How I long to See that Smile That Certain Smile D C G G But You’ve Forgotten Life is a Treasure And Not a trial C C G G Take these precious flowers Take these happy Hours And Hold them C C I’ve forsaken never I’ll be forever D Dstop And after awhile won’t hold the key and steal you away from Me C C G G I’m not certain When You Lost That Certain Smile D But now I can see Em G G It’s the only way to be free from after awhile Outro D / C/ G / G / Em / Notes---C B A F# G