Today

Words and Music by Randy Sparks
from An Evening With John Denver (1975)


E   C#m   F#m   B   A   B   E   B


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Rit.   Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine
       E                  C#m              F#m             B        
       I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine
	  E         E7          A          F#m
       A million tomorrow shall all pass away
	E         C#m         F#m         B  B7   E   C#m  F#m  B
       'Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.

       E          C#m      F#m        B 
       I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
	E             C#m        F#m          B
       you know who I am by the songs that I sing
	     E             C#m         F#m           B 
       I'll feast at your table I'll sleep in your clover
	A              B               E   B
       who cares what tomorrow shall bring


Rit.   Today...

	  E           C#m         F#m          B 
       I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
       E                 C#m     F#m         B
       I can't live on promises winter to spring
	E           C#m    F#m        B 
       Today is my moment now is my story
       A               B        E       B
       I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing 


Rit.   Today...