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

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D     A7        D

Intro Riff @2:38

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-/10-10-----10-10-10------10-10-12-10-8--|
G|-/11-11-11--11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11-9--|
D|--------12------------12-----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


e|------------------------------------|
B|-8-8----5--8-8-8--5--14-12-10-10-7--|
G|-9-9----6--9-9-9--6--14-12-11--9-7--|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
D                                                 A7
When I see those big brown eyes is when I take my cue
A7                                                  D
It don't take me but a few minutes to get a message through
D                                            A7
I talk to you, you talk to me we talk to one another


Chorus:
N.C.                            A7                 D
It don't take but a few minutes to understand each other

Intro Riff @3:07
D      A7    D


Verse 2:
D                                                   A7
If I was twenty-three years old and you were twenty-two
A7                                                   D
I bet no one would try to run our lives the way they do
D                                          A7
take a chance, try romance, be true to one another


Chorus:
N.C.                             A7                D
It don't take but a few minutes, when we want each other

Intro Riff x 2 @3:34
D      A7    D
D       A7     D


Verse 3:
D                                               A7
If I was in San Diego and you were in Portland, Maine
A7                                                      D
I'd fly to you lock, stock and board in hail and pouring rain
D                                                            A7
Over the mountains, through the valleys, coming home to each other

Chorus:
N.C.                               A7                 D
It don't take us but a few minutes to get to one another

Intro Riff @4:10
D      A7    D

Verse 4:
D                                              A7
You would write a love song and play on my guitar
A7                                              D
And if you should, in Hollywood, become a movie star
D                                                     A7
Would you let your heart forget, I loved you and you only

Chorus:
N.C.                             A7                  D
It don't take but a few minutes, when you're feeling lonely

Intro Riff @4:37
D      A7    D

Repeat Verse 1:
D                                                 A7
When I see those big brown eyes is when I take my cue
A7                                               D
It don't take but a few minutes to get a message through
D                                                    A7
I talk to you, and you talk to me and we talk to one another

Chorus:
N.C.                               A7                           D
It don't take us but a few minutes to understand each other

Intro Riff x 2 @5:10
D     A7    D
D     A7    D