Tone: [Am]
Intro -x2-:
[F] [C] [G] [Am]
Verse 1:
I could never [F]pretend that I don't [C]love you
You could never [G]pretend that I'm your [Am]man
That's exactly the [F]way that I [C]want it
That's exactly the [G]way that I [Am]am
And you call me in the
[F]mornin with your t[C]troubles
Takin it d[G]downtown every n[Am]night
I could never place
the [F]stars at night above [C]ya
Got my hands on the g[G]g
round and you know I'm r[Am]right
Chorus:
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
Interlude -x2-:
[F] [C] [G] [Am]
Verse 2:
It's a coffee stained e[F]earth every time it hap[C]happens
Laugh it up hon[G]honey it ain't that b[Am]bad
And the afterthought ro[F]rose to recogni[C]recognition
Like every other cof[G]coffin that I h[Am]had
And your Buick broke do[F]down in Winnemucc[C]Winnemucca
You fall to your kne[G]knees and you pray to the l[Am]lord
Then you take a po[F]poke at the politic[C]politicians
Nothing happens in this bu[G]burnt down town anym[Am]anymore
Chorus:
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
Interlude -x6-:
[F] [C] [G] [Am]
Verse 3:
And your heart rolls [F]on
like a frozen [C]freight train
You know that I'd he[G]help you if I c[Am]can
But I'm just a ra[F]raindrop in a riv[C]river
Just a little i[G]itty bitty grain of s[Am]sand
And you know that I'm d[F]doomed to repeat t[C]this
With all the bad h[G]habits that I l[Am]learned
But its better than your fi[F]fire-borne fornicat[C]fornication
And all the dirty m[G]money that you e[Am]earned
Chorus:
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
You wait so l[F]long [C]
You wait so l[G]long [Am]
Outro -repeat-:
[F] [C] [G] [Am]