Waiting For My Real Life To Begin — Colin Hay
Chords and lyrics for Waiting For My Real Life To Begin by Colin Hay (key of G).
Verse 1
Going Somewhere
The timing here is hard to judge from the tab alone.
I suggest you read this tab whilst listening to the
song to figure out how it goes.
At present I have only given the chords, but there's
some fingerpicking/arpeggio picking going on
throughout the song, just try to improvise, you can't
really make it sound bad.
Intro
[G] [D] [C]
[C] [C] [G/F#] [G] [C] [G] [G] [D] [C]
[C] [C] [G/F#] [G] [C] [G] [A] [G/B]
Verse
Any minute [C]now,
[D]my ship is coming [G]in[G][C]
[A][G/B]I'll keep checking the[C] [G/B][A]horizon[G]
[A][G/B]I'll stand on the[C] bow,[D] feel the[G] [C]waves [G]come crashing
[A][G/B]Come crashing[C] [G/B]down, [A]down, [G]down, [C]on me[G]
Chorus
And you say,[C] be [G]still my [D]love
Open up your[C] heart
[C]Let the[A] light [G]shine in[A]
[C]But [G]don't you [D]understand
I already have a [C]plan
I'm [D]waiting for my [C]real life to[G] begin
Break
[G] [D] [C]
[C] [C] [G/F#] [G] [C] [G] [A] [G/B]
Verse
When I [C]awoke today,
[D]suddenly nothing [G][C]happened[G]
[A][G/B]But in my dreams, I [C]slew [G/B]the [A][G]dragon
[A][G/B]And down this [C]beaten [D]path, and [G]up [C]this [G]cobbled lane
[A][G/B]I'm walking [C]in my [G/B]old [A][G]footsteps, [C]once [G]again
Chorus
And you say,[C] just [G]be here [D]now
Forget about[C] the past,
[C]your [A]mask is [G]wearing [A]thin
[C]Let me [G]throw [D]one more dice
I know that I can [C]win
I'm [D]waiting for my [C]real life to[G] begin
Verse
Any minute [C]now,
[D]my ship is coming [G]in[G][C]
[A][G/B]I'll keep checking the[C] [G/B][A]horizon[G]
[A][G/B]And I'll check my[C] [D]machine, [G]there's [C]sure [G]to be that call
[A][G/B]It's gonna [C]happen [G/B]soon,[A] [G]soon, [C]soon, [G]it's just that times are lean
Chorus
And you say,[C] be [G]still my [D]love
Open up your[C] heart,
[C]let the[A] light [G]shine in[A]
[C]Don't [G]you [D]understand
I already have a [C]plan
I'm [D]waiting for my [C]real life to[G] begin
Bridge
[G] [G/F#] [Em7]
[Em7] [A]
[Em7] [A]
[Em7] [A]
[G] [C]
[D] [C]
[C] [Em7]
[C] [G]
[D] [A] [G/B] [G]
Outro
[G]On a clear day
[G]I [G/B]can [C]see
[C][G/B]See a [G/F#]very [G]long way
[G]On a clear day
[G]I [G/B]can [C]see
[C][G/B]See a [A][G]very[G/F#] long[G] way
Chords used:
[G] [D] [C] [G/F#] [A] [G/B] [Em7]
(Cadd9)
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