Jim Cuddy
While I Was Waiting

Capo 3rd Fret


CADD9 is  -3-    G/B is  -x-
          -3-            -3-
          -0-            -0-
          -2-            -0- 
          -3-            -2- 
          -x-            -x-    


INTRO:

G, CADD9  (Play 6 times) 

(When playing CADD9, play this on A-string ---3-2-3-2---)


VERSE 1:

G              CADD9         G   CADD9
When I finally put my heart away
G                  CADD9          G      CADD9
Stepped out of the mess that I had made
  D                         C                        G  CADD9 G CADD9
A long time coming but it's better late than never I say
G                  CADD9          G        CADD9 
People say there's someone you should see
G             CADD9      G      CADD9
I say why you doing this to me
    D                        C                         G   CADD9 G CADD9
I'm happy on a shelf there's nothing left to rattle my head
  D                          C
I walked into the room and I just knew right away
 D                     C
Small talk time as the hours slipped away
Em      D         C     Em           D       C
So many nights so blue. Oh what else could I do
C (hold note)
Oh while I was waiting for you


INTRO X2


VERSE 2 SAME AS 1ST

Verse 2:

Should've seen the ones who came around
Like they're picking through the lost and found
I looked them up and down and I wish that they would pass on by
Maybe it was something in their walk
Or something funny about the way they talked
Whatever it was they were dead before they'd even try
They stumbled through the door said they're feeling kinda shy
Told me their life story man I could've died
So many nights so blue. Oh what else could I do
Oh while I was waiting for you


CHORUS:

  Em                        D
I looked into your eyes and then I knew
Am     G/B      C       D
All my waiting time was through
   Em                    D
I never felt a jolt like this before
   Am      G/B       C      G/B             Am        G/B      D
It woke me up like a silent scream like the shut of a slamming door


SOLO IS THE SECOND HALF OF VERSES


CHORUS AGAIN

VERSE 3 IS SAME AS SECOND HALF OF VERSES

VERSE 3:

Who knows about the road that lies ahead
Could be good or we could both be dead
A little life lesson you don't go messin round with fate
I woke up in the morning life was just another day
Could've made a wrong turn baby who's to say
So many nights so blue. Oh what else could I do
                           G CADD9 G
Oh while I was waiting for you
            CADD9       G  CADD9 G
While I was waiting for you
            CADD9       G   CADD9 G CADD9 G CADD9 G 
While I was waiting for youuuuu

D, C
D, C
Em, D, C
Em, D, C
C, G, CADD9, G, CADD9, G, CADD9, G