Wait So Long

Same chords for the whole song. Strumming sounds good with up/down continuously pretty fast.


[Intro]
F   C   G   Am
F   C   G   Am


[Verse 1]
              F                    C
I could never pretend that i don't love you
                G                     Am
you could never pretend that i'm your man
                   F          C
that's exactly the way that i want it
                   G          Am
that's exactly the way that i am

                       F                 C
And you call me in the mornin with your troubles
          G              Am
takin it downtown every night
                        F                    C
i could never place the stars at night above ya
                     G                       Am
got my hands on the ground and you know i'm right


[Chorus]
             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long
             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long


[Bridge]
F   C   G   Am
F   C   G   Am


[Verse 2]
                       F                     C
It's a coffee stained earth every time it happens
               G                 Am
laugh it up honey it ain't that bad
                       F            C
and the afterthought rose to recognition
                    G           Am
like every other coffin that i had

                       F              C
And your Buick broke down in Winnemucca
                    G                       Am
you fall to your knees and you pray to the lord
                  F                C
then you take a poke at the politicians
                          G                 Am
nothing happens in this burnt down town anymore


[Chorus]
             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long
             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long


[Bridge]
(strum once each)
F      C       G       Am
(strum once til C, then pick up speed)
F      C       G   Am
F   C   G   Am
F   C   G   Am
(I usually skip to verse here,
unless you've got some crazy violinist with you)
F   C   G   Am
F   C   G   Am


[Verse 3]
                     F                C
And your heart rolls on like a frozen freight train
                    G            Am
you know that I'd help you if i can
                 F              C
but i'm just a raindrop in a river
               G                   Am
just a little itty bitty grain of sand

                       F                C
And you know that i'm doomed to repeat this
                  G             Am
with all the bad habits that i learned
                           F                C
but its better than your fiber and fornication
                   G              Am
and all the dirty money that you earned


[Chorus]
             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long
             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long

             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long
             F     C
You wait so long
             G     Am
You wait so long


[Outro]
F   C   G   Am
F   C   G   Am
F   C   G   Am
F   C   G        Am
(G several downchords then let ring with Am)