{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1749806,"song":"Waiting For Gilligan","artist":"Vance Gilbert","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11377537-waiting-for-gilligan-chords-by-vance-gilbert/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1749806?type=chord","rating":4.75827,"votes":5,"content":"Waiting for Gilligan\r\nChords used: (EDIT: I wrote this chordsheet as a guitar noob, it was updated during the May 2020 quarantine \r\n              with the proper chords. It's in Eb standard, writen chords are the actual chords. Transpose down\r\n              1 semitone to play in standard)\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]     \r\n[ch]G#[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]      \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI watch the waves go in and out[/tab]\r\n\r\nLike some uncertain chore\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI understand the habit as they[/tab]\r\n\r\nBreak upon the shore\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI keep this lonely vigil so[/tab]\r\n\r\nMy heart won't break no more\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for Gilligan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThe days turn into week[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the weeks turn into years\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd there's some that say I'm crazy[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen they see me sitting here\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nTell all who would commit me[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat I know what commitment is\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for Gilligan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThe short wave has been[/tab]\r\n\r\nBroken down for years\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBut I'm listening with much more[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThan just my ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for Gilligan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThe Captain's kids are captains now[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd most have come and gone\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOn motor boats and sailing ships[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith cargoes of their own\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nMy fingers cross with every ship[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat makes the trip back home\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for Gilligan[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nIf practice makes for perfect[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell, I think I've got it down\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAfter thirty years of waiting[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor a man who's not around\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nIf faith and hope were made of gold[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen I would wear that crown\r\n[tab] [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for Gilligan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nTo look at me[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe years may seem unkind\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBut there's just enough of me left[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNot to mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for Gilligan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI'm no prisoner to my passion[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAny more than some of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWhen I lay down I dream about[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nA love I know that's true[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm[/ch]           \r\nI know folks who laid side by side[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFor years and never knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nThat they were stranded[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow, I want you to tell me\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nSomebody tell me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWho's on an island now?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI know he's out there somewhere[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd if he don't come home to me\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThen I'll go out to meet him[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf they'd bury me at sea\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nThen we will be together[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I'll no longer be\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWaiting for Gilligan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Ending]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou tell Ginger, Mrs Howe[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Maryann\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI'll always burn the candle[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFor my man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for Gilligan[/tab]","plain_text":"Waiting for Gilligan\nChords used: (EDIT: I wrote this chordsheet as a guitar noob, it was updated during the May 2020 quarantine \n              with the proper chords. It's in Eb standard, writen chords are the actual chords. Transpose down\n              1 semitone to play in standard)\nEb     \nG#\nGm\nCm\nFm\nBb      \n\n[Verse]\n\n\nLike some uncertain chore\n\n\nBreak upon the shore\n\n\nMy heart won't break no more\n\n\n\n\nAnd the weeks turn into years\n\n\nWhen they see me sitting here\n\n\nThat I know what commitment is\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\nBroken down for years\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\nAnd most have come and gone\n\n\nWith cargoes of their own\n\n\nThat makes the trip back home\n\n\n\n\n\nWell, I think I've got it down\n\n\nFor a man who's not around\n\n\nThen I would wear that crown\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\nThe years may seem unkind\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow, I want you to tell me\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd if he don't come home to me\n\n\nIf they'd bury me at sea\n\n\nAnd I'll no longer be\n\n\n[Ending]\n\n\nAnd Maryann","chords":["Eb","G#","Gm","Cm","Fm","Bb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}