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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 7Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

The only place I've ever seen this song is on MPJ's "Complete Works" collection, but 
it's a great one
Capo 3 (Chords and tabs relative to capo)
Intro riff (2x)
                (3x)  1st end   2nd end
e|------------------|---------|--0-----|
B|------------------|---------|--1-----|
G|-----------0-----.|---------|--2-----|
D|--------0-----2--.|---------|--2-----|
A|---2h3------------|--0------|--0-----|
E|------------------|---------|--x-----|
Verse 1
CWrote you a letter, I hope you read it
I put the pieces of my hAmeart dGown
CThis isn't easy, I want you near me
I think about you all the Amtime Gnow
OGh the Amin betwCeen
[chorus]
CTime won't take away what FI saw shining in your Ameyes
I will wGait for you
CLove like this comes only oFne time and it's still Amalive
Will you wGait for me
Intro riff (1x)
CMidnight confessions, tangled in questions
We found a harbor in the AmdarknGess
CWhat are we doing, We're only human
We're just two lovers at a AmdistaGnce
LGiving our AmmemorCy
[chorus]
[bridge]
AmI see a piFcture of the Cway we are and wGhat could be
AmHold onto my Flove, I will cCome for you when GI am free
Intro riff (2x)

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Wait For Me

by Matthew Perryman Jones

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

The only place I've ever seen this song is on MPJ's "Complete Works" collection, but

it's a great one

Capo 3 (Chords and tabs relative to capo)

Intro riff (2x)

(3x) 1st end 2nd end

e|------------------|---------|--0-----|

B|------------------|---------|--1-----|

G|-----------0-----.|---------|--2-----|

D|--------0-----2--.|---------|--2-----|

A|---2h3------------|--0------|--0-----|

E|------------------|---------|--x-----|

Verse 1

Wrote you a letter, I hope you read it

Am G

I put the pieces of my heart down

This isn't easy, I want you near me

Am G

I think about you all the time now

G Am C

Oh the in between

[chorus]

C F Am

Time won't take away what I saw shining in your eyes

I will wait for you

C F Am

Love like this comes only one time and it's still alive

Will you wait for me

Intro riff (1x)

Midnight confessions, tangled in questions

Am G

We found a harbor in the darkness

What are we doing, We're only human

Am G

We're just two lovers at a distance

G Am C

Living our memory

[chorus]

[bridge]

Am F C G

I see a picture of the way we are and what could be

Am F C G

Hold onto my love, I will come for you when I am free

Intro riff (2x)

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