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[Intro]
DWait - waA/Dit
I C/Dnever had a chance to lovG/De you
Now I Bb/Donly wanna say I love you
One more timAe
[Verse 1]
AWait jA7ust a moment be-D/Afore our love will dieDm(add9)/A  
Cause AI must kA7now the reason whD/Ay   we say goodbyeDm(add9)/A.        
AWait jA7ust a mo - ment D/Aand tell me     why       Dm(add9)/A  
Cause AI can sA7how you lovin D/Athat you won't deDm(add9)/Any
[Interlude]
   A    A7    D/F#   Dm/F(Repeat 2x)
[Verse 2]
AWait aA/Gnd show your loviD/F#n like it was be-Dm/Ffore
ACause I won't A/Glet that feelin D/F#walk ou through the Dm/Fdoor
Yeah wAait juA7st a moment aD/F#nd try once mDm/Fore
Cause Ababe I A7need to hold you D/F#like I did bDm/Fefore
[Pre-Chorus]
BmSo if you Bm/Ago away I knEmow that I wF#5ill G5follow
BmCause there's a Bm/Aplace inside my Emheart that tells me
B5Hold oF#5ut,  B5hold F#5out, hB5old F#5out
B5Oh,       F#5  B5Ba--F#5By
[Chorus]
DWait - Await
I Gnever had a chance to lAove you
DWait - Await
If oEm7nly our love could show yAou
DWait - Await
I Gnever wanna be without Ayou
DWait - Await
No I nCever had a chance to lGove you
Now I oBbnly wanna say I lFove you
One more Atime
[Solo Chords]
  A-    A7-    D/A-   Dm(add9)/A(4x)
[Pre-Chorus]
BmSo if you Bm/Ago away I knEmow that I wF#5ill G5follow
BmCause there's a Bm/Aplace inside my Emheart that tells me
B5Hold oF#5ut,  B5hold F#5out, hB5old F#5out
B5Oh,       F#5  B5Ba--F#5By
[Chorus]
DWait - Await
I Gnever had a chance to lAove you
DWait - Await
If oEm7nly our love could show yAou
DWait - Await
I Gnever wanna be without Ayou
DWait - Await
No I nCever had a chance to lGove you
Now I oBbnly wanna say I lFove you
Um, BaA/Dby
I'm beg-ginC/D' you, wait--ing  G/D  
No, I nBbev-er had a chance to lFove   you.
[Outro Chords] (Picked)
 A--  A7--  D/A--  Dm(add9)/A-- Dm(add9)/A  

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Wait

by White Lion

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A/D

C/D

G/D

Bb/D

D/A

Dm(add9)/A

D/F#

Dm/F

A/G

Bm/A

F#5

Em7

[Intro]

D A/D

Wait - wait

C/D G/D

I never had a chance to love you

Bb/D

Now I only wanna say I love you

One more time

[Verse 1]

A A7 D/A Dm(add9)/A

Wait just a moment be-fore our love will die

A A7 D/A Dm(add9)/A

Cause I must know the reason why we say goodbye.

A A7 D/A Dm(add9)/A

Wait just a mo - ment and tell me why

A A7 D/A Dm(add9)/A

Cause I can show you lovin that you won't deny

[Interlude]

A A7 D/F# Dm/F

(Repeat 2x)

[Verse 2]

A A/G D/F# Dm/F

Wait and show your lovin like it was be-fore

A A/G D/F# Dm/F

Cause I won't let that feelin walk ou through the door

A A7 D/F# Dm/F

Yeah wait just a moment and try once more

A A7 D/F# Dm/F

Cause babe I need to hold you like I did before

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm Bm/A Em F#5 G5

So if you go away I know that I will follow

Bm Bm/A Em

Cause there's a place inside my heart that tells me

B5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5

Hold out, hold out, hold out

B5 F#5 B5 F#5

Oh, Ba--By

[Chorus]

D A

Wait - wait

G A

I never had a chance to love you

D A

Wait - wait

Em7 A

If only our love could show you

D A

Wait - wait

G A

I never wanna be without you

D A

Wait - wait

C G

No I never had a chance to love you

Bb F

Now I only wanna say I love you

One more time

[Solo Chords]

A A7 D/A Dm(add9)/A

- - - (4x)

[Pre-Chorus]

Bm Bm/A Em F#5 G5

So if you go away I know that I will follow

Bm Bm/A Em

Cause there's a place inside my heart that tells me

B5 F#5 B5 F#5 B5 F#5

Hold out, hold out, hold out

B5 F#5 B5 F#5

Oh, Ba--By

[Chorus]

D A

Wait - wait

G A

I never had a chance to love you

D A

Wait - wait

Em7 A

If only our love could show you

D A

Wait - wait

G A

I never wanna be without you

D A

Wait - wait

C G

No I never had a chance to love you

Bb F

Now I only wanna say I love you

A/D

Um, Baby

C/D G/D

I'm beg-gin' you, wait--ing

Bb F

No, I nev-er had a chance to love you.

[Outro Chords] (Picked)

A A7 D/A Dm(add9)/A Dm(add9)/A

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