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WAITING FOR THE SUN – THE JAYHAWKS
INTRO:
    Am      Am/G      F           F( Afew times)
VERSE 1:
   AmI was Am/Gwaiting foFr the suFn
   AmThen I Am/Gwalked on hFome aloFne
   AmWhat I Am/Gdidn’t know F  F  
   Was he was Dwaiting for 
   FYou to fall
VERSE 2:
   AmSo I Am/Gnever madFe ameFnds
   AmFor the Am/Gsake of nFo one Felse
   AmFor the Am/Gsimple reFasonF  
   Was he was Dwaiting for 
   FYou to fall
PRE-CHORUS:
    Am     D    DmIt was not lost on me   (twice)
A7 (?) 
CHORUS:
CWalkin’ on down the road
CLookin’ for a friend to hand out
CSomebody’s my souGl  
VERSE 3: 
   AmSo I Am/Gkept my Fspirits highF  
   AmEnterAm/Gtaining paFssers-Fby
   AmRight to Am/Gmy conFfusionF  
   Was he was Dwaiting for 
   FYou to call
Am/G is played:   EADGBE
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XO221O

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

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Skill · find home

A minor

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Waiting For The Sun

by The Jayhawks

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Am/G

WAITING FOR THE SUN – THE JAYHAWKS

INTRO:

Am Am/G F F A

( few times)

VERSE 1:

Am Am/G F F

I was waiting for the sun

Am Am/G F F

Then I walked on home alone

Am Am/G F F

What I didn’t know

Was he was waiting for

You to fall

VERSE 2:

Am Am/G F F

So I never made amends

Am Am/G F F

For the sake of no one else

Am Am/G F F

For the simple reason

Was he was waiting for

You to fall

PRE-CHORUS:

Am D Dm

It was not lost on me (twice)

A7 (?)

CHORUS:

Walkin’ on down the road

Lookin’ for a friend to hand out

C G

Somebody’s my soul

VERSE 3:

Am Am/G F F

So I kept my spirits high

Am Am/G F F

Entertaining passers-by

Am Am/G F F

Right to my confusion

Was he was waiting for

You to call

Am/G is played: EADGBE

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