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Hi, seemed there were no simple chord layouts of this song yet, so I've decided to throw myself in.
By the way, it's my first tab. So the complaint department is in South Africa :P :P
It's really quite simple. Standard tuning, CAPO on fret 3.
[INTRO] C, Am, F, C  
The Csky glows
I see it shining with my Ameyes closed
I hear your warnings but we Fboth know
I'm gonna look at it agCain
Don't Cwait, Don't Gwait
The road is now a Amsudden sea
And suddenly, you're Fdeep enough
To lay your armor CdownG  
To lay your armor AmdownF  
To lay your armor dowCn
You get Cone look
I'll show you something that the Amnight took.
A bit to early for my Fown good
Now let's not speak of it agCain
Don't Cwait, Don't Gwait
The road is now a Amsudden sea
And suddenly, you're Fdeep enough
To lay your armor CdownG  
To lay your armor AmdownF  
Musical intermission... C, Am, F,  C(same as intro)
Don't Cwait, Don't Gwait
The lights will Amflash and fade away
The days will Fpass you by
Don't Cwait
To lay your armor CdownG  
To lay your armor AmdownF  
And the song finishes just like it begins, on a long C chord... nice...
Also, for the fancier ones, if you want to get that neat change of notes within the C 
Am chords, all you have to do is this:
 for the C:                     for the Am:
e|----0----0---0---0-          |---0---0---0---0-|
B|----1----0---1---0-          |---1---0---1---0-|
G|----0----0---0---0-          |---2---2---2---2-|
D|----2----2---2---2-          |---2---2---2---2-|
A|----3----3---3---3-          |---0---0---0---0-|
E|----x----x---x---x-          |---x---x---x---x-|
Anyways... i think you get the point. It really isn't a hard song to play, at least like 
But it's got a good feel to it. Beautiful simplicity.
See ya

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Dont Wait

by Dashboard Confessional

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

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Hi, seemed there were no simple chord layouts of this song yet, so I've decided to throw myself in.

By the way, it's my first tab. So the complaint department is in South Africa :P :P

It's really quite simple. Standard tuning, CAPO on fret 3.

C Am F C

[INTRO] , , ,

The sky glows

I see it shining with my eyes closed

I hear your warnings but we both know

I'm gonna look at it again

C G

Don't wait, Don't wait

The road is now a sudden sea

And suddenly, you're deep enough

C G

To lay your armor down

Am F

To lay your armor down

You get one look

I'll show you something that the night took.

A bit to early for my own good

Now let's not speak of it again

C G

Don't wait, Don't wait

The road is now a sudden sea

And suddenly, you're deep enough

C G

To lay your armor down

Am F

To lay your armor down

C Am F C

Musical intermission... , , , (same as intro)

C G

Don't wait, Don't wait

The lights will flash and fade away

The days will pass you by

Don't wait

C G

To lay your armor down

Am F

To lay your armor down

And the song finishes just like it begins, on a long C chord... nice...

Also, for the fancier ones, if you want to get that neat change of notes within the C

Am chords, all you have to do is this:

for the C: for the Am:

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

B|----1----0---1---0- |---1---0---1---0-|

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

D|----2----2---2---2- |---2---2---2---2-|

A|----3----3---3---3- |---0---0---0---0-|

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

Anyways... i think you get the point. It really isn't a hard song to play, at least like

But it's got a good feel to it. Beautiful simplicity.

See ya

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