Waiting For That Day

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Waiting For That Day / You Can't Always Get What You Want - George Michael
From the Album “Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1” 1990
CHORDS RIFF
FM7/CC/G
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C/G 332010 e|----------------|
FM7/C B
x33210 |-------1h3--1---|
G G
355433 |--0h2-----------|
F D
133211 |----------------|
D7/F# A
200212 |----------------|
Fm E
133111 |----------------|
NO CAPO
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
C/G FM7/C C/G FM7/C
| | | | (riff)|
C/G FM7/C C/G FM7/C
| | (riff)| | (riff)|
C/G FM7/C C/G FM7/C
| | (riff)| | |
Do-Do-Do-Do Do-De-Do Do-Do-Do-Do-Do Do-Do-Do-Do Do-De-Do Do-Do-Do-Do-Do
[Verse 1]
C/G FM7/C
So every day I see you in some other face
C/G
They crack a smile, talk a while and
FM7/C C/G
Try to take your place, mmmmm,
FM7/C C/G FM7/C
My memory serves me far too well
(My memory)
[Verse 2]
C/G FM7/C
I just sit here on this mountain thinking to myself
C/G
You're a fool boy, why don't you go down
FM7/C C/G
Find somebody, find somebody else
FM7/C C/G FM7/C
My memory serves me far too well
(My memory)
[Chorus]
G F
It's not as though we just broke up
G F
It's not as though it was yesterday, yeah
G D7/F#
But something I just can't explain
Fm
Something in me needs this pain
C/G FM7/C
I know I'll never see your face again C'mon now
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C
I've got to be strong now
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C C/G FM7/C
| | (riff)| | |
Do-Do-Do-Do Do-De-Do Do-Do-Do-Do-Do Do-Do-Do-Do Do-De-Do Do-Do-Do-Do-Do
[Verse 3]
C/G FM7/C
Now everybody's talking about this new decade
C/G
Like you say the magic numbers
FM7/C
Then just say goodbye to
C/G
The stupid mistakes you made
FM7/C C/G FM7/C
Oh, My memory serves me far too well
(My memory) (Don't you know that)
[Verse 4]
C/G FM7/C
The years will come and go
C/G
Some of us will change our lives
FM7/C C/G
Some of us still have nothing to show
FM7/C
Nothing baby
(Nothing Baby)
C/G FM7/C
But memories
(But memories)
[Chorus]
G F
And if these wounds, they are self-inflicted
G F G
I don't really know how my poor heart could have protected me
D7/F#
But if I have to carry this pain
Fm
If you will not share the blame
C/G FM7/C
I deserve to see your face again
(Riff) Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C
C'mon now You don't have to be so strong now
(Riff) Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C
| | (riff)|
| Do-Do-Do-Do Do-De-Do Do-Do-Do-Do-Do |
| Come back, come back, come back, come back |
C/G FM7/C
| | |
| Do-Do-Do-Do Do-De-Do Do-Do-Do-Do-Do |
| Come back, come back, come back |
[Outro]
C/G FM7/C C/G
Oh, Come back to me darling, I will make it worth your while
C/G FM7/C C/G
Come back to your baby, I miss your kiss, I miss your smile
C/G FM7/C
Seems to me the peace I search to find
C/G
Ain't going to be mine until
C/G FM7/C
You say you will
FM7/C C/G
Don't you keep me waiting for that day
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
FM7/C
I know, I know, I know
C/G FM7/C
You hear these words that I say
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo,
C/G FM7/C C/G FM7/C
I know, I know, I know
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C
You can't always get what you want (riff)
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C
You can't always get what you want (riff)
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C
You can't always get what you want (riff)
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo
C/G FM7/C C/G
Oh, Come back, come back, come back, come back
Hoo-hoo-hoo, Hoo-hoo-hoo-oo

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Waiting For That Day / You Can't Always Get What You Want  - George Michael
From the Album “Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1” 1990
FM7/C  x33210             B|-------1h3--1---|
G      355433             G|--0h2-----------|
F      133211             D|----------------|
D7/F#  200212             A|----------------|
Fm     133111             E|----------------|
NO CAPO
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| C/G                 | FM7/C         | C/G                 | FM7/C   (riff)|
| C/G                 | FM7/C   (riff)| C/G                 | FM7/C   (riff)|
[Verse 1]
         (My memory) 
[Verse 2]
         (My memory) 
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
             (My memory)                        (Don't you know that)
[Verse 4]
             (Nothing Baby)
             (But memories)
[Chorus]
[Outro]

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