Bob Marley, Waiting in Vain (1977)
Key: :[Ab] (w: Bob Marley)
INTRO:
[Abmaj7] [Dbmaj7] //
[Abmaj7] [Dbmaj7]
[Abmaj7] I don't want no wait in vain
[Dbmaj7] for your love
[Abmaj7] I don't want no wait in vain
[Dbmaj7] for your love
VERSE 1:
[Abmaj7] From the very first time I
[Dbmaj7] blessed my eyes on you girl
[Abmaj7] My heart said follow
[Dbmaj7] through
[Abmaj7] But I know now that I'm
[Dbmaj7] way down on your line
[Abmaj7] And the waiting feel is
[Dbmaj7] fine
VERSE 2:
[Abmaj7] So don't treat me like a
[Dbmaj7] puppet on a string
[Abmaj7] Cause I know how to do my
[Dbmaj7] thing
[Abmaj7] Don't talk to me, as
[Dbmaj7] if you think I'm dumb
[Abmaj7] I want to know when you're gonna
[Dbmaj7] come, see
CHORUS:
[Abmaj7] I don't want no wait in vain
[Dbmaj7] for your love
[Abmaj7] I don't want no wait in vain
[Dbmaj7] for your love
[Abmaj7] I don't want no wait in vain
[Dbmaj7] for your love
BRIDGE:
Cause when
[Db] summer is
[Eb] here
[Cm7] I'm still waiting
[Bbm7] there
[Db] Winter is
[Eb] here
and
[Cm7] I'm still waiting
[Bbm7] there
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
[Abmaj7] It's been three years since I'm
[Dbmaj7] knocking on your door
[Abmaj7] And I still can knock some
[Dbmaj7] more
[Abmaj7] Oo-ooh girl, oo-ooh girl,
[Dbmaj7] is it feasable, I wanna know now
[Abmaj7] For I to knock some
[Dbmaj7] more, you see
VERSE 4:
[Abmaj7] In life I know,
[Dbmaj7] there's lots of grief
[Abmaj7] But your love is my re-
[Dbmaj7]-lief
[Abmaj7] Tears in my eyes burn,
[Dbmaj7] tears in my eyes burn
[Abmaj7] While I'm waiting, while I'm waiting for my
[Dbmaj7] turn
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
OUTRO:
[Abmaj7] I don' wanna, I don' wanna, I don' wanna
I don' wanna,
[Dbmaj7] I don' wanna wait in vain
[Abmaj7] I don' wanna, I don' wanna, I don' wanna
I don' wanna,
[Dbmaj7] I don' wanna wait in vain
REPEAT OUTRO: [x2]
