Wait For Her chords by Roger Waters

Chords with lyrics

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     Wait for Her – Roger Waters
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Tuning: Standard

Roger Waters
Wait for Her
(Roger Waters/Mahmud Darwisch)

From: "Is This The Life We Really Want?" (2017)

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Intro:
| G+G | % | C majorC | G+G |
 (piano)
| G+G | % | C majorC | G+G |
 (piano + guitar)

Verse:
    G+G
With a glass inlaid with gemstones
   G+G
On a pool around the evening
 C majorC
Among the perfumed roses
     G+G
Wait for her


Verse:
     G+G
With the patience of a packhorse
G+G
Loaded for the mountains
    C majorC
Like a stoic, noble prince
     G+G
Wait for her


Verse:
      G+G
With seven pillows laid out on the stair
  G+G                 C majorC
The scent of womens' incense fills the air
       G+G
Be calm, and wait for her

Verse:
  G+G
And do not flush the sparrows
     G+G
That are nesting in her braids
   C majorC
All along the barricades
     G+G   G+G G/F#
Wait for her


Chorus:
E minorEm         C majorC
 And if she comes soon
    | G+G | G+G  G+G G/F# |
Wait for her
E minorEm         C majorC
 And if she comes late
| G+G | % |
Wait


Verse:
G+G
 Let her be still
   G+G
As a summer afternoon
 C majorC           | G+G |
A augmentedA garden in full bloom


Verse:
    G+G
Let her breathe in the air
    G+G
That is foreign to her heart
C majorC
 Let her lips part
     G+G
Wait for her


Verse:
G+G
Take her to the balcony
    G+G
See the moon soaked in milk
     C majorC
Hear the rustle of her silk
     G+G
Wait for her


Verse:
   G+G
Don't let your eyes alight upon
  G+G
The twin doves of her breast
C majorC
 Lest they take flight
     G+G
Wait for her
     G+G   G+G G/F#
Wait for her


Chorus:
E minorEm         C majorC
 And if she comes soon
    | G+G | G+G  G+G G/F# |
Wait for her
E minorEm         C majorC
 And if she comes late
| G+G | D MajorD
Wait,  wait
    (break)


Verse:
     G+G
Serve her water before wine
G+G
Do not touch her hand
     C majorC             G+G
Let your fingertips rest at her command


Verse:
   G+G
Speak softly as a flute would
   G+G
To a fearful violin
    C majorC         | G+G  G+G G/F# |
Breathe out, breathe in


Interlude:
| E minorEm | C majorC | G+G | G+G  G+G G/F# |
| E minorEm | C majorC | G+G | D MajorD |
       (break)


Outro verse:
  G+G
And as the echo fades
     G+G
From that final fusillade
 C majorC            G+G
Remember the promises you made