Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
C majorC G/BG/B
So open up your morning light
Am7Am7 Am/GAm/G
And say a little prayer for I
C majorC G/BG/B
You know that if we are to stay alive
Am7Am7 Am/GAm/G
And see the peace in every eye
Interlude:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
G+G
She had two babies, one was six months, one was three
Cadd9Cadd9
In the war of '44
G+G
Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging
E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9
When she thought it was God calling her
E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?
Chorus:
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
I want to know right now what will it be
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
Interlude:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse:
G+G
He showed up all wet on the rainy front step
Cadd9Cadd9
Wearing shrapnel in his skin
G+G
And the war he saw lives inside him still
E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9
It's so hard to be gentle and warm
E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9
The years pass by and now he has granddaughters
Chorus:
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
I want to know right now what will it be
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
Bridge:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Coda:
E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9 2x
C majorC G/BG/B
So open up your morning light
Am7Am7 Am/GAm/G
And say a little prayer for I
C majorC G/BG/B
You know that if we are to stay alive
Am7Am7 Am/GAm/G
And see the peace in every eye
Drum Interlude: (Move Capo to 5th)
Chorus:
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
I want to know right now what will it be
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
I want to know right now what will it be
G+G Gsus2/F# E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
Outro:
E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9