Waiting For My Real Life To Begin chords by Colin Hay

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
Colin Hay
Going Somewhere
Submitted by junkers

As always, listen to the song to get the timing right.
At present I have only given the chords, but there's
some fingerpicking/arpeggio picking going on
throughout the song, just try to improvise, you can't
really make it sound bad.

Capo 4

Intro:

G/D/C
C C/F#/G C G G/D/C
C C/F#/G C G/A/B


Verse:

	  C
Any minute now,
D	 	 G  C  G
my ship is coming in
A/B/		    C B A  G
I'll keep checking the horizon
A/B/		 C  D	 G  C  G
I'll stand on the bow, feel the waves come crashing
A/B/	   C  B  A	G  C  G
Come crashing down, down, down, on me


Chorus:

	  C   G   D
And you say, be still my love
	  C
Open up your heart
C   A   G    A
Let the light shine in
C   G   D
But don't you understand
          C
I already have a plan
  D 		  C		G
I'm waiting for my real life to begin


Break:

G/D/C
C C/F#/G C G/A/B

Verse:

	  C
When I awoke today,
D	 	 G  C  G
suddenly nothing happened
A/B/		    C B A  G
But in my dreams, I slew the dragon
A/B/		 C  D	 G  C  G
And down this beaten path, and up this cobbled lane
A/B/	   C  B  A	G  C  G
I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again

Chorus:

	  C   G   D
And you say, just be here now
	  C
Forget about the past,
C   A   G    A
your mask is wearing thin
C   G   D
Let me throw one more dice
          C
I know that I can win
  D 		  C		G
I'm waiting for my real life to begin


Verse:

	  C
Any minute now,
D	 	 G  C  G
my ship is coming in
A/B/		    C B A  G
I'll keep checking the horizon
A/B/		 C  D	 G  C  G
And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call
A/B/	   C  B  A	G  C  G
It's gonna happen soon, soon, soon, it's just that times are lean


Chorus:

	  C   G   D
And you say, be still my love
	  C
Open up your heart,
C   A   G    A
let the light shine in
C   G   D
Don't you understand
          C
I already have a plan
  D 		  C		G
I'm waiting for my real life to begin


Bridge:

G/F#/E
E	A
E	A
E	A
G	C
D	C
C	E
C	G
D  A/B/G


Outro:

G
On a clear day
G/B/C
I can see
C/B/F#/G
See a very long way

G
On a clear day
G/B/C
I can see
C/B/A/G/F#/G
See a very long way


Chords used:

  G   D   C   F#  A   B   E

|--3--|--2--|--3--|--3--|-----|--3--|--3--|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|
|--0--|--2--|--0--|-----|--2--|-----|--0--|
|--0--|--0--|--2--|-----|--2--|-----|--2--|
|--2--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|--2--|--2--|
|--3--|-----|-----|--2--|-----|-----|--0--|