--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wait for Her – Roger Waters --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard Roger Waters Wait for Her (Roger Waters/Mahmud Darwisch) From: "Is This The Life We Really Want?" (2017) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: | G | % | C | G | (piano) | G | % | C | G | (piano + guitar)
Verse: G With a glass inlaid with gemstones G On a pool around the evening C Among the perfumed roses G Wait for her Verse: G With the patience of a packhorse G Loaded for the mountains C Like a stoic, noble prince G Wait for her Verse: G With seven pillows laid out on the stair G C The scent of womens' incense fills the air G Be calm, and wait for her Verse: G And do not flush the sparrows G That are nesting in her braids C All along the barricades G G G/F# Wait for her Chorus: Em C And if she comes soon | G | G G G/F# | Wait for her Em C And if she comes late | G | % | Wait Verse: G Let her be still G As a summer afternoon C | G | A garden in full bloom Verse: G Let her breathe in the air G That is foreign to her heart C Let her lips part G Wait for her Verse: G Take her to the balcony G See the moon soaked in milk C Hear the rustle of her silk G Wait for her Verse: G Don't let your eyes alight upon G The twin doves of her breast C Lest they take flight G Wait for her G G G/F# Wait for her Chorus: Em C And if she comes soon | G | G G G/F# | Wait for her Em C And if she comes late | G | D Wait, wait (break) Verse: G Serve her water before wine G Do not touch her hand C G Let your fingertips rest at her command Verse: G Speak softly as a flute would G To a fearful violin C | G G G/F# | Breathe out, breathe in Interlude: | Em | C | G | G G G/F# | | Em | C | G | D | (break) Outro verse: G And as the echo fades G From that final fusillade C G Remember the promises you made
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