Waiting Tables

Intro:  Dsus4    D   Am   G

Verse 1:
G                     D          
She grew up tall in a timber 
    C
town,
Where trees were not the only things
           G            C
 that were fallin' down
The breezes through the pines were 
        Em              Am
blowin' bittersweet
They blew the papers down the 
D                  G
dead-end street

Verse 2:
G                                 
She married a boy as soon as she 
   D                 C
got out of school
                          G        
But he turned out to be a reckless 
      C
fool
Gone are the days when she was 
Em              Am
worry-free
Now she's a single mom; she's only 
D
twenty-three

Chorus 1:
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          G                        
And she's waiting tables, she's 
  Bm                  C
just    waiting tables
She's learned a lot about people - 
              Am              D
more than she   ever wanted to know
           G               
She's just waiting tables,    
Bm                    C
waiting tables
Biding her time until there's 
D                 G
somewhere else to go

Verse 3:
         G                       
When her workin' day is done, she 
         D
tallies up her tips
                C               
And she sighs, "Dear Lord above, 
               G
there must be more than this."
    C                            
Someday she'll see this misery in 
     Em
her    rear-view mirror
          Am                       
But for today she'll find a way to 
      D
get a-long right here

Chorus 2:
          G                        
And she's waiting tables, she's 
  Bm                  C
just    waiting tables
She's learned a lot about people - 
              Am              D
more than she   ever wanted to know
           G               
She's just waiting tables,    
Bm                    C
waiting tables
Biding her time until there's 
D                 G
somewhere else to go

Bridge:
Bm9                            Em
   One rainy night, a handsome 
          Bm9                      
man came in,   Said he was bound 
         Em
for parts un-known
Bm9                               
   They talked and talked until 
  C              Am           
the moon went down,  But in the 
               C      D
mornin' he was gone

Chorus 3:
G                         Bm     
Waiting tables, she's just  
          C                        
waiting tables,  Another year or 
 Am
two and she'll be movin' on
           G                 
She's just   waiting tables,   
Bm                 C
waiting tables,
Holding her own till somethin' 
D              G
better comes a-long
                           Bm      
Waiting tables, she's just   
           C
waiting tables,
Biding her time till somethin' 
D              G
better comes a-long