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[Verse 1]
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I've held your hand since nineteen - seventy nine
Dsus4D
You were in a band (still am), yeah, but back then
Aadd4Dsus2
You had hair and your smile was so sublime
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And I chipped my teeth on every joke you cracked
Dsus4D
You used to buy me scotch (still do), yeah
Aadd4Dsus2
But now too much is never enough
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To take me back to that dance hall where you got thrown out
Dsus2
'Cause they thought you were drunk (I wasn't)
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You couldn't lie then, and you sure as hell can't lie to me now
[Pre-Chorus]
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You stole the best years of my life (I'll give them back)
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You got fat, and you're the thigh-high hemline I just can't stop sta - ring at
[Chorus]
DCC/G
'Cause I will, I will wait and hope
G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to weep
Aadd4
But a place for crows to rest their feet
DCC/G
And I will, I will wait and hope
G N.C
And rest my head at night content
N.C
Knowing where my marbles went
[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse]
Dsus4DAadd4Dsus2
The flat we rented was a palace for my queen
Dsus4D
If by palace you mean that asbestos and beans
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From a tin, and the gin that we brewed in the bathtub
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She sang, "Do you think I'm sexy?" and oh God, I really did
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You'd swoon, you'd sigh, working shifts 'til we cried
Aadd4Dsus2
Oh, if one more guy calls me "darling" then I
Dsus4D
Swear to you and to God, I will murder them all
Aadd4Dsus2
All the bastards applaud when I show that I'm flawed
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You're not flawed, darling, you're just a little under-rehearsed
Bm
And I'd get in
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And for some reason, you've painted the kitchen lime green
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm
And I'd sink to the floor, what's the point anymore?
C
And you, you'd reply
G
With a glint in your eye (With a drink in your hand)
A
Saying, "I don't know, but I'm here
Oh, dear God (I'm all yours), dear heart, don't cry"
[Chorus]
DCC/G
'Cause I will wait, I will wait and hope
G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to weep
Aadd4
But a place for crows to rest their feet
DCC/G
And I will wait, I will wait and hope
G
And rest my head at night content
Aadd4
Knowing where my marbles went
[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse 2]
BmCG
I've loved you for a hundred years
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Certainly fucking feels like it
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The minute I met you, the colours of my life began to pour
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(I'm scared of the dark)
BmCGD
And now, even though you're mad and these memories won't stay
Aadd4Dsus2
That's okay
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'Cause then I get to meet you for the first time every single day
[Chorus]
DCC/G
I will wait and hope
G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to weep
Aadd4
But a place for crows to rest their feet
DCC/G
And I will wait and hope
G
And rest my head at night content
Aadd4
Knowing where my marbles
[Outro]
D
I will wait
C
And I will wait (I will wait)
G
And I will wait
Aadd4D
And hope
D
And I will wait (I'll be waiting)
C
And I will wait
G
And I will wait
Aadd4D
And hope (Ooh)