Don't Wait by The Band from their final album Jubilation (1998).
You can find the song here (starting at 4:13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbIaKXci6bg
C G C G C G D G (Harmonica intro)
G
Well, I was searchin' by myself
D G
Singin' old songs, see if they help
I took the low way along the sea
D G
Met an older man and he said to me
C
'Sing me a song, son, lay it down'
D
'Bring it forth then stand your ground'
G
It smelled like winter, it all felt fine
D G
In that dry bone hazy late November time.
G
He said : 'I've known high times, more than once'
D G
'Now I stick strictly to the honky tonks'
'And I've known danger and I've known defeat'
D G
'I've seen whole generations fall to sleep'.
C
'I've danced with angels, I've drank my fill'
D
'I've talked with God out on the hill'
G
'And I know my face but I live my name'
D G
'But I go by Charlie Hawker all the same'.
G C G
Where are you goin' tonight ?
G C G
Where are you goin' so late ?
G C G
Your country needs you, boy, don't wait
G C
Where are you goin' ?
D G
Where are you goin' ?
G
And then he stopped : 'Come here to me'
D G
'So that I can look at you, so that I can see'
G
But then he smiled, he let me know
D G
And in that space lies all the things I'll never know.
C
And then the sun sank in the West
D
He said : 'Boy, you know you may never be at rest'
G
I turned around to face the light
D G
And with a heavy heart I walked into the night.
G C G
Where are you goin' tonight ?
G C G
Where are you goin' so late ?
G C G
Your country needs you, boy, don't wait
G C
Where are you goin' ?
D G
Where are you goin' ?
C G
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