Tuning: Standard
Capo on 1st Fret
For the "oh oh oh" part the nicest way to play it is to slide up from C two bars to an open D
[Intro]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------0------|
B|-----2p--------------0h1p-------------------2p-------------0h1p----------|
G|---------------0----------0--------0-----------------0-------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3---------------0-------------------2--3----------------0--------------|
E|---------3--3---3------------0--0---------------3--3---3-----------------|
[Verse 1]
C G Am Em
Please don't wait for me
C G Am
I lost my way again
C G Am Em
I lost my job, I walked away
Em C G Am
from the life that I was leading with my friends.
[Chorus]
C G Am Em
When I was young I dreamed
C G Am
of a life that had freedom that had joy.
C G Am Em
Oh life - it crushed my soul
Em C G D
with it's cruel demands and fools gold.
C D C G Am Em C
Oh oh oh ohuoh ohuohuo ohuohuo uoh
C D C G Am Em C
Oh oh oh ohuoh ohuohuo ohuohuo uoh
[Verse]
C G Am Em
Please don't wait for me
C G Am
I lost my way again.
C G Am Em
I lost my house and my good name
Em C G Am
when I found the road of my king.
[Chorus]
C G Am Em
When I was young I dreamed
Em C G Am
of a life that had beauty that had joy.
C G Am Em
But now I lost my life
C G D
for the one I dreamt of as a boy.
C D C G Am Em C
Oh oh oh ohuoh ohuohuo ohuohuo uoh
C D C G Am Em C
Oh oh oh ohuoh ohuohuo ohuohuo uoh
[Outro]
C G Am Em
Please don't wait for me,
C G Am
I ain't coming back again.
C G Am Em
I can not turn around
Em C G
from the place I'm going
G Am
to where I've been.
