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Waiting For My Real Life To Begin by Colin Hay - Guitar Chords

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            Waiting for my real life to begin   Colin Hay
Tabbed by  
  The "*" indicates a hameron.. You have to listen to the song
  The "/" is basically means the chord gets one beat.
Capo 4

Intro:    	
G / D / C /,	                      
C    C / F# / G,   Am7 G / D / D / C,          
C    C / F# / G,   Am7  G / Am7 / B,            

Verse:                      

     	          C 
       Any minute now, 
     *D	 	         G    *C    G/
       my ship is coming in 
    Am7/ B/		      C B Am7   G/
       I'll keep checking the horizon 
   Am7/ B/		   C   *D                     G     *C
       I'll stand on the bow,  feel the waves come crashing          
  G/Am7/B/	      C     B     Am7	   G  *Am7  G
       Come crashing down, down, down, on me 

Chorus:

G,Am7,B	       C        G      D  
      And you say, be still my love 
	            C
      Open up your heart 
      C        Am7         G  G/Am7/B/C/           
      Let the light shine in 
      C          G        D     
      But don't you understand 
                        C
      I already have a plan 
            D		   C		   G  *C G
      I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin 

   G/D/C
   C C/F#/G *C G/Am7/B

Verse:
	             C
      When I awoke today, 
     *D	 	        G       *C  G/
      suddenly nothing happened 
Am7/ B/	        C B Am7              G    G/
      But in my dreams, I slew the dragon 
  Am7/B/		      C    *D	                  G  *C  G/ 
      And down this beaten path,    and up this cobbled lane 
   Am7/B/	         C   B   Am7          G    *C  G 
      I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again.


Chorus:

	        C        G       D  
       And you say, just be here now 
	                 C
       Forget about the past, 
             Am7             G    G/Am7/B/C/
       your mask is wearing thin 
        C      G              D     
       Let me throw one more dice 
                          C
       I know that I can win 
            D 		    C		   G  *C  G
       I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin 

  G/D/C
  C C/F#/G *Am7 G/Am7/B


Verse:

	            C
        Any minute now, 
      *D	 	   G   *C   G/
        my ship is coming in 
Am7/ B/		               C B Am7   G/
        I'll keep checking the horizon 
Am7/ B/		               C   *D	                    G  *C  G/
        And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call 
Am7/ B/	                   C    B    Am7           Am7  G/C/ 
        It's gonna happen soon, soon,   oh so very soon,  
                                 G/
        It's just that times are lean 


Chorus:

       Am7 B     C        G      D 
        And you say, be still my love 
	              C
        Open up your heart, 
        C        Am7        G  G/A/B/C/
        let the light shine in 
         C     G          D
        Don't you understand 
             C            Am7
        I already have a plan 
              D 		  C         G
        I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin


Bridge:

G/F#/E
E	Am7
E	A
E	Am7
G	C
D	C
C	E
C	G
D   Am7/B/C


Outro:

C          G  
	
On a clear day

Am7/B/C

I can see

C/          F#/  G

See a very long way


G

On a clear day

G/Am7/C

I can see

C/B/A/G/F#/G

See a very long way


Chords used:

   G     D     C     F#    Am7   B     E     A

|--3--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--1--|--3--|--3--|--2--|
|--0--|--2--|--0--|-----|--0--|-----|--0--|--2--|
|--0--|--0--|--2--|-----|--2--|-----|--2--|--2--|
|--2--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
|--3--|-----|-----|--2--|-----|-----|-----|-----|
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