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Waiting In Vain Chords

Music by: Jimmy Buffett
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[Intro 1]
[C][G]
[C][G][C][G]
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Don't
wanna wait in [C]vain for your [G]love;
I don't wanna wait in vain
[C]for your lov[G]e.
From the very first time I [C]rest
my eyes on you, [G]girl,
My heart says follow [C]through.[G]
B
ut I know, now,
that I'm [C]way down on your [G]line,
But the waitin' feel [C]is [G]fine:
So don't treat me like a [C]puppet on a string,
[G]
'Cause I know I have to do
my [C]thing.[G]
Don't talk to me as [C]if you
think [G]I'm dumb;

[Verse 2]
I wanna know when [G]you're
gonna [C]come - soon.
[G]I don't wanna wait in v[C]ain
for your [G]love;
I don't wanna wait in vain
[C]for your lov[G]e;
I don't wanna wait in vain
[C]for your love,
[G]'Cause [C]if summer [D]is here,
[Bm]I'm still wait[Am]ing t[C]here;
Winter [D]is here,
And [Bm]I'm still wait[C]ing [Am]there.

[Verse 3]
[Guitar [Am]solo][G]

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][G][C][G]

[Verse 4]
Like I [G]said:[C][G][Bm][C][G][C][G]
[C][G]
It's been three years since I'm
[C]knockin' on your [G]door,
And I still can knock [C]some more:
[G]Ooh [D]girl, [G]ooh [C]girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now,
[G]for I to knock som[C]e more.
[G]

[Verse 5]
[G]Ya see, in life I know
[C]there's lots [G]of grief,
But your love is [C]my re[G]lief:
Tears in my eyes burn [C]- tears
in my eyes burn
While I'm [G]waiting - while I'm
waiting for my [C]turn,
See!
[G]I don't

[Verse 6]
wanna wait in [C]vain for your [G]love;
I don't wanna wait in vain
[C]for your love;
[G]I don't wanna wait in [C]vain
for your love;
I don't wanna wait in vain for [D]your [Bm]love;
I don't wanna wait [Am]in vain f[C]or your love,
oh!
I don't wanna - I don't [D]wanna - I

[Verse 7]
don't wanna - I don't wanna -
[Bm]I don't wanna wait in [C]va[Am]in.
[G]I don't wanna - I don't wanna - I don't
wanna - I don't wanna [C]-
I don't wanna wait in vain.
No, I don't [G]wanna (I don't wanna - I
don't wanna - I don't wanna -

[Verse 8]
I don't wanna [C]- I don't
wanna wait in vain) -
No I - no [G]I (I don't wanna - I don't
wanna - I don't wanna - I don't
Wanna [C]- I don't wanna
wait in vain) -
No, no- no, I, no, [G]I (I don't wanna - I
don't wanna - I don't wanna -
I don't [C]wanna - I don't wanna
wait in vain) -

[Verse 9]
[C]It's your love that I'm waiting on (I don't wanna
[D]- I don't wanna -
I don't wanna - I [Bm]don't [Am]wann[C]a
- I don't wanna wait in vain);
It's [D]me love that you're
running from.
It's 'Jah' love [Bm]that I'm [C]wait[Am]ing on (I don't
[C]wanna [G]- I don't wanna -
I don't wanna - I don't wanna
- I don't wanna wait in vain);
It's me love [Em]that [G]you're running from
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