The Temper Trap

Im Gonna Wait

The Temper Trap


Tom: F

F Dm Gm Bb C

[Verse 1]
F                    Dm
Way down in a not-so-distant place
              Gm                          Bb           C
Your ghost is lingering still frames remembering the way we were
F                         Dm
Way down see reflections in the well
           Gm                       Bb            C
A distant haunting bell resounding every time I touch you in my mind

[Verse 2]
F                      Dm
Helpless prayers cannot speed the time
            Gm                            Bb           C
Nor heaven change their mind left to our own device we set this bridge alive
F                    Dm
One day you may not know it yet
             Gm                      Bb           C
But this you won't forget I was the one who came running back again

[Chorus]
F                   
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Dm
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Gm 
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Bb                               C
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait for you (D PEAT 1x)

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F Dm Gm Bb C 

[Verse 3]
F                    Dm
My arms are reaching out for you
             Gm                          Bb           C
Each time I think of you the flood gates open and I'm left drowning in
F                    Dm
Although it lingers in my sleep
          Gm                    Bb           C
May you return to me, not to possess but to hold you in my keep

[Chorus]
F                   
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Dm
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Gm 
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Bb                               C
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait for you (D PEAT 1x)

[Bridge]
F            Dm              Gm
  And so the last page shall remain
Bb        C                   
empty until we write the rest
F               Dm             Gm 
  And some may say that I'm a fool
Bb          C
a fool for waiting for you

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F Dm Gm Bb C 

[Bridge 2]
F    Dm           Gm
        I'll be a fool
  Bb      C
a fool waiting for you
F    Dm           Gm
        When you come calling
     Bb        C
I'll be here still waiting for you

[Chorus]
F                   
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Dm
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Gm 
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I wanna
Bb                               C                     F
I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait, I'm gonna wait for you

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