Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
Colin Hay
Going Somewhere
Tabbed by Ian Dulley (iandulley@yahoo.co.uk)
The timing here is hard to judge from the tab alone.
I suggest you read this tab whilst listening to the
song to figure out how it goes.
At present I have only given the chords, but there's
some fingerpicking/arpeggio picking going on
throughout the song, just try to improvise, you can't
really make it sound bad.
Capo 4
Intro:
G/D/C
C C/F#/G C G G/D/C
C C/F#/G C G/A/B
Verse:
C
Any minute now,
D G C G
my ship is coming in
A/B/ C B A G
I'll keep checking the horizon
A/B/ C D G C G
I'll stand on the bow, feel the waves come crashing
A/B/ C B A G C G
Come crashing down, down, down, on me
Chorus:
C G D
And you say, be still my love
C
Open up your heart
C A G A
Let the light shine in
C G D
But don't you understand
C
I already have a plan
D C G
I'm waiting for my real life to begin
Break:
G/D/C
C C/F#/G C G/A/B
Verse:
C
When I awoke today,
D G C G
suddenly nothing happened
A/B/ C B A G
But in my dreams, I slew the dragon
A/B/ C D G C G
And down this beaten path, and up this cobbled lane
A/B/ C B A G C G
I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again
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Chorus:
C G D
And you say, just be here now
C
Forget about the past,
C A G A
your mask is wearing thin
C G D
Let me throw one more dice
C
I know that I can win
D C G
I'm waiting for my real life to begin
Verse:
C
Any minute now,
D G C G
my ship is coming in
A/B/ C B A G
I'll keep checking the horizon
A/B/ C D G C G
And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call
A/B/ C B A G C G
It's gonna happen soon, soon, soon, it's just that times are lean
Chorus:
C G D
And you say, be still my love
C
Open up your heart,
C A G A
let the light shine in
C G D
Don't you understand
C
I already have a plan
D C G
I'm waiting for my real life to begin
Bridge:
G/F#/E
E A
E A
E A
G C
D C
C E
C G
D A/B/G
Outro:
G
On a clear day
G/B/C
I can see
C/B/F#/G
See a very long way
G
On a clear day
G/B/C
I can see
C/B/A/G/F#/G
See a very long way
Chords used:
G D C F# A B E
|--3--|--2--|--3--|--3--|-----|--3--|--3--|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|
|--0--|--2--|--0--|-----|--2--|-----|--0--|
|--0--|--0--|--2--|-----|--2--|-----|--2--|
|--2--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|--2--|--2--|
|--3--|-----|-----|--2--|-----|-----|--0--|
