Date: Wed, 3 August 2005 From: "Charles F. Cardenas" Cc: Chai_110803@yahoo.com Subject: CRD "I Don't Want To Wait" by Paula Cole I_Don't_Want_To_Wait - Paula Cole from the album "This Fire" transcribed by Charles F. Cardenas Capo on 2nd Fret intro/refrain: E B5 So open up your morning light and C#m Asus2 say a little prayer for I. You know that E B5 if we are to stay alive, then C#m Asus2 see the peace in every eye. E-B5-C#m-Asus2 Du du du, etc. E-B5-C#m-Asus2 Du du du, etc. verse: E B5 Asus2 She had two babies, C#m Asus2 one was six months, one was three C#m B5-Asus2 in the war of forty four. E B5 C#m Asus2 Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging when she C#m B5 Asus2 C#m thought it was God calling her. Oh, would B5 Asus2 her son grow to know his father? chorus: E B5 I don't want to wait for our C#m Asus2 lives to be over I C#m B5 want to know right now, what will it Asus2 be? (repeat) I don't want to wait for our lives to be over Will it be yes, or will it be sorry? E-B5-C#m-Asus2 Du du du du du E-B5-C#m-Asus2 Du du du du du verse two: (repeat verse one chords) He showed up all wet on the rainy front step wearing shrapnel in his skin. And the war he saw lives inside him still. It's so hard to be gentle and warm. The years pass by and now he has granddaughters chorus bridge: C G Oh, so you look at me from across the room. You're C G C wearing your anguish again. Believe me, I know the feeling; it Em Asus2 B5 sucks you into the jaws of anger. C G Oh, so breathe a little more deeply, my love. All we D C C have is this very moment C G C and I don't want to do what his father and his father and G Asus2 his father did. I want to be here now. intro chorus Du du du's intro end on Asus2