Capo 1st Fret Am C Em (or G) D The faces all around me they don't smile they just crack Am C G (or Em) D Waiting for our ship to come but our ships not coming back Am C Em (or G) D We do our time like pennies in a jar Am C What are we saving for G D What are we saving for Am C Em (or G) D There's a smell of stale fear that's reeking from our skins. Am C G (or Em) D The drinking never stops because the drinks absolve our sins Am C Em (or G) D We sit and grow our roots into the floor Am C But what are we waiting for? G D But what are we waiting for? [chorus:] Am C G D So give me something to believe Am C G D Cause I am living just to breathe Am C And I need something more G D To keep on breathing for Am C G D So give me something to believe Am C Em (or G) D Something's always coming you can hear it in the ground Am C It swells into the air G (or Em) With the rising D Rising sound Am C Em (or G) D And never comes but shakes the boards and rattles all the doors Am C What are we waiting for G D What are we waiting for [chorus] (Bassline: A Ab G F#--Can play or not) Am Ab (E pos. barre chord) I am hiding from some beast G D But the beast was always here Am Ab (E pos. barre chord) Watching without eyes G D Because the beast is just my fear Am C That I am just nothing Em (G) D Now its just what I've become Am C What am I waiting for G Its already done D Oh [chorus]