Don't Wait For Me Chords
by Josh Garrels
Don't Wait For Me by Josh Garrels is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, G, Am, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
e|------------------------------------------------------------------0------|
B|-----2p--------------0h1p-------------------2p-------------0h1p----------|
G|---------------0----------0--------0-----------------0-------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3---------------0-------------------2--3----------------0--------------|
E|---------3--3---3------------0--0---------------3--3---3-----------------|
Verse 1
C G Am Em
Please don't wait for me
C G Am
I lost my way again
C G Am Em
I lost my job, I walked away
Em C G Am
from the life that I was leading with my friends.
C G Am Em
When I was young I dreamed
C G Am
of a life that had freedom that had joy.
C G Am Em
Oh life - it crushed my soul
Em C G D
with it's cruel demands and fools gold.
C G Am Em C G Am
Oh oh oh oh ohuohuo
C G Am Em C G Am
Oh oh oh oh ohuohuo
C G Am Em
Please don't wait for me
C G Am
I lost my way again.
C G Am Em
I lost my house and my good name
Em C G Am
when I found the road of my king.
C G Am Em
When I was young I dreamed
Em C G Am
of a life that had beauty that had joy.
C G Am Em
But now I lost my life
C G D
for the one I dreamt of as a boy.
C G Am Em C G Am
Oh oh oh oh ohuohuo
C G Am Em C G Am
Oh oh oh oh ohuohuo
C G Am Em
Please don't wait for me,
C G Am
I ain't coming back again.
C G Am Em
I can not turn around
Em C G
from the place I'm going
G Am
to where I've been.