...WAITING IN VAIN... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Exodus' (1977)*


Intro:

Abmaj7  C#maj7 (x2)

Chorus 1:

Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.

Verse 1:

Abmaj7                      C#maj7
 From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl,
Abmaj7                C#maj7
 My heart says follow through.
Abmaj7                     C#maj7
 But I know, now, that I'm way down on your line,
Abmaj7                   C#maj7
 But the waitin' feel is fine.

Abmaj7                    C#maj7
 So don't treat me like a puppet on a string,
Abmaj7                    C#maj7
 'Cos I know how to do my thing.
Abmaj7               C#maj7
 Don't talk to me as if you think I'm dumb,
Abmaj7                          C#maj7
 I wanna know when you're gonna come. See...

Chorus 2:

Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.

Bridge 1:

        C#        Eb    Cm7               Bbm7
'Cos if summer is here, I'm still waiting there.
C#         Eb        Cm7               Bbm7
 Winter is here, and I'm still waiting there.

Solo:

Abmaj7  C#maj7 (x4)

(Like I said)...

Verse 3:

Abmaj7                           C#maj7
 It's been three years since I'm knockin' on your door,
Abmaj7                      C#maj7
 And I still can knock some more.
Abmaj7               C#maj7
 Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible, (I wanna know now),
Abmaj7               C#maj7
 For I to knock some more? Yah see...

Abmaj7           C#maj7
 In life, I know, there's lots of grief,
Abmaj7                  C#maj7
 But your love is my re-lief.
Abmaj7                  C#maj7
 Tears in my eyes burn, tears in my eyes burn,
          Abmaj7                            C#maj7
While I'm waiting, while I'm waiting for my turn. See...

Chorus 3:

Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
Abmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love.
#Gmaj7                 C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain for your love, oh...
Abmaj7
 I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain.
    Abmaj7
No, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain.
    Abmaj7
No, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain.
    Abmaj7
No, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
C#maj7
 I don't wanna wait in vain.
          Abmaj7
It's your love that I'm waiting on,
(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
I don't wanna wait in vain).
        C#maj7
It's my love that you're running from.
         Abmaj7
It's jah love that I'm waiting on,
(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
I don't wanna wait in vain).
        C#maj7
It's me love that you're running from.

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Abmaj7  C#maj7   C#      Eb      Cm7     Bbm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EA DGBE  EADGBE
 4x554x  x46564  x46664  x68886  8108888  686666


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)