Key: C major, Time: 6/8, Tempo: 93
Intro:
: C5 Ab5 : (x 2)
C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5
E5 /F#5 /G5 /Ab5 A5 /B5 /C5 /A5
F5 /C5
D5 /A5 G5 F5 F#5
G5
Verse 1: {With piano only, tempo rubato} (0:54-)
C5 Ab5
The wine's all drunk and so am I
C5 Ab5
Here with the hoi-poloi, don't ask me why
C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5
We're cele-brat-in' an-ticipatin' end of the year
E5 /F#5 /Ab5 A5
Everybody come, everybody here
F5
Well more or less,
D5 /E5 /F#5 G5 F5 F#5
Some al-read-y in a mess
G5
I guess they're waiting for the big one.
[Verse 2] {Enters the band, play the intro} (1:44-)
Wonder why I'm cold. How did I get this far?
Had no money, had no car
I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles
'Cos I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals
Like the man says,
Sure hope Moses knows his roses
Or we'll all be waiting for the big one.
Interlude 1: (2:31-)
| C | (x 4 bars)
F5 G5 Ab5 Bb5 C5
D5 Eb5 F5 G5 Ab5 Bb5
[Verse 3] (3:03-)
Once I was the credit to my credit card
spent what I hadn't got, wasn't hard
No trust in judgement no trust in money
Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey, oh
But in the meantime, ah
I'm gonna have me some fun
Waiting for the big one.
[Verse 4] (3:50-)
One too many, where ego I go too
Looking for the real thing
It don't come from what I do
No real communication moves out of my face
I'm beginning to think, yeah, I'm just out of place, a-ha
Won't get in too deep,
I want to get some sleep
To be ready for the big one,
To be ready for the big one
Interlude 2: (4:43-)
| C | (x 4 bars)
F5 G5 Ab5 Bb5
C5
D5 Eb5 F5 G5 Ab5 Bb5
(Intro) (5:20-) {Bluesy guitar solo}
Coda: (6:07-)
| C | (x 4 bars)
{Enter female vocals, tempo rubato}
F5 G5 Ab5 Bb5
Ah, ah, uh, waiting for the
C5
big one________
D5 Eb5 F5 G5 Ab5
Ah, ah, ah, ah, uh,
Bb5 C5
wainting for the big one___
{Drum solo}
| | | | |
D5 Eb5 F5 G5
Ah, ah, ah, ah,
Ab5 Bb5 C5
Uh, uh, uh,______