Waiting For My Real Life To Begin Uke tab by Colin Hay

8 Chords used in the song: G, D, C, F#, Am7, B, A, E

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Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

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Artist: Colin Hay

Album: Going Somewhere

Year: 2000

Difficulty:

4.38

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

Original key: +2.0 step(s) (original tuning)

Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele

Intro:    
G  D  C,                      
C   C  F#  G,   Am7 G  D  D  C,          
C   C  F#  G,   Am7  G  Am7  B,            

Verse:                      
               C 
       Any minute now, 
     D          G    C    G
       my ship is coming in 
    Am7 B      C B Am7   G
       I'll keep checking the horizon 
   Am7 B   C   D                     G     C
       I'll stand on the bow,  feel the waves come crashing          
  G Am7 B      C     B     Am7   G  Am7  G
       Come crashing down, down, down, on me 

Chorus:

G,Am7,B       C        G      D  
      And you say, be still my love 
            C
      Open up your heart 
      C        Am7         G  G Am7 B C           
      Let the light shine in 
      C          G        D     
      But don't you understand 
                        C
      I already have a plan 
            D   C   G  C G
      I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin 

   G D C
   C C F# G C G Am7 B

Verse:
             C
      When I awoke today, 
     D         G       C  G
      suddenly nothing happened 
Am7 B        C B Am7              G    G
      But in my dreams, I slew the dragon 
  Am7 B      C    D                  G  C  G 
      And down this beaten path,    and up this cobbled lane 
   Am7 B         C   B   Am7          G    C  G 
      I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again.


Chorus:
        C        G       D  
       And you say, just be here now 
                 C
       Forget about the past, 
             Am7             G    G Am7 B C
       your mask is wearing thin 
        C      G              D     
       Let me throw one more dice 
                          C
       I know that I can win 
            D     C   G  C  G
       I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin 

  G D C
  C C F# G Am7 G Am7 B


Verse:
            C
        Any minute now, 
      D    G   C   G
        my ship is coming in 
Am7 B               C B Am7   G
        I'll keep checking the horizon 
Am7 B               C   D                    G  C  G
        And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call 
Am7 B                   C    B    Am7           Am7  G C
        It's gonna happen soon, soon,   oh so very soon,  
                                 G
        It's just that times are lean 


Chorus:

       Am7 B     C        G      D 
        And you say, be still my love 
              C
        Open up your heart, 
        C        Am7        G  G A B C
        let the light shine in 
         C     G          D
        Don't you understand 
             C            Am7
        I already have a plan 
              D   C         G
        I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin


Bridge:
G  F#  E
EAm7
EA
EAm7
GC
DC
CE
CG
D   Am7  B  C


Outro:
C          G  
On a clear day
Am7  B  C
I can see
C          F#  G
See a very long way


G
On a clear day
G Am7 C
I can see
C  B  A  G  F#  G
See a very long way