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So (Dm)o pen up your (Am7)morn ing light and (Dm)say a lit tle (C6)prayer for I.
You know that (Dm)if we are to (Am)stay a live, then (Dm7)see the peace in (C6)ev ’ry eye.
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du du du du du,
du du du du du du.
Du du du du du,
du du du du du,
du du du du du du.
She had two ba bies,
one was six months, one was three, in the war of for ty four.
Ev ’ry tel e phone ring, ev ’ry heart beat sting ing when she (Em7)thought it was God call ing her.
Oh, (Em)would her son and (D)grow to know his fa (C)ther?
daugh ters.
(G)I don’t want to wait
for our lives to be o ver.
I want to know right (G)now, what will it be?
(G)I don’t want to wait
for our lives to be o ver.
Will (C)it be yes, or (G)will it be
sor ry?
Du du du du du,
du du du du du,
du du du du du du.
He showed up all wet
on the rain y front was step wear ing shrap nel in his skin.
And the war he saw ring, lives in side him still.
It’s when so (Em7)hard to be gen tle and warm.
The (Em)years pass by, and (D)now he has his grand (C)ther?
daugh ters.
(G)I don’t want to wait
for our lives to be o ver.
I want to know right (G)now, what will it be?
(G)I don’t want to wait
for our lives to be o ver.
Will (C)it be yes, or (G)will it be
sor ry?
Du du du du du,
du du du du du,
du du du du du du.
Oh,
so you look at me from a cross (C)the room.
You’re (Am7)wear ing your an guish a gain.
Be (Bb)lieve me, I know the feel ing; it (Fsus)sucks you in to the jaws of an (C)ger.
Oh, so breathe a lit tle more deep ly, my love.
All we (Am7)have is this ver y mo ment,
and (Bb)I don’t want to do what his fa ther and his fa ther and (Fsus)his fa ther did.
I want to be here now.
So
(Dm)o pen up your (Am7)morn ing light and (Dm)say a lit tle (C6)prayer for I.
You know that (Dm)if we are to (Am7)stay a live, then (Dm7)see the peace in (C6)ev ’ry eye.
sor ry?
Du du du du du,
du du du du du,
du du du du du du.
Du du du du du,
du du du du du,
du du du du du du.
So (Dm)o pen up your (Am7)morn ing light and (Dm)say a lit tle (C6)prayer for I.
You know that (Dm)if we are to (Am)stay a live, then (Dm7)see the love in (C6)ev ’ry eye.
This page shows “I Don't Want To Wait” by Paula Cole in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 192 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.