When the wind is blow ing in your face,
some times in life, you don’t see (G)straight.
(D)(Pray (Em7)to (D)Him, He (Em7)will show.)
When your (G)head is in a cer tain (D)place,
no (D)bod y a round to make you safe, (See, (D)(stand (Em7)strong, (D)and (Em7)you will (D)grow.)
Sing: (Em)Ooh.
(Wait ’til you see my smile.) Ooh.
(Wait ’til they see your smile.)
When the Don’t they love to see you down,
some kick you while you’re on the (G)ground.
(D)(Don’t (Em7)let (D)e mo (Em7)tions show.)
When your (G)Peo ple al ways make you (D)late;
no (D)don’t let a it get in your way.
(See, (D)they (Em7)say (D)things (Em7)they don’t (D)know.)
Sing: (Em)Ooh.
(Wait ’til you see my smile.) Ooh.
(Wait ’til they see your smile.)
(Wait ’til they see your smile.)
Hey.
(G)So, you’re do ing bet ter (D)now;
(G)ev ’ry bod y comes a (D)round.
But (Em7)you don’t real ly need ’em, (D)’cause you’re (C)strong er and you’re bet (D)ter and you’re read (G)y for what ev (D)er.
Sing: Ooh.
(Wait ’til you see my smile.) Ooh.
(Wait ’til they see your smile.) Ooh.
(Wait ’til you see my smile.) Ooh.
(Wait ’til they see your smile.) (Wait ’til they see your smile.)
This page shows “Wait Til You See My Smile” by Alicia Keys 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 G at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.