[Verse]
G# Fm
It's comin' on the end of August
G# Fm
Another summer's promise almost gone
C#
And though I heard some wise man say
G#
That every dog will have his day
F# A#m D#
He never mentioned that these dog days get so long
[Verse]
G# Fm
I don't know when I realized the dream was over
G# Fm
Well, there was no particular hour, no given day
C#
You know, it didn't go down in flame
G#
There was no final scene, no frozen frame
F# A#m D#
I just watched it slowly fade away
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
A#m C#
Waiting for my time to come around again
Fm G#
And hope is floating on the breeze
A#m C#
Carrying my soul high up above the ground
Fm G#
And I've been keepin' to myself
A#m C# Fm
Knowin' that the seasons are slowly changing you
G#
And though you're with somebody else
A#m C#
He'll never love you like I do
[Verse]
G# Fm
I've been biding time with the crows and sparrows
G# Fm
While peacocks prance and strut upon the stage
C# G#
If finding love is just a dance. Proximity and chance
F# A#m D#
You will excuse me if I skip the masquerade
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
A#m C#
Waiting for the dust to settle down
Fm G#
Along the back roads running through the fields
A#m C#
Lying on the outskirts of this lonesome town
Fm G#
And I imagine sunlight in your hair
A#m
You're at the county fair
C#
You're holding hands and laughing
Fm G#
And now the ferris wheel has stopped
[Chorus - key change]
Cm
You're swinging on the top
G
Suspended there with him
G# D#
And he's the darling of the chic
Cm G
The flavor of the week is melting
G# D#
Down your pretty summer dress
G
Baby, what a mess you're making
[Solo]
Cm B D# B 2x
[Bridge]
Cm B
I've been stumbling through some dark places
D# B
Now I'm following the plow
Cm B
I know I've fallen out of your good graces
A#m D#
It's alright now
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
A#m C#
Waiting for the summer rain to fall
Fm G#
Upon the wild birds scattering the seeds
A#m C# Fm
Answering the calling of the tide's eternal tune
G#
The phases of the moon
A#m
The chambers of the heart
C#
The egg and dart
Fm G#
A small gray spider spinning in the dark
A#m C#
In spite of all the times the web is torn apart
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
A#m C#
Waiting for the time to come around again
Fm G#
And hope is floating on the breeze
A#m C#
Carrying my soul high up above the ground
Fm G#
And I've been keepin' to myself
A#m C# Fm
Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing you
G#
And though you're with somebody else
A#m G#
He'll never love you like I do
[Outro]
Fm G# A#m C# 2x
Fm G# A#m C# 4x
Ohhh Ahhh
Fm G# A#m C# 2x
Fm~
[Verse]
G# Fm
It's comin' on the end of August
G# Another summer's
Fm
promise almost gone
C#
And though I heard
some wise man say
G#
That every dog will have his day
F# He never mentioned that
A#m D#
these dog days get so long
[Verse]
G# I don't know when I realized
Fm
the dream was over
G# Well, there was no particular
Fm
hour, no given day
C#
You know, it didn't
go down in flame
G#
There was no final
scene, no frozen frame
F# A#m D#
I just watched it slowly fade away
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
A#m Waiting for my time
C#
to come around again
Fm G#
And hope is floating on the breeze
A#m Carrying my soul high
C#
up above the ground
Fm G#
And I've been keepin' to myself
A#m Knowin' that the seasons
C# Fm
are slowly changing you
And though you're
G#
with somebody else
A#m C#
He'll never love you like I do
[Verse]
G# I've been biding time with
Fm
the crows and sparrows
G# While peacocks prance
Fm
and strut upon the stage
C# If finding love is just a
G#
dance. Proximity and chance
F# You will excuse me if
A#m D#
I skip the masquerade
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Waiting for the
A#m C#
dust to settle down
Fm Along the back roads running
G#
through the fields
A#m Lying on the outskirts
C#
of this lonesome town
Fm And I imagine sunlight
G#
in your hair
A#m
You're at the county fair
C#
You're holding hands and laughing
Fm And now the ferris
G#
wheel has stopped
[Chorus - key change]
Cm
You're swinging on the top
G
Suspended there with him
G# D#
And he's the darling of the chic
Cm G
The flavor of the week is melting
G# D#
Down your pretty summer dress
G
Baby, what a mess you're making
[Solo]
Cm B D# B 2x
[Bridge]
Cm I've been stumbling
B
through some dark places
D# B
Now I'm following the plow
Cm I know I've fallen
B
out of your good graces
A#m D#
It's alright now
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Waiting for the
A#m C#
summer rain to fall
Fm Upon the wild birds
G#
scattering the seeds
A#m Answering the calling
C# Fm
of the tide's eternal tune
G#
The phases of the moon
A#m
The chambers of the heart
C#
The egg and dart
Fm A small gray spider
G#
spinning in the dark
A#m In spite of all the times
C#
the web is torn apart
[Chorus]
Fm G#
And I've been waiting in the weeds
A#m Waiting for the time
C#
to come around again
Fm G#
And hope is floating on the breeze
A#m Carrying my soul high
C#
up above the ground
Fm G#
And I've been keepin' to myself
A#m Knowing that the seasons
C# Fm
are slowly changing you
And though you're
G#
with somebody else
A#m G#
He'll never love you like I do
[Outro]
Fm G# A#m C# 2x
Fm G# A#m C# 4x
Ohhh Ahhh
Fm G# A#m C# 2x
Fm~