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