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