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