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