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