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