Chords for "I Wait" by Gaelynn Lea, performed with Dave Mehling at Café OTO in London

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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Can you see [Gm] me?
Way in the back [Cm] here I've been waiting, I've been waiting in line
It's been a long [Gm] time, talk like no [Cm] service Still I'm hoping, _ I'm hoping for a sign _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] That one day things will [Bb] change and [Eb] we can finally [C] take our [Cm] _ place
That _ history [Bb] won't forget us or try to minimize [Cm] our pain
And so I hope, _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[G] and so I hope
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ Did you know [Gm] that when I get [Cm] angry [C] I breathe fire?
I could burn this [Cm] place down, you may not [Gm] realize all of the small ways I am not welcome
But just take a look around
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_ _ [F] Still everybody [Bb] _
knows that you need a [C] place to go
_ [Cm] And living [Eb] isn't [Bb]
easy if you _ [C] incinerate your [Cm]
home
And so [Fm] I'll [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] say, _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ I may [Gm] seem _ angry, [Cm] _ so please [G]
forgive _ [Cm] me
But I [G] am still not free [Ab] _ _ in this [G] _
_ society
[Cm] _ How [G] long must we keep fighting _ for our right to be [Cm] living?
Wrongs [G] overdo for writing, [Ab] _ _ we're [G] a bit too _ _ forgiving
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_ _ _ _ So when you [Gm] see them, make claims of [Cm] progress, take a good look and see who isn't there
We need a [Gm] seat now at the table, [Cm] so please invite us, or [Cm] don't pretend [C] you can
_ [G] Thank _ _ _ _ _ you
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