Chords for Leonard Cohen - Waiting for the miracle to come

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Baby, I've been waiting, [D] _ I've been waiting all day. _ _ _ _ _
I didn't see the time, [D] _ I waited [Em] half my life away. _ _ _ _
[D] There were lots of invitations, _ I know you sent [Cm] me some.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] But I was waiting [D] _ [C] for the miracle, [D] _
[A] for the miracle to come.
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I know you really love [D] me, but you see [Em] my hands were tied. _ _ _ _
I know it must have hurt you, [D] _ it must have hurt [Em] your pride.
_ _ _ _ To have [D] to stand beneath my window, _ with your bugle and [Cm] your drum.
_ _ [B] _ [F#] And me, I'm [Em] up there waiting [D] for [C] the miracle, [D] _
[Cm] for the miracle to come.
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, I don't [C] believe you'd like it, [D] _ you wouldn't like [Em] it here. _ _ _ _ _ _
There ain't no entertainment, _ [D] and the judgments [Em] are severe. _ _ _ _ _
[D] The maestro says it's Mozart, _ but it sounds [A] like bubblegum.
_ _ [B] _ _ When [Em] you're waiting [D] for [C] the miracle, [D] _
[Cm] for the miracle to come.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Waiting for the miracle, _ [E] there's [Em] nothing left to do. _ _ _ _
[B] I haven't [B] been this happy _ [Em] since the end of World War II.
Nothing [Am] left to do when you know you've been cheated.
Nothing [E] left to do when [Em] you're begging for a crumb.
Nothing [G] left to do when you're about to go on a [C] win. _ _
[D#m] Waiting for the miracle [B] to come. _ _
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I dreamed [C] about you baby, [D] _ it was just the [Em] other night. _ _ _ _ _ _
Mostly you was naked, [D] _ covered, some of you [Em] was late. _ _ _ _ _
[D] The sands of time were falling, _ from your fingers [Cm] and your thumb.
_ _ [B] _ _ And you [F#] were [Em] waiting for [C] the miracle, [D] for [Cm] the miracle to come.
[B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah baby, let's get married, [D] _ we've been alone [Em] too long. _ _ _ _ _
Let's be alone together, [D] _ let's see if [Em] we're that strong. _ _ _ _ _
[D] Yeah let's do something crazy, _ something absolutely [Cm] wrong.
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[Em] While we're waiting [D] for [C] the miracle, [D] _
[A] for the miracle to come.
[B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ Nothing [Am] left to do when you know you've been cheated.
_ Nothing left [E] to [Em] do when you're begging for a crumb.
Nothing [C] left to do when you've got to go on a win. _ _
[D#] Waiting for the miracle [B] to come. _ _
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[Em] When you're falling on the highway, [D] _ and you're lying [Em] in the rain. _ _ _ _ _
And they ask you how you're doing, [D] of course you say you [Em] can't complain.
_ _ _ _ If [D] you're squeezed for information, that's when you come to [Cm] play it dumb.
_ _ [F#] You just [Em] sail out there waiting, _ [C] for the miracle, [D] _
for the [A] miracle to come.
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