Chords for Once On This Island: Waiting For Life with lyrics
Tempo:
166.65 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
C
F#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[B]
[C#m] [B]
[E] [B] A stranger in white,
[E] [B] in a red [E] car,
[B] [E] In somewhere, [A]
[E]
[F#]
[B] it must feel to [E] go racing [B] wherever you please.
[C#m] [F#] [G#m] Flying as free as a bird with his tail in the [Em] breeze.
[B] Even the fish in the sea [C#m] must be [F#] longing [B] to fly.
[C#m] [F#] [B] Catching a glimpse of a [C#m] stranger in [B] white racing by.
Oh gods, oh [E] gods, are [D#m] you there?
[F#] [E] What can I do to get you to look down and [D#m] give [G#m] in?
[B] Oh gods, oh [E]
gods, hear [D#m] my prayer.
[B]
[F#] [E] I'm here in the field [D#m] with my feet on the ground [B] and my face in the air.
Waiting for life to begin.
[F#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] Mama's contented and [C#m] tom-tom-ing.
[B]
Happy for tea and they [E] don't hang [G#m] no horns in their [Bm] nets.
[F#]
[B] Happy to have one [C#m] to [B] stay where they are.
They never even look [C#m] up at the [B] sound of a car.
[G] A stranger [C] [D]
[G] racing down [C] their beach.
[D]
[G] Racing to [C] places [D]
not [G] meant [C] to reach.
[G]
[C] My stranger, [D]
one [G] day I'm [C] around.
[D]
[Dm] The car will stop and then I'll hop and I [D] will drive.
I [B] will.
[D#m]
[E] [G#]
[B]
[E] [F#] [B]
Oh gods, oh gods, please [D#m] be there.
[G#m] [C#m] Don't you [E] remember your little Timoon [D#m] from the tree?
[A] [B] Wake up, [E] look down, hear [D#m] my prayer.
[F#] [C#m] You'll single me [B] out and then [E] put at [B] [G] least.
Oh gods, oh [F] gods, let [G] me fly.
[Dm] Send me to places [G] where no one [F] before me [Em]
has [A#] been.
[F] [C] You spared my [F] life, [Em] show me [Am] why.
[G] You [C] get me to ride, [Em] but get me to the bait.
[F] They tell me to wait, when [G] I'm waiting.
[C] Waiting for life to begin.
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[B]
[C#m] [B]
[E] [B] A stranger in white,
[E] [B] in a red [E] car,
[B] [E] In somewhere, [A]
[E]
[F#]
[B] it must feel to [E] go racing [B] wherever you please.
[C#m] [F#] [G#m] Flying as free as a bird with his tail in the [Em] breeze.
[B] Even the fish in the sea [C#m] must be [F#] longing [B] to fly.
[C#m] [F#] [B] Catching a glimpse of a [C#m] stranger in [B] white racing by.
Oh gods, oh [E] gods, are [D#m] you there?
[F#] [E] What can I do to get you to look down and [D#m] give [G#m] in?
[B] Oh gods, oh [E]
gods, hear [D#m] my prayer.
[B]
[F#] [E] I'm here in the field [D#m] with my feet on the ground [B] and my face in the air.
Waiting for life to begin.
[F#]
[B] [F#]
[G#m] Mama's contented and [C#m] tom-tom-ing.
[B]
Happy for tea and they [E] don't hang [G#m] no horns in their [Bm] nets.
[F#]
[B] Happy to have one [C#m] to [B] stay where they are.
They never even look [C#m] up at the [B] sound of a car.
[G] A stranger [C] [D]
[G] racing down [C] their beach.
[D]
[G] Racing to [C] places [D]
not [G] meant [C] to reach.
[G]
[C] My stranger, [D]
one [G] day I'm [C] around.
[D]
[Dm] The car will stop and then I'll hop and I [D] will drive.
I [B] will.
[D#m]
[E] [G#]
[B]
[E] [F#] [B]
Oh gods, oh gods, please [D#m] be there.
[G#m] [C#m] Don't you [E] remember your little Timoon [D#m] from the tree?
[A] [B] Wake up, [E] look down, hear [D#m] my prayer.
[F#] [C#m] You'll single me [B] out and then [E] put at [B] [G] least.
Oh gods, oh [F] gods, let [G] me fly.
[Dm] Send me to places [G] where no one [F] before me [Em]
has [A#] been.
[F] [C] You spared my [F] life, [Em] show me [Am] why.
[G] You [C] get me to ride, [Em] but get me to the bait.
[F] They tell me to wait, when [G] I'm waiting.
[C] Waiting for life to begin.
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
Key:
B
E
C
F#
G
B
E
C
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] A stranger in white, _
[E] _ _ [B] in a red _ _ [E] car,
_ [B] _ [E] In somewhere, [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ it must feel to [E] go racing [B] wherever you _ please. _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ [G#m] Flying as free as a bird with his tail in the _ _ [Em] breeze.
_ [B] _ _ _ Even the fish in the sea [C#m] must be [F#] longing [B] to fly. _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ Catching a glimpse of a [C#m] stranger in [B] white racing by. _ _ _
_ _ Oh gods, oh [E] gods, are [D#m] you there? _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] What can I do to get you to look down and [D#m] give _ [G#m] in? _
_ [B] _ Oh gods, oh [E]
gods, hear [D#m] my prayer.
_ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ [E] I'm here in the field [D#m] with my feet on the ground [B] and my face in the air.
Waiting for life to begin.
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [G#m] Mama's contented and [C#m] tom-tom-ing.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Happy for tea and they [E] don't hang [G#m] no horns in their [Bm] nets.
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] Happy to have one [C#m] to [B] stay where they are. _ _ _ _
_ They never even look [C#m] up at the [B] sound of a _ car. _ _ _
[G] A _ stranger [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ racing down [C] their beach.
[D] _
_ [G] Racing to _ [C] places [D]
not [G] _ _ meant [C] to reach.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] My stranger, _ [D] _
one [G] day I'm _ [C] around.
[D] _
[Dm] The car will stop and then I'll hop and I [D] will _ drive. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I [B] will.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ Oh _ gods, oh gods, _ please [D#m] be there.
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Don't you [E] remember your little Timoon [D#m] from the tree?
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ Wake up, [E] look down, hear [D#m] my prayer.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] You'll single me [B] out and then [E] put at _ [B] _ _ [G] least.
Oh gods, oh [F] gods, let [G] me fly. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Send me to places [G] where no one [F] before me [Em]
has [A#] been.
_ [F] _ [C] You spared my [F] life, _ [Em] show me _ [Am] why.
_ [G] _ You [C] get me to ride, [Em] but get me to the bait.
[F] They tell me to wait, when [G] I'm waiting. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ Waiting for life to begin. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] A stranger in white, _
[E] _ _ [B] in a red _ _ [E] car,
_ [B] _ [E] In somewhere, [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ it must feel to [E] go racing [B] wherever you _ please. _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ [G#m] Flying as free as a bird with his tail in the _ _ [Em] breeze.
_ [B] _ _ _ Even the fish in the sea [C#m] must be [F#] longing [B] to fly. _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ Catching a glimpse of a [C#m] stranger in [B] white racing by. _ _ _
_ _ Oh gods, oh [E] gods, are [D#m] you there? _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] What can I do to get you to look down and [D#m] give _ [G#m] in? _
_ [B] _ Oh gods, oh [E]
gods, hear [D#m] my prayer.
_ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ [E] I'm here in the field [D#m] with my feet on the ground [B] and my face in the air.
Waiting for life to begin.
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [G#m] Mama's contented and [C#m] tom-tom-ing.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Happy for tea and they [E] don't hang [G#m] no horns in their [Bm] nets.
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] Happy to have one [C#m] to [B] stay where they are. _ _ _ _
_ They never even look [C#m] up at the [B] sound of a _ car. _ _ _
[G] A _ stranger [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ racing down [C] their beach.
[D] _
_ [G] Racing to _ [C] places [D]
not [G] _ _ meant [C] to reach.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] My stranger, _ [D] _
one [G] day I'm _ [C] around.
[D] _
[Dm] The car will stop and then I'll hop and I [D] will _ drive. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I [B] will.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ Oh _ gods, oh gods, _ please [D#m] be there.
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Don't you [E] remember your little Timoon [D#m] from the tree?
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ Wake up, [E] look down, hear [D#m] my prayer.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#m] You'll single me [B] out and then [E] put at _ [B] _ _ [G] least.
Oh gods, oh [F] gods, let [G] me fly. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Send me to places [G] where no one [F] before me [Em]
has [A#] been.
_ [F] _ [C] You spared my [F] life, _ [Em] show me _ [Am] why.
_ [G] _ You [C] get me to ride, [Em] but get me to the bait.
[F] They tell me to wait, when [G] I'm waiting. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ Waiting for life to begin. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _