Em
I can't wait
A Em
Wait for you to change your mind
It's late
A Em
I'm tryin to walk the line
Well it's way past midnight
And there's people all around
A
Some on their way up
Some on their way down
Em A
The air burns and I'm tryin to think straight
C B7 Em
And I don't know how much longer I can wait
I'm your man I've tried to recover the sweet love that we knew You understand That my heart can't go on beating without you Well your loveliness has wounded me I'm reeling from the blow I wish I knew what it was that keeps me loving you so I'm breathin' hard standin' at the gate And I don't know how much longer I can wait
Skies are gray I'm looking for anything that will bring a happy glow Night or day It doesn't matter where I go anymore I just go 1) If I ever saw you comin' I don't know what I might do I'd like to think I could control myself But it isn't true That's how it is When things disintegrate And I don't know how much longer I can wait
A
I'm doomed to love you
Em
I been rollin' through stormy weather
A
I'm thinkin' of you
Bsus4
And all the places we could roam together
Em
It's mighty funny
The end of time has just begun
Oh honey, after all these years you're still the one
Well I'm strollin' through the lonely graveyard of my mind
I left my life with you
Somewhere back there along the line
I thought somehow that I would be spared this fate
I don't know how much longer I can wait
1) From Josh Meisler:
The lyric night or day, it doesn’t matter anymore where I go, I just go is conspicuously similar to a lyric in the Grateful Dead tune ‘Crazy Fingers’ which goes gone are the days we stopped to decide where we should go, we just ride, by Robert Hunter. Somewhat similar in construction and definitely in content.
2000 version
The main changes are in the pace and the mood of the playing, not really much in the arrangement.
B7add11=x21200. Or play B7-10 (x21230)
Em
Em
I can't wait
A Em
Wait for you to change my mind
It's late
A Em
I'm tryin to walk the line
*)
Well it's way past midnight
And there's some people all around
A
Some on their way up
Some on their way down
Em A
The air burns and I'm tryin to think straight
C B7add11 Em
And I don't know how much longer I can wait
A
I'm doomed to love you
Em
I been rollin' through stormy weather
A
I'm thinkin' of you
Bsus4
And all the places we could roam together
*)
Em A
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Tell Tale Signs version (outtake #1)
Some remarkable lyrics here, remarkable not just because some of them show up in Sugar Baby
If we do it in how about B flat?
Bbm
I can't wait
Eb Bbm Eb
Wait for you to change your mind
Bbm
I can't wait
Eb Bbm
Waitin' just making me go blind
Bbm
Did you ever lay awake at night, your face turned to the wall,
Eb
Drowning in your thoughtlessness, and cut off from it all?
Bbm
I don't know,
Eb
Maybe for you it's not that late
Bbm
But as for me,
F7 Bbm
don't know how much longer I can wait
It's got to end Everything about it just feels wrong I pretend Being close to her is where I don't belong Well, my back is to the sun because the light is too intense I can see what everybody in the world is up against I'll stay here Where I can feel the hand of fate And I don't know how much longer I can wait.
Skies are grey Life is short, and I think of her a lot Every day I can't say if I want the pain to end or not Well, the blindness overtaking me is beating like a drum I don't know where it starts or where it's coming from That's how it is When I try to concentrate And I don't know how much longer I can wait.
I've been drinkin' Drinkin' forbidden juices I've been livin' Livin' on lame excuses.
My hands are cold The end of time has just begun I'm gettin' old Anything can happen now to anyone I walk across the floor till I wear out my shoes Think you've lost it all, there's always more to lose [I so clear] She can keep my head on straight And I don't know how much longer I can wait.
Tell Tale Signs version (outtake #2)
Ebm
I can't wait
Ab Ebm
Wait for you to change your mind
Ebm
I can't wait
Ab Ebm
For you to walk the line
Ebm
You ever feel just like your brain's been bolted to the wall,
Ab
That you're drowning in your thoughtlessness and cut off from it all?
Ebm
I don't know,
Ab
Maybe for you it's not that late
Cb7
But as for me,
Bb7 Ebm
I don't know how much longer I can wait
It's got to end Everything about it just feels wrong I'll pretend Being close to her is where I don't belong Well, my back is to the sun because the light is too intense I can see what everybody in the world is up against That's how it is when things disintegrate And I don't know how much longer I can wait.
Skies are grey Life is short, and I think of her a lot Every day I can't say whether I want the pain to even end or not Well, I'm trying my best to stand on my own two feet Not have to lean on everybody that I meet I'm breathing hard, I'm trying to concentrate And I don't know how much longer I can wait.
Well, I'm torn and I'm tattered I've been rolling through the stormy weather My heart's been shattered But I'm holding all the parts of it together
My hands are cold The end of time has just begun I'm gettin' old Anything can happen now to anyone Lonelyness around me diggin' in me like a rake What a piece of work she is to cause my heart to break I thought somehow that I'd be spared this fate And I don't know how much longer I can wait.