Key: F# major
Intro 1
E
D#m
So open up your morning light
C#m
B
And say a little prayer for I
E
D#m
You know that if we are to stay alive
C#m
B
Then see the peace in every eye
Interlude 1
F#
Doo doo doo doooo
doo doo doo doooo
B
Doo doo doo doo doooo
F#
Doo doo doo doooo
doo doo doo doooo
B
Doo doo doo doo doooo
Verse 1
F#
She had two babies
one was six months, one was three
B
In the war of '44
F#
Every telephone ring
every heartbeat stinging
D#m
C#
B
When she thought it was God calling her
D#m
C#
B
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?
Chorus 1
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
I want to know right now
G#
C#
what will it be?
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
G#
Will it be yes or will it be... sorry?
Interlude 2
F#
Doo doo doo doooo
Doo doo doo doooo
B
Doo doo doo doo doooo
Verse 2
F#
He showed up all wet on the rainy front step
B
Wearing shrapnel in his skin
F#
And the war he saw
lives inside him still
D#m
C#
B
It's so hard to be gentle and warm
D#m
The years pass by
C#
B
and now he has granddaughters
Chorus 2
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
I want to know right now
G#
C#
what will it be?
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
G#
Will it be yes or will it be...
Bridge 1
F#
Ohhh, so look at me from across the room
G#m
You're wearing your anguish again
A
Believe me, I know the feeling
E
B
It sucks you into the jaws of anger
F#
Ohh, so breathe a little more deeply
G#m
All we have is this very moment
A
And I don't wanna do what his father
E
And his father, and his father did
F#
I wanna be here now
Bridge 2
E
D#m
So open up your morning light
C#m
B
And say a little prayer for I
E
D#m
You know that if we are to stay alive
C#m
B
Then see the peace in every eye
Chorus 3
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
I want to know right now
G#
C#
what will it be?
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
G#
C#
Will it be yes or will it be...
Chorus 4
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
I want to know right now
G#
C#
what will it be?
F#
I don't wanna wait
D#m
F#
for our lives to be over
B
F#
G#
Will it be yes or will it be... sorry
Interlude 3
F#
Doo doo doo doooo
Doo doo doo doooo
B
Doo doo doo doo doooo
F#
Doo doo doo doooo
Doo doo doo doooo
B
Doo doo doo doo doooo
Outro 1
E
D#m
So open up your morning light
C#m
B
And say a little prayer for I
E
D#m
You know that if we are to stay alive
C#m
B
Then see the love in every eye
E
E
E
E
[Repeat and fade]
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