Key: F minor
Verse 1
Em
C
A song that has been done many
times.
F#
Cdim
The great im mortal song,
Walter
C#m
F#
C
Remember?
F#
B
When you are a young man courting the girls,
C#m
B
E
you're playing a waiting game.
C#m
F#
G#m
When a maid refuses with tossing curls,
E
B
you let the old earth take a couple of whirls.
G#
F#
C#m
An d you ply her with
Em
B
G#m
tears in lieu of pearls.
B
C#m
Em
And as time goes along,
F#
B
G#m
waiting game.
B
Ddim
F#
G#dim
But it's a long,
E
Em
long while from
F#
B
G#m
C#
December, and the days grow short
Em
C
when you reach
B
F#
Em
September.
F#m
F#
B
E
G#dim
When the autumn weather turn
G
E
G
B
F#
s the leaves to flame,
B
D#m
G#
C#
One has n't got time for
Em
C
B
Em
the waiting game.
F#
B
E
Em
C
Em
All the days dwindle down to
Fdim
Ddim
a precious few,
E
Em
C
September,
F#
Ddim
B
D#m
November, an d
E
F#
E
B
these few precious
E
Bm
E
G
F#
B
These I'll spend with you
F#
B
D#m
C#
These golden days,
Em
C
B
F#
I'll spend with you
B
Thank you, thank you very much.
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