Why Wait chords by Jennifer Knapp

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
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Blind as eyes you never try
A 
Em 
To lose temptation
G 
I'm so scared of
A 
what's the hesitation
C 
You so easily prove
D 
that you could save a man
C 
D 
Well I am that man
Em 
It's better off this way
G 
A 
To be deaf, dumb and lame
Em 
G 
A 
And to be the way I am
Em 
It's better off this way,
G 
A 
than be covered for the flame
Em 
and to be the way I am,
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A 
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
I am
G 
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
G 
A 
Still this tongue, I am hung
By this wicked notion
Em 
Tame the beast,
G 
A 
release the noose I've woven
C 
Oh, wasted tears drip
D 
ping from my tongue
G 
C 
G 
D 
G 
Well, I'm hung, hung
D 
Em 
It's better off this way
G 
A 
To be deaf, dumb and lame
Em 
G 
A 
Than to be the way I am, I have
Em 
It's better off this way
G 
A 
Than be groping for the flame
Em 
G 
Now to be the way I am
A 
C 
D 
C 
I am
D 
C 
G 
Em 
G 
D 
Em 
D 
Em 
C 
Em 
D 
C 
D 
Em 
G 
A 
Crooked path, you never ask,
you just left me there
Em 
G 
A 
And I deal with the aftermath,
and you don't even care
C 
Em 
G 
C 
Oh, crooked feet,
D 
C 
D 
you nimbly meet the pace of my feet
Em 
It's better off this way
G 
A 
To be deaf, dumb, and lame
Em 
G 
Em 
A 
G 
Than to be the way I am, I am
A 
G 
Em 
G 
It's better off this way
A 
And before, before the flame
Em 
That you breathe away
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A 
I am, I am, I am
Em 
D 
A 
It's better off this way
Em 
D 
G 
A 
Than to breathe away
Em 
D 
G 
A 
It's better off this way
Em 
And you'll be the one,
D 
G 
D 
A 
oh yeah
Em 
G 
A 
Em 
G 
A 
Yeah
Em 
G 
A 
C 
D 
Em 
G 
Em 
A 
C 
A 
Em 
A 
It's better off this way
Em 
It's better off this way