[Verse]
G Em
It's comin' on the end of August
G Em
Another summer's promise almost gone
C
And though I heard some wise man say
G
That every dog will have his day
F Am D
He never mentioned that these dog days get so long
[Verse]
G Em
I don't know when I realized the dream was over
G Em
Well, there was no particular hour, no given day
C
You know, it didn't go down in flame
G
There was no final scene, no frozen frame
F Am D
I just watched it slowly fade away
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Am C
Waiting for my time to come around again
Em G
And hope is floating on the breeze
Am C
Carrying my soul high up above the ground
Em G
And I've been keepin' to myself
Am C Em
Knowin' that the seasons are slowly changing you
G
And though you're with somebody else
Am C
He'll never love you like I do
[Verse]
G Em
I've been biding time with the crows and sparrows
G Em
While peacocks prance and strut upon the stage
C G
If finding love is just a dance. Proximity and chance
F Am D
You will excuse me if I skip the masquerade
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Am C
Waiting for the dust to settle down
Em G
Along the back roads running through the fields
Am C
Lying on the outskirts of this lonesome town
Em G
And I imagine sunlight in your hair
Am
You're at the county fair
C
You're holding hands and laughing
Em G
And now the ferris wheel has stopped
[Chorus - key change]
Bm
You're swinging on the top
F#
Suspended there with him
G D
And he's the darling of the chic
Bm F#
The flavor of the week is melting
G D
Down your pretty summer dress
F#
Baby, what a mess you're making
[Solo]
Bm A# D A# 2x
[Bridge]
Bm A#
I've been stumbling through some dark places
D A#
Now I'm following the plow
Bm A#
I know I've fallen out of your good graces
Am D
It's alright now
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Am C
Waiting for the summer rain to fall
Em G
Upon the wild birds scattering the seeds
Am C Em
Answering the calling of the tide's eternal tune
G
The phases of the moon
Am
The chambers of the heart
C
The egg and dart
Em G
A small gray spider spinning in the dark
Am C
In spite of all the times the web is torn apart
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Am C
Waiting for the time to come around again
Em G
And hope is floating on the breeze
Am C
Carrying my soul high up above the ground
Em G
And I've been keepin' to myself
Am C Em
Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing you
G
And though you're with somebody else
Am G
He'll never love you like I do
[Outro]
Em G Am C 2x
Em G Am C 4x
Ohhh Ahhh
Em G Am C 2x
Em~
[Verse]
G Em
It's comin' on the end of August
G Another summer's
Em
promise almost gone
C
And though I heard
some wise man say
G
That every dog will have his day
F He never mentioned that
Am D
these dog days get so long
[Verse]
G I don't know when I realized
Em
the dream was over
G Well, there was no particular
Em
hour, no given day
C
You know, it didn't
go down in flame
G
There was no final
scene, no frozen frame
F Am D
I just watched it slowly fade away
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Am Waiting for my time
C
to come around again
Em G
And hope is floating on the breeze
Am Carrying my soul high
C
up above the ground
Em G
And I've been keepin' to myself
Am Knowin' that the seasons
C Em
are slowly changing you
And though you're
G
with somebody else
Am C
He'll never love you like I do
[Verse]
G I've been biding time with
Em
the crows and sparrows
G While peacocks prance
Em
and strut upon the stage
C If finding love is just a
G
dance. Proximity and chance
F You will excuse me if
Am D
I skip the masquerade
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Waiting for the
Am C
dust to settle down
Em Along the back roads running
G
through the fields
Am Lying on the outskirts
C
of this lonesome town
Em And I imagine sunlight
G
in your hair
Am
You're at the county fair
C
You're holding hands and laughing
Em And now the ferris
G
wheel has stopped
[Chorus - key change]
Bm
You're swinging on the top
F#
Suspended there with him
G D
And he's the darling of the chic
Bm F#
The flavor of the week is melting
G D
Down your pretty summer dress
F#
Baby, what a mess you're making
[Solo]
Bm A# D A# 2x
[Bridge]
Bm I've been stumbling
A#
through some dark places
D A#
Now I'm following the plow
Bm I know I've fallen
A#
out of your good graces
Am D
It's alright now
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Waiting for the
Am C
summer rain to fall
Em Upon the wild birds
G
scattering the seeds
Am Answering the calling
C Em
of the tide's eternal tune
G
The phases of the moon
Am
The chambers of the heart
C
The egg and dart
Em A small gray spider
G
spinning in the dark
Am In spite of all the times
C
the web is torn apart
[Chorus]
Em G
And I've been waiting in the weeds
Am Waiting for the time
C
to come around again
Em G
And hope is floating on the breeze
Am Carrying my soul high
C
up above the ground
Em G
And I've been keepin' to myself
Am Knowing that the seasons
C Em
are slowly changing you
And though you're
G
with somebody else
Am G
He'll never love you like I do
[Outro]
Em G Am C 2x
Em G Am C 4x
Ohhh Ahhh
Em G Am C 2x
Em~