Waiting For My Real Life To Begin Chords by Colin Hay

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[A#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Any minute now, _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ my ship is coming in [E] I'll _ _ _ [C#] keep [B] checking the [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] horizon
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ And I'll stand on the bow and [F#] _ _
_ feel the waves come crashing
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_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] I'm crashing down, _ _ [B] _ down, [C#m] down _ on me
_ [E] _ _ [B] And _ _ you say, _ be still my [F#] love, _ open up your [B] heart
_ Let the light shine in, _ _ _ _ _ don't you _ [F#]
understand I already _ [C#] have a plan _
I'm [F#] waiting for my real life [B] to begin
[E] I _ [B] _ _ _
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awoke today, _ _ _ [F#] _ suddenly _ [B] nothing happened
[E] _ [B] But _ _ _ _ in my _ dreams, _ _ _ [C#m] _ I slew the dragon down this beaten _ _ _ path
[F#] _ _ Up this [B] cobbled lane, _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
I'm walking in my _ old _ [C#m] _
footsteps _ _ [B] _ once [E] again
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#] And you say, [B] just be here [F#] now, _ forget about [B] the past
[B] Your mask is wearing thin, _ _ _ [C#] _ _ so let me throw one [F#] more dice
I know that [B] I can win, _ _ _ [F#] I'm waiting [B] for my real life to begin
[E] _ [B] Any
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ minute now, _ [G#] _ _
[F#] _ my ship [B] is coming in [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ I'll keep checking the [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] horizon _
_ _ [B] _ _ And I'll check my _ machine, _ _ [F#] _ _
it's sure to be [B] that call
[E] It's _
[B] _ _ _ gonna happen soon, _ _ [C#m] soon, oh so very soon
[B] _
_ _ [E] It's just the [B] times are lean, [C#] and you say, [B] be still my [F#] love
_ Open up [B] your heart, let the light shine in
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_ [F#] Don't you _ [F#] understand, I already [B] _ _ have a plan
[F#]
I'm waiting [B] for my real life to begin
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] Hey, [C#] _
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yeah, _ [G#] _ _ yeah
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_ _ _ Yeah, [C#] _ _ _
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yeah, _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G#m] yeah _ _ _
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_ _ _ On a clear day, _ I can see, _ see for a long way _ _ _ _ _
_ On a clear day, _ _ I can _ see, _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ see _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] for a long [B] way _
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