Chords for Gaelynn Lea: Tiny Desk Family Hour

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_ _ _ Thank you. _
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_ Thank you so much. _ _
_ Thanks.
This will be my last song.
I do a lot of speaking
about disability justice and arts and accessibility and I wrote this song called I Wait.
It's
not about waiting around and doing nothing.
It's about how do you wait in that space when
you're fighting for change, but change hasn't come yet.
And I hope you enjoy it. _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [C] Can you see [Gm] me?
Way in the back [Cm] here.
I've been waiting.
[D] I've been waiting in [Cm] line.
It's
been a long [Gm] time.
Can't get no service.
[Cm] Still I'm hoping.
[Bb] I am hoping [C] for a sign. _
[G] _ _ [Cm] That one
day things will change [Bb] and we [C] can finally take our [G] place.
[Cm] That history won't forget
[Gm] us or [C] try to minimize our pain.
[Gm] And so [Cm] I wait. _
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[G] And so [Cm] I wait. _
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[G] _ _ _ [Cm] Did you know that [Bb] when I get
angry, [C] I breathe fire.
[Gm] I could burn this place [Cm] down.
You may not realize [Gm] all of the small
[C] ways.
I am not [G] welcome.
But just take a [Cm] look around. _ _
_ [Bb] _ [C] Still everybody _
[G] knows that [Cm] you need
a place to [Bb] go.
[Cm] And living isn't [G] easy if [Cm] you incinerate your home.
[Bb] And so I [Cm] stay. _ _
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[Gm] And so
[Cm] I stay. _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ [C] I may [G] seem angry.
[Cm] So please forgive [C] me.
But I [G] am still not free [Cm] in this [Bb] society.
_ [C] How long
[G] must we keep [Cm] fighting for our right [Bb] to be [C] living?
Wrongs [G] overdo for [Cm] righting.
We're all
bent to [Bb] _ _ [C] forgiving. _
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_ [Bb] _ _ [C] So if you hear [G] them make claims of progress.
[Cm] Take a good look and [Bb] see who isn't
[C] there.
We need to see it [G] now at the table.
[Cm] So please invite [A] us or [Bb] don't pretend to care. _ _
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Thank you so much.
Thank you Bob. _ _
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