Chords for Leonard Cohen - Waiting for the miracle

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Baby, I've been waiting, [D] _ I've been waiting all [Em] day. _ _ _ _ _ _
I didn't see the time, [D] _ I waited [Em] half my life away. _ _ _ _
[D] There were lots of invitations, _ I know you sent [Cm] me some.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] But I was waiting _ [C] for the miracle, _ [A] for the miracle to come.
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I know you really love me, [D] _ but you see [Em] my hands are tied. _ _ _ _
I know it must have hurt you, [D] _ it must have [Em] hurt your pride.
_ _ _ _ I [D] have to stand beneath my window, _ with your bugle and [Cm] your drum.
_ _ [B] _ Tell me I'm [Em] up there waiting, _ [C] for the miracle, _ [A] for the miracle to come.
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Yeah, I don't believe you'd like it, [D] _ you wouldn't like [Em] it here.
_ There _ _ _ _ ain't no entertainment, [D] and the judgments [Em] are severe. _ _ _ _ _
[D] The maestro says it's Mozart, _ but it sounds [A] like bubble gum.
_ _ [B] _ _ I [Em] know you're waiting for [C] the miracle, _ [Cm] for the miracle to come.
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[Am] Waiting for the miracle, _ [Em] there's nothing left to do. _ _ _ _
[B] I haven't been this happy _ [Em] since the end of World War II.
Nothing [Am] left to do, we know you didn't hear.
_ Nothing [E] left to do, when you're [Em] begging for a crown.
_ Nothing [G] left to do, [C] when you're dancing, go on, wait. _ _
[Ebm] Waiting for the miracle [B] to come. _ _
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[Em] Yeah, I dreamed about you baby, [D] _ it was just the [Em] other night. _ _ _ _ _ _
Mostly you was naked, [D] yeah, but some of you [Em] was lame. _ _ _ _ _
[D] The sand of time was falling, _ from your fingers [Cm] and your thumb.
_ _ [B] _ _ And you [Em] were waiting, _ [C] for the miracle, _ for [Cm] the miracle to come.
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Yeah baby, let's get married, [D] _ we've been alone [Em] too long. _ _ _ _ _
Let's be alone together, [D] _ let's see if we're [Em] that strong. _ _ _ _ _
[D] Yeah, let's do something crazy, _ something absolutely [Cm] wrong.
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[Em] While we're waiting, _ [C] for the miracle, _ [Cm] for the miracle to come. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ Nothing left [Am] to do, when you know, you've been taken.
Nothing left [E] to do, [Em] when you're begging for a crown.
Nothing [C] left to do, when you've got to go on, wait. _ _
[Eb] Waiting for the miracle [B] to come. _ _
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[Em] When you're falling on the highway, [D] _ and you're lying [Em] in the rain. _ _ _ _ _
And they ask you how you're doing, [D] of course you say you [Em] can't complain.
_ _ _ _ _ If [D] you're squeezed for information, that's when you come to [Cm] play it dumb.
You [B] _ just say, we're out there waiting, _ [C] for the miracle, _ [Cm] for the miracle to come.
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