Waiting For The Miracle Chords

Waiting for the Miracle - Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
Album: The Future
 
Note: when changing from Em to D in the verse progression, hammer on low E string 3rd fret to
play Em/G for half a measure. A G chord also works.
 
Ebdim7: xx1212
 
 
[Intro]
Em
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em
Baby, I've been waiting
D                            Em
I've been waiting night and day
 
I didn't see the time
D                 Em
I waited half my life away
            D
There were lots of invitations
                        Ebdim7   B7
And I know you sent me some
           Em    D
But I was waiting
         C    D           Ebdim7         B7     Em
For the miracle, for the miracle to come
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em
I know you really loved me
         D                  Em
But, you see, my hands were tied
 
I know it must have hurt you
   D                 Em
It must have hurt your pride
            D
To have to stand beneath my window
                         Ebdim7   B7
With your bugle and your drum
                   Em      D
And me I'm up there waiting
         C    D           Ebdim7         B7     Em
For the miracle, for the miracle to come
 
 
[Verse 3]
Em
Ah I don't believe you'd like it
    D                  Em
You wouldn't like it here
 
There ain't no entertainment
        D                Em
And the judgments are severe
    D
The Maestro says it's Mozart
                         Ebdim7   B7
But it sounds like bubble gum
            Em  D
When you're waiting
         C    D           Ebdim7         B7     Em
For the miracle, for the miracle to come
 
 
[Bridge]
 Am
Waiting for the miracle
         Em
There's nothing left to do
B7
I haven't been this happy
          Em
Since the end of World War II
                 Am
Nothing left to do
 
When you know that you've been taken
                 Em
Nothing left to do
 
When you're begging for a crumb
                 C
Nothing left to do
 
When you've got to go on waiting
 Ebdim                       B
Waiting for the miracle to come
 
 
[Verse 4]
Em
Yeah I dreamed about you, baby
D                        Em
It was just the other night
 
Most of you was naked
       D                Em
Ah but some of you was light
    D
The sands of time were falling
                           Ebdim7   B7
From your fingers and your thumb
             Em  D
And you were waiting
         C    D           Ebdim7         B7     Em
For the miracle, for the miracle to come
 
 
[Verse 5]
Em
Ah baby, let's get married
D                     Em
We've been alone too long
 
Let's be alone together
       D                Em
Let's see if we're that strong
     D
Yeah let's do something crazy
                     Ebdim7   B7
Something absolutely wrong
            Em  D
While we're waiting
         C    D           Ebdim7         B7     Em
For the miracle, for the miracle to come
 
 
[Bridge]
                 Am
Nothing left to do
 
When you know that you've been taken
                 Em
Nothing left to do
 
When you're begging for a crumb
                 C
Nothing left to do
 
When you've got to go on waiting
 Ebdim7                      B
Waiting for the miracle to come
 
 
[Verse 6]
Em
When you've fallen on the highway
D                        Em
And you're lying in the rain
 
And they ask you how you're doing
       D                       Em
Of course you say you can't complain
          D
If you're squeezed for information
                                  Ebdim7   B7
That's when you've got to play it dumb
                              Em  D
You just say you're out there waiting
         C    D           Ebdim7         B7     Em
For the miracle, for the miracle to come
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