WAITING IN VAIN
by Bob Marley

[Intro]
      x2

        
I don't wanna 

              
wait in vain  

    
    for your l

ove
        
I don't wanna 

              
wait in vain  

    
    for your l

ove

[Verse]
        
From the very 

             
first time I r


est my eyes on

 you, girl,
        
My heart says 

       
follow through

.
        
But I know, no

            
w, that I'm wa


y down on your

 line,
        
But the waitin

          
' feel is fine


.

        
So don't treat

           
 me like a pup


pet on a strin

g,
        
Cos I know how

           
 to do my thin


g.
        
Don't talk to 

      
me as if you t

hink I'm dumb,
        
I wanna know w

              
hen you're gon

   
na come. See

[Chorus]
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love, 

cause if

[Bridge]
          
Summer is here

           
,  I'm still w

        
aiting there.

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Winter is here

           
, and I'm stil

        
l waiting ther

e.

[Solo]
      x4

        
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   Like I said

[Verse 2]
        
It's been thre

              
e years since 

    
I'm knockin' o

n your door,
        
And I still ca

             
n knock some m


ore.
        
Ooh girl, ooh 

      
girl, is it fe

asible, (I wan

na know now),
        
For I to knock

      
 some more?
        
Ya see, in lif

         
e I know there


's lots of gri

ef,
        
 But your love

         
 is my re-lief


.
        
 Tears in my e

         
yes burn, tear


s in my eyes b

urn,
          
While I'm wait

            
ing, while I'm

              
 waiting for m

 
y turn. U'See.

..

[Chorus]
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love.
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love.
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love.
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love.
        
I don't wanna 

        
wait in vain f

or your love,

[Outro]

I don't wanna,

 I don't wanna

, I don't wann

a, I don't wan

na,

I don't wanna 

wait in vain.
    
No, I don't wa

nna, I don't w

anna, I don't 

wanna, I don't

 wanna,

I don't wanna 

wait in vain.
   
No, I don't wa

nna, I don't w

anna, I don't 

wanna, I don't

 wanna,

I don't wanna 

wait in vain.
   
No, I don't wa

nna, I don't w

anna, I don't 

wanna, I don't

 wanna,

I don't wanna 

wait in vain.
         
It's your love


 that I'm wait

ing on,
(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
I don't wanna wait in vain).
        
It's my love t

hat you're run

ning from.
         
It's jah love 


that I'm waiti

ng on,
(I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I don't wanna,
I don't wanna wait in vain).
        
It's me love t

hat you're run

ning from.


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