The Waiting - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

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[Verse 1]

             
Oh baby don't 

             
it feel like h

            
eaven right no

w
             
Don't it feel 

              
like somethin'

               
 from a dream
             
Yeah I've neve

              
r known nothin

            
g quite like t

his
         
Don't it feel 

like tonight m

ight never be 

again

We know better

 than to try a

nd pretend

Baby no one co

uld have ever 

told me 'bout 

this

I said "Hey ye

ah" , "Heyee y

eahee yeahee y

eah"


[Chorus]

         
The waiting is

        
 the hardest p

art
         
Every day you 

    
see one more c

ard
             
You take it on

        
 faith, you ta

          
ke it to the h

eart
         
The waiting is

        
 the hardest p

art


[Verse 2]

             
Well yeah I mi

              
ght have chase

              
d a couple of 

       
women around
             
All it ever go

                
t me was down
             
Then there wer

             
e those that m

            
ade me feel go

od
     
But never as g

ood as I feel 

right now
     
Baby you're th

e only one tha

t's ever known

 how
   
To make me wan

na live like I

 wanna live no

w

I said "Hey ye

ah" , "Heyee y

eahee yeahee y

eah"


[Chorus]

         
The waiting is

        
 the hardest p

art
         
Every day you 

    
get one more y

ard
             
You take it on

        
 faith, you ta

          
ke it to the h

eart
         
The waiting is

        
 the hardest p

art


[Bridge]


Don't let it k

ill you baby, 

don't let it g

et to you

Don't let em k

ill you baby, 

don't let em g

et to you
             
I'll be your b

              
leedin' heart,

 
 I'll be your 

cryin' fool
             
Don't let this

            
 go too far, d

              
on't let it ge

        
t to you


[Solo]

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I said "Hey ye

       
ah" , "Heyee y

eahee yeahee y

eah"


[Chorus]

         
The waiting is

        
 the hardest p

art
         
Every day you 

    
get one more y

ard
             
You take it on

        
 faith, you ta

          
ke it to the h

eart
         
The waiting is

        
 the hardest p

art
                 

         
The waiting is

     
 the hard----e

st
       
Part

         

      


       
(Fade out)

         

      


[Repeat theme from solo]

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