Dawson's Creek (i Don't Wanna To Wait)
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F C/E
so open up your morning light
Dm C
and say a little prayer for I
F C/E
you know that if we are to stay alive
Dm C
and see the peace in every I
G G C C x2
G
she had two babies
one was six months one was three
C
in the war of '44
G
every telephone ring
every heartbeat stinging
Em D C
when she thought it was God calling her
Em D C
oh would her son grow to know his father
G D/F#
i don't want to wait
Em D
for our lives to be over
C G/B
i want to know right now
Am
what will it be
G D/F#
i don't want to wait
Em D
for our lives to be over
C G/B Am
will it be yes or will it be sorry
G G C C x2
G
He showed up all wet
on the rainy front step
C
wearing shrapnel in his skin
G
and the war he saw
lives inside him still
Em D C
it's so hard to be gentle and warm
Em D
the years passed by and now
C
he has a granddaughter
Chorus
G
Oh so you look at me
from across the room
you're wearing your anguish again
believe i know the feeling
it sucks you into the jaws of anger
oh, so breathe a little more deeply my love
all we have is the very moment
and i don't want to do what
his father and his father and his father did
i want to be here now
so open up your morning light
and say a little prayer for I
you know that if we are to stay alive
and see the peace in every I
Chorus x2
G G C C x2
F C/E
so open up your morning light
Dm C
and say a little prayer for I
F C/E
you know that if we are to stay alive
Dm C
and see the love in every I
How to play Dawson's Creek (i Don't Wanna To Wait)
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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