Song: Wait Here
Artist: Mick Flannery
Album: White Lies
THE SONG IS MOSTLY CHORDS BUT THE VIOLIN ARRANGEMENT
HAS BEEN ADDED IF YOUR PLAYING WITH SOMEONE ELSE......
havent put in the elctric guitar bits
cos i simply couldn work them all out!!!!!! sorry.....
feel free to comment/rate/critise/question or even worse CORRECT!!!!...
EADGBe
F#5- 244xxx
F#m- 244222
D#5- x577xx
D - x5777x or xx0232 (if you want to use it for the chorus)
during verse and interlude F#m sounds better like 2442xx
(just stating my opinion)
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INTRO:
F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D
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|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----4~-------0--0-0-|-----4~--(0)---0---0-|-----4~--(0)---0--0-0-|
|-----------5~--------|-----------5~--------|------------5~--------|
|--2------------------|--2------------------|--2-------------------|
F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D F#5
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------|
|-----4~--(0)--0---0-|-----4~--(0)--0--0-0-|-----4~~|
|-----------5~-------|-----------5~--------|--------|
|--2-----------------|--2------------------|--2-----|
violin arrangement......this enters after 2nd bar of the intro above
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------2--------|-------2--------|-------2--------|-----------------|
|-----4---3------|-----4---3------|-----4---3------|---4~~-----7~~---|
|---4--------5---|---4--------5---|---4--------5---|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
VErse
F#5 F#m D5 D
F15 scream cross the sky,
F#5 F#m D5 D
Lets its guided missile fly,
F#5 F#m D5 D
It ploughs into a market square,
F#5 F#m D5 D
One hundred roses take the air,
F#5 F#m
I know you didn’t know,
D5 D
Know you didn’t know,
F#5 F#m
Nobody told you so.
F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-4~-----2---------|-------2---------|
|------4----3------|-----4----3------|
|----4---------5---|---4--------5----|
|------------------|-----------------|
VERSE
F#5 F#m D5 D
Goona lay that child down at your feet,
F#5 F#m D5 D
Watch her burn now, watch her scream,
F#5 F#m D5 D
When she’s done there’s plenty more,
F#5 F#m D5 D
Her brother’s waiting at the door,
F#5 F#m
I know you didn’t know,
D5 D
Know you didn’t know,
F#5 F#m
Nobody told you so.
F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-4~-----2---------|-------2---------|
|------4----3------|-----4----3------|
|----4---------5---|---4--------5----|
|------------------|-----------------|
CHorus
F#m D
Wait here, wait here,
E A
I thought I heard the ground a groanin’,
F#m D
Wait here, wait here,
E A
I’m goin into town to warn ‘em,
F#m D E
All I did find upon my way
A
Was hell’s own gates had opened,
F#m D E
For what it’s worth, I’m pretty sure,
A
That it’s for you they’re comin’.
INTERLUDE
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mick_flannery/wait_here_tab.html ]
F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D
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|-------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|
|---11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|-------------|--(WITH VOLUME SWELLS)-----------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|
VERSE
F#5 F#m D5 D
Big ol’ hat on a little man,
F#5 F#m D5 D
Scrubbin’ blood stains from his hands,
F#5 F#m D5 D
You gotta get ‘em, get ‘em fast,
F#5 F#m D5 D
Freedom truck is little low on gas,
F#5 F#m
I know you had to go,
D5 D
Know you had to go,
F#5 F#m
Daddy done told you so.
F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2---------|-------2---------|
|-----4----3------|-----4----3------|
|---4---------5---|---4---------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
VERSE
F#5 F#m D5 D
Oil that chainsaw up again,
F#5 F#m D5 D
Go on and fuck this earth up at both ends,
F#5 F#m D5 D
It’s mother nature’s chesty cough,
F#5 F#m D5 D
One o’ these days she’s gonna shake us off,
F#5 F#m
I know you didn’t know,
D5 D
Know you didn’t know,
F#5 F#m
Nobody told you so.
F#5 F#m D5 D F#5 F#m D5 D
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------2---------|-------2---------|
|-----4----3------|-----4----3------|
|---4---------5---|---4---------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
CHORUS
F#m D
Wait here, wait here,
E A
I thought I heard the ground a groanin’,
F#m D
Wait here, wait here,
E A
I’m goin into town to warn ‘em,
F#m D E
All I did find upon my way
A
Was hell’s own gates had opened,
F#m D E
For what it’s worth, I’m pretty sure,
A
That it’s for you they’re comin’....
*repeat chorus (havin what mick says exactly)
F#m D E A
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|---14----14-----15----15------|--12----12-----14-12---------|
|------14----14-----16----16---|-----14----14--------14-13---|
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|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#m D E A
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---14----14-----15----15------|--12----12-----14-12---------|
|------14----14-----16----16---|-----14----14--------14-13---|
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SOLO+ OUTRO;
F#5 F#m D5 D (REPEAT several times)
finish on F#m
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ARRANGEMENT OF WHAT THE VIOLIN PLAYS DURING THE CHORUS
(NEED HEAVY SUSTAIN TO MAKE IT FIT like in the album version)
F#m D E A F#m D E A
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|---6~----7~---|---4~---6~--4/2-|---6~----7~---|---4~---6~--4/2-|
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F#m D E A F#m D E A F#5
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|--14~----15~--|---------14~--------|--14~----15~--|-------14~-------|-----|
|--------------|--16~--------16-14--|--------------|--16~------16-14-|-/11-|
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