D
I've held your hand since 1979

You were in a band (still am), yeah, but back then
        A                       D
You had hair and your smile was so sublime
                          G     C        D
And I chipped my teeth on every joke you cracked


                                      A
You used to buy me scotch (still do), yeah
                    D
But now too much is never enough
                                                 A
To take me back to that dance hall where you got thrown out
            D
'Cause they thought you were drunk (I wasn't)
                 G             C                            D
You couldn't lie then, and you sure as hell can't lie to me now



[Pre-Chorus]
G             C                           D
You stole the best years of my life (I'll give them back)
        C                                                         A
You got fat, and you're the thigh-high hemline I  just can't stop staring at



[Chorus]
D                              C
'Cause I will, I will wait and    hope
G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to weep

But a place for crows to rest their feet
D                           C
And I will, I will wait and    hope
    D
And rest my head at night content

Knowing where my marbles went



[Instrumental]
A D



[Verse 2]
                   A                   G
The flat we rented was a palace for my queen
      D
If by palace you mean that asbestos and beans
       A
From a tin, and the gin that we brewed in the bathtub
    G                       C                           D
She sang, "Do you think I'm sexy?" and oh God, I really did


You'd swoon, you'd sigh, working shifts 'til we cried
A
Oh, if one more guy calls me "darling" then I
D
Swear to you and to God, I will murder them all
A
All the bastards applaud when I show that I'm flawed
                            C                    G        D
You're not flawed, darling, you're just a little under-rehearsed


        C
And I'd get in
                            G                        D
And for some reason, you've painted the kitchen lime green
                                      G
And I'd sink to the floor, what's the point anymore?
    D
And you, you'd reply

With a glint in your eye (With a drink in your hand)
         A
Saying, "I don't know, but I'm here

Oh, dear God (I'm all yours), dear heart, don't cry"



[Chorus]
D                                  C
'Cause I will wait, I will wait and    hope
G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to weep

But a place for crows to rest their feet
D                                C
And I will wait, I will wait and    hope
G
And rest my head at night content
                      D
Knowing where my marbles went



[Instrumental]
A
D A
D G



[Bridge]
                     C       G
I've loved you for a hundred years
D
Certainly fucking feels like it
G                         C                           D
The minute I met you, the colours of my life began to pour

(I'm scared of the dark)
G                           C                            D
And now, even though you're mad and these memories won’t stay

That's okay
G                   C                                        D
'Cause now I get to meet you for the first time every single day



[Chorus]
                C
I will wait and    hope
G
Your eyes aren't rivers there to weep

But a place for crows to rest their feet
D                   C
And I will wait and    hope
    G
And rest my head at night content
              C
Knowing where my marbles went



[Outro]
D
I will wait
C
And I will wait (I will wait)
D
And I will wait
C
And hope
D
And I will wait (I'll be waiting)
C
And I will wait
D
And I will wait
C
And hope (Ooh)