Squeeze – The Waiting Game (Guitar)

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(Difford/Tilbrook) From the 1987 studio album, Babylon and On. **Happy to make any corrections!** [Intro] Dm C G F [Verse 1]
G
I heard the stomping of feet dancing

       C
On the woo-den floor upstairs

G
I wasn't in the mood for laughing

                C
So I sat silent   in my chair
[Chorus 1]
               F   Em        Dm
There was some-one missing I knew

        Em             Am
Outside there fell the rain

F                   C
Where had she gone? What could I do?

Dm           G       C    F  C
I played the waiting game
[Verse 2]
G
The cigarette smoke was annoying

   C
My mood was fit for a bath

G
A drink couldn't oil my expression

              C
Nothing could make me laugh
[Chorus 2]
      F       Em        Dm
I was worried out of my head

      Em        Am
I was in such a state

F                   Em
What's keeping her? Where has she gone?

Dm           G       C    F C  Em
I played the waiting game
[Bridge]
Em
When you love someone

    B                       Fm
You worry when they're late

               G#m
When you trust someone

         Em          Am
You know the time it takes

            Dm  C    G
To play the wai-ting game

            Dm  C    G
To play the wai-ting game, oh
[Guitar Solo] F C F C [Verse 3]
    G
The music got louder and louder

         C
From the wooden floor upstairs

G
I played with a handful of peanuts

           C
When I saw her standing there
[Outro]
              F     Em         Dm
My mood leapt right out of the bath

            Em           Am
She had got stuck in the rain

    F                 Em
Her coat dripped on a hanger

Dm          G
Playing the waiting

F                Em
I couldn't under-stand her

Dm          G
Playing the waiting

F                    Em
Seemed like I'd wait forever

Dm          G       C    F  C
Playing the waiting game