Biography:
Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and subsequently as a solo artist.
Singer/Songwriter Colin Hay is the former front-man of the classic Australian band Men at Work. Since the group disbanded he has released several solo albums, including Man at Work, which featured re-recordings of classic Men at Work songs in an acoustic environment.
Hay has also been involved with the NBC TV series Scrubs
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Other songs:
- Against The Tide
- Are You Looking At Me
- Back In My Loving Arms
- Beautiful World
- Don't Believe You Anymore
- Go Ask An Old Man
- Going Somewhere
- I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You
- I Wish I Was Still Drinking
- Into My Life
- Into The Cornfields
- Maggie
- My Brilliant Feat
- Overkill
- She Keeps Me Dreaming
- Small Town Big Hell
- Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
- Wayfaring Sons
- A Thousand Million Reasons
- And If You Only Knew
- Are We There Yet
- Children On Parade
- Come Tumblin Down
- Company Of Strangers
- Conversation
- Dear Father
- Did You Just Take The Long Way Home
- Dont Believe You Anymore
- Dont Wait Up
- Down Under
- Dreamtime In Glasgow
- Fishermans Friend
- Freedom Calling
- Frozen Fields Of Snow
- Gathering Mercury
- Goodbye My Red Rose
- Help Me
- Here In My Hometown
- Hold The Line
- I Came Into Your Store
- I Can See It In Your Eyes
- I Dont Miss You Now
- I Just Dont Think Ill Ever Get Over You
- I Want You Back
- If I Had Been A Better Man
- Ill Leave The Light On
- Im Doing Fine
- Lifeline
- Looking For Jack
- Lose To Win
- Lost Generation
- Love Is Innocent
- Next Year People
- Next Year People Live
- No One Knows
- Norwegian Wood
- Not So Lonely
- Oh California
- Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Baby
- Pleased To Almost Meet You
- Pure Love
- Road To Mandalay
- Scattered In The Sand
- Send Somebody
- She Put The Blame On You
- Shes My Best Friend
- Simple Song
- Sometimes I Wish
- The Flying Song
- Theres Water Over You
- These Are Our Finest Days
- This Time I Got You
- To Have And To Hold
- Trying To Get To You
- Up In Smoke
- Waiting In The Rain
- Wash It All Away
- Water Song
- What Would Bob Do
- Who Can It Be Now
- Womans Face
- You Saved Me From Myself
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Waiting for my real life to begin Colin Hay
Tabbed by [email protected]
The "*" indicates a hameron.. You have to listen to the song
The "/" is basically means the chord gets one beat.
Capo 4
Intro:
G / D / C /,
C C / F# / G, Am7 G / D / D / C,
C C / F# / G, Am7 G / Am7 / B,
Verse:
C
Any minute now,
*D G *C G/
my ship is coming in
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 G/
I'll keep checking the horizon
Am7/ B/ C *D G *C
I'll stand on the bow, feel the waves come crashing
G/Am7/B/ C B Am7 G *Am7 G
Come crashing down, down, down, on me
Chorus:
G,Am7,B C G D
And you say, be still my love
C
Open up your heart
C Am7 G G/Am7/B/C/
Let the light shine in
C G D
But don't you understand
C
I already have a plan
D C G *C G
I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin
G/D/C
C C/F#/G *C G/Am7/B
Verse:
C
When I awoke today,
*D G *C G/
suddenly nothing happened
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 G G/
But in my dreams, I slew the dragon
Am7/B/ C *D G *C G/
And down this beaten path, and up this cobbled lane
Am7/B/ C B Am7 G *C G
I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again.
Chorus:
C G D
And you say, just be here now
C
Forget about the past,
Am7 G G/Am7/B/C/
your mask is wearing thin
C G D
Let me throw one more dice
C
I know that I can win
D C G *C G
I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin
G/D/C
C C/F#/G *Am7 G/Am7/B
Verse:
C
Any minute now,
*D G *C G/
my ship is coming in
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 G/
I'll keep checking the horizon
Am7/ B/ C *D G *C G/
And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 Am7 G/C/
It's gonna happen soon, soon, oh so very soon,
G/
It's just that times are lean
Chorus:
Am7 B C G D
And you say, be still my love
C
Open up your heart,
C Am7 G G/A/B/C/
let the light shine in
C G D
Don't you understand
C Am7
I already have a plan
D C G
I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin
Bridge:
G/F#/E
E Am7
E A
E Am7
G C
D C
C E
C G
D Am7/B/C
Outro:
C G
On a clear day
Am7/B/C
I can see
C/ F#/ G
See a very long way
G
On a clear day
G/Am7/C
I can see
C/B/A/G/F#/G
See a very long way
Chords used:
G D C F# Am7 B E A
|--3--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--1--|--3--|--3--|--2--|
|--0--|--2--|--0--|-----|--0--|-----|--0--|--2--|
|--0--|--0--|--2--|-----|--2--|-----|--2--|--2--|
|--2--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
|--3--|-----|-----|--2--|-----|-----|-----|-----|
Tabbed by [email protected]
The "*" indicates a hameron.. You have to listen to the song
The "/" is basically means the chord gets one beat.
Capo 4
Intro:
G / D / C /,
C C / F# / G, Am7 G / D / D / C,
C C / F# / G, Am7 G / Am7 / B,
Verse:
C
Any minute now,
*D G *C G/
my ship is coming in
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 G/
I'll keep checking the horizon
Am7/ B/ C *D G *C
I'll stand on the bow, feel the waves come crashing
G/Am7/B/ C B Am7 G *Am7 G
Come crashing down, down, down, on me
Chorus:
G,Am7,B C G D
And you say, be still my love
C
Open up your heart
C Am7 G G/Am7/B/C/
Let the light shine in
C G D
But don't you understand
C
I already have a plan
D C G *C G
I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin
G/D/C
C C/F#/G *C G/Am7/B
Verse:
C
When I awoke today,
*D G *C G/
suddenly nothing happened
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 G G/
But in my dreams, I slew the dragon
Am7/B/ C *D G *C G/
And down this beaten path, and up this cobbled lane
Am7/B/ C B Am7 G *C G
I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again.
Chorus:
C G D
And you say, just be here now
C
Forget about the past,
Am7 G G/Am7/B/C/
your mask is wearing thin
C G D
Let me throw one more dice
C
I know that I can win
D C G *C G
I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin
G/D/C
C C/F#/G *Am7 G/Am7/B
Verse:
C
Any minute now,
*D G *C G/
my ship is coming in
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 G/
I'll keep checking the horizon
Am7/ B/ C *D G *C G/
And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call
Am7/ B/ C B Am7 Am7 G/C/
It's gonna happen soon, soon, oh so very soon,
G/
It's just that times are lean
Chorus:
Am7 B C G D
And you say, be still my love
C
Open up your heart,
C Am7 G G/A/B/C/
let the light shine in
C G D
Don't you understand
C Am7
I already have a plan
D C G
I'm waiting, for my real life, to begin
Bridge:
G/F#/E
E Am7
E A
E Am7
G C
D C
C E
C G
D Am7/B/C
Outro:
C G
On a clear day
Am7/B/C
I can see
C/ F#/ G
See a very long way
G
On a clear day
G/Am7/C
I can see
C/B/A/G/F#/G
See a very long way
Chords used:
G D C F# Am7 B E A
|--3--|--2--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|
|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--1--|--3--|--3--|--2--|
|--0--|--2--|--0--|-----|--0--|-----|--0--|--2--|
|--0--|--0--|--2--|-----|--2--|-----|--2--|--2--|
|--2--|-----|--3--|-----|--0--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
|--3--|-----|-----|--2--|-----|-----|-----|-----|
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